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<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From Congressman Mike Thompson’s
Office:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>On Monday, April 24th, Congressman Mike
Thompson (CA-01) will be holding a salmon rally at 10:00 a.m. on Pier 47. The
purpose of the rally is to bring attention to the salmon season off the coasts
of California and Oregon, and to also roll-out a disaster assistance bill that
is aimed to help the communities in need. Another aspect of the bill will have
a conservation component to help restore and</span></font> monitor the salmon
of the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>As you know, the reason for the dramatically shortened salmon
season is because the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> will not
meet the 35,000 natural spawner floor for fall-run chinook for the third
consecutive year. The reported result will likely be a near closure of <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s
commercial ocean, in-river Klamath and tribal fisheries for 2006. The impacts
on the California coastal economy from last year's season, which was cut by
60-percent due to poor Klamath River returns, combined to a near closure of
this year's season, would be catastrophic and could very likely have permanent
affects on the salmon fishing industry and related businesses in both states. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>As you also know, the declining salmon populations in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> are not due to over fishing
by tribes or the commercial salmon fishing industry. They are due to federal
mismanagement of the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> system
which hurt both farmers and fishermen. This mismanagement led to the fish kill
in 2002 when up to 78,000 adult salmon died on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place>. It also led to the outbreak of<i><span style='font-style:
italic'> Ceratomyxa Shasta</span></i> (C. Shasta) which has reportedly infected
80-percent of juvenile salmonids. Mortality from C. Shasta is 100-percent. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>The congressman, tribes and fishermen will speak about the
need for good, long-term management of the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>
and it's resources. If your members are interested in attending, we would
welcome all of their support at Monday's rally.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Event: </span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Salmon
rally to help salmon fishermen, communities and to restore the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> <br>
</span>Time: Monday, April 24th at 10:00 a.m. <br>
Place: Pier 47 - San Francisco <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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