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href="http://www.pcouncil.org/newsreleases/pr040706_sal.pdf">http://www.pcouncil.org/newsreleases/pr040706_sal.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Pacific Fishery Management Council <i><span style='font-style:italic'>NEWS
RELEASE</span></i></span></font></b><i><font size=5 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Italic><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Italic;
color:black;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;
color:black'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;
color:black'>Contacts: Dr. Donald McIsaac, Executive Director, 503</span></font><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>$B!>(J</span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;color:black'>820</span></font><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>$B!>(J</span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;color:black'>2280<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;
color:black'>Ms. Jennifer Gilden, Communications Officer, 503</span></font><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>$B!>(J</span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;color:black'>820</span></font><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>$B!>(J</span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;color:black'>2280<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Bold><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4 color=black
face=PalatinoLinotype-Bold><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL VOTES TO ALLOW
LOWEST EVER 2006 SALMON FISHERIES OFF <st1:State w:st="on">CALIFORNIA</st1:State>
AND <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">OREGON</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=PalatinoLinotype-Roman><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>At its
meeting in <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City> this week, the Pacific
Fishery Management Council voted to allow limited commercial, recreational and
tribal ocean salmon fisheries off the coast of <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>
and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
this year. Prior to the decision, the Council had considered a complete closure
of all salmon fisheries in this area due to low numbers of naturally spawning
Klamath River fall Chinook salmon, which swim with healthier stock along a 700$B!>(Jmile
stretch of the Oregon and California coast. The decision has been forwarded to National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for final approval.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Council
heard compelling testimony from over 100 of the estimated 1,000 people that
attended the public meeting where the decision was made. After describing her family
fishing history, Barbara Stickel of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Morrow</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> tearfully said, $B!H(JOnly
a few Klamath fish will be accidentally taken. I need some sort of meaningful
salmon fishery.$B!I(J Over 5,000 pieces of written comment were also received.
Testimony was also received from representatives of Indian Tribes, coastal
communities, ports, and Congressional offices. Troy Fletcher, a Yurok Indian,
called for, $B!H(Jnot a blue ribbon committee, but a blue collar committee, to
work together to fix the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>.$B!I(J<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mike Rees
from Salmon Trollers Marketing Association presented a petition with over 7,200
signatures asking for a fishery targeting Sacramento River Chinook salmon. $B!H(JSometimes
you have to go past the numbers that say no and do the right thing for the whole
and say yes,$B!I(J said Tom Creedon from Fisherman$B!G(Js Wharf in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Council$B!G(Js
fishery management plan calls for at least 35,000 mature fall Chinook to spawn
naturally in the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. However, less
than 35,000 spawners were counted the past two years and only 25,000 spawners
were expected this year even with a total closure of salmon fisheries where
Klamath Chinook are found in the ocean. The Council$B!G(Js decision to allow
limited fishing will result in an estimated 21,000 natural spawners in the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>, to provide for a catch of over 200,000
salmon in ocean recreational and commercial fisheries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Council$B!G(Js
decision was justified in part by the fact that in the past, low numbers of returning
Klamath spawners have produced high enough numbers to maintain strong runs in
the future. For example, a spawning level of 18,500 in 1999 produced 196,000 salmon.
However, in 1990, 16,000 spawners produced only 45,000 adult fish. The average
number of natural <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> spawners
during the past 10 years has been 55,400. <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>
naturally spawning Chinook salmon are not listed under the Endangered Species
Act.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Council
recommended use of an emergency rule to allow the fisheries to remain open. A
complete closure would have meant millions in lost economic activity for recreational
and commercial salmon fisheries, as well as a lack of local wild salmon in stores
and restaurants. These salmon fisheries have averaged $133 million dollars per year
in economic impacts to coastal and inland communities. $B!H(JEven a low season
is as devastating as a hurricane to us,$B!I(J said Steven Kingsley of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>.
$B!H(JBut we need at least a small season to survive.$B!I(J NMFS and the
States of Oregon and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
have discussed ways to bring federal disaster relief to salmon fishing businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The season
allows some commercial fishing around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Newport</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> during June, July, September,
and October. In <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>, there will be a
limited season in September for <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Bragg</st1:PlaceName>; in July, August, and September in <st1:City
w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>; and in May, July, August, and September in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Monterey</st1:place></st1:City>. Sport fisheries
will be allowed most months in <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> and <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>, but there
will be closures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Details of
the salmon season structure will be posted on the Council website shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In-river
habitat factors are thought to be primarily responsible for the diminished Klamath
returns the past few years. Drought, irrigation withdrawals, and dams have been
blamed for raising river water temperatures, reducing or eliminating spring
floods that rush fish to the sea, and creating conditions for parasite
infestations. In 2002, 30,000 or more adult Chinook salmon in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">lower Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> were killed by a combination of
environmental factors including low river flows. Parent year spawners were well
above the 35,000 goal and recent seasons have been greatly restricted, indicating
overfishing has not been a factor. Nearby ocean conditions during the past two
summers may have been poor for Klamath fish. Current rains in the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>are ending a
multi-year drought.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For more
information, please see:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>• Klamath
salmon online press packet:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.pcouncil.org/newsreleases/sal06_presspacket.html<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>• Press
release on letter call for Klamath dam removal:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.pcouncil.org/newsreleases/pr040706_krd.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>• Other
Council correspondence on Klamath flows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.pcouncil.org/habitat/habdocs.html<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>• Guide
to the Pacific Fishery Management Council process:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.pcouncil.org/guide/Guide$B!>(Jintropage.html</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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