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<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>PLEASE TAKE ACTION BEFORE MONDAY AT 5 PM TO PROTECT
KLAMATH-TRINITY WILD CHINOOK SALMON</span></font></b> - Talking points,
Background and DFG news release are below; Klamath Riverkeepers letter to the
Cal Fish & Game Commission is attached. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>This alert is from <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Felice Pace</st1:PersonName>
for Klamath Riverkeeper</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Below is a
news release I just found on the Department of Fish and Game web site
concerning DFG rulemaking for Klamath-Trinity salmon. The announcement says
that comments must be received by close of business on Monday April 24<sup>th</sup>.
They can be submitted by e-mail to: <a href="mailto:sbarrow@dfg.ca.gov"
title="mailto:sbarrow@dfg.ca.gov">sbarrow@dfg.ca.gov</a>. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Below are
background and suggested talking points which you can use in your message:</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Background:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Because
Spring and Fall Chinook are not treated as separate species, both the State of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>, the Pacific
Fisheries Management Council and others have ignored them. Meanwhile the
numbers of wild Springer spawners has fallen dramatically. Last year fewer than
100 were counted in the <st1:place w:st="on">Salmon River</st1:place> b
their stronghold on the Klamath side. Because there is a hatchery Springer run
on the Trinity that is somewhat healthy, the F&G Commission has allowed
full sport fishing on the Klamath and Trinity during the time the Springers are
present. There is no overall quota, no requirement to release wild fish,
virtually nothing except the daily and weekly bag limits. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A few years
back the Tribes (mostly Hoopa and Yurok) and the conservation community
pressured the Fish & Game Commission to close the Klamath to salmon fishing
when Springers are migrating. They did close it for a while down as far as Coon
Creek below Weitchpec but then at some point they quietly opened it back up.
Even the first action was not good enough because sport anglers could still
target the Springers at places like Blue Hole. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>THIS TOOK PLACE EVEN ON DAYS WHEN TRIBAL FISHING WAS CLOSED</span></b>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The wild
Klamath Springers are needed as the brood stock to restore salmon to the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Upper</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
when the dams come down or the fish ladders go up. But the way things are going
there may not be enough wild Springers to accomplish the restoration. Also, if
the F&G Commission will not act to protect Springers, the environmental
community will likely petition to have them listed under the state ESA. This is
being discussed by various groups now.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TALKING
POINTS: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The F&G Commission should take action now to
protect wild Springers before they go extinct in the Klamath and/or before
they are petitioned to be listed under the state ESA.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Commission should close the entire <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> to take of adult salmon during the
period when Spring Chinook are migrating: April, May, June and July.</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Commission should close the Trinity during
the Spring Chinook migration period as far up as above Canyon Creek in
order to protect wild, naturally-spawning Trinity River Spring Chinook
salmon. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Commission should close the Klamath below
Wietchpec to salmon fishing during the Fall salmon season on the same days
that the Yuroks have closed their fisheries, i.e. three days per week.
</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Failure to take appropriate action to protect
Spring and Fall salmon in the Klamath and Trinity River will increase the
potential for conflict between tribal and sport fishers and between sport
fishers and local folks who want to see salmon restored throughout 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>. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Fish & Game Commission should not
sacrifice restoration of Spring and Fall salmon because a small number of
guides and sport fisherman want to catch Spring salmon. Once the salmon
fisheries are restored there will be plenty of opportunities for fishing.
It makes sense to forgo some fishing opportunities now so that there will
be more fishing opportunities for everyone later. This is what tribal
fishers have done and sport fishers should do the same.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Fish & Game Commission should also
become active in a positive way by adding their strong voice to the chorus
calling for <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>
restoration. Please consider a resolution calling for: 1.
removal or fish passage at the Klamath River dams and restoration of
salmon and steelhead to the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Upper</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River
Basin</st1:PlaceType>, and 2. the NCWQCB and SWRCB to adopt strong
clean-up plans for the Shasta, Scott and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Rivers</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
Poor water quality from and in these rivers is killing hundreds of
thousands of baby salmon each year. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Remember to
send your message by 5 PM on Monday!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Immediate Release</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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14 , 2006</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#990000" face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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Conformance Public Hearing Scheduled</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Scott Barrow, DFG Fisheries
Program Branch, (916) 651-7670</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>A public hearing on conformance with
enforcement measures for state and federal commercial salmon regulations will
be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 21. The teleconference will take place at
the Department of Fish and Game (DFG), <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">1416 9th St.</st1:address></st1:Street>, Room 1206, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City>. Written comments
must be received by 8 a.m., Monday, April 24, 2006. Emails will be accepted
at <a href="mailto:sbarrow@dfg.ca.gov" title="mailto:sbarrow@dfg.ca.gov">sbarrow@dfg.ca.gov</a>.
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<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>DFG is proposing regulatory changes that are
required to enforce the federal landing and possession limits. The
teleconference hearing (the phone number is 916-274-2918) is for receiving
public comment and is required under Fish and Game Code Section
7652.1(b). Recommendations for the federal regulations were developed
by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), on April 7, 2006, and
forwarded to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for implementation by May 1,
2006.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>DFG is proposing regulatory changes to enforce
the federal landing and possession limits stipulated in the PFMC's
recommendations for the 2006 commercial salmon fishery. The PFMC
recommendations await approval by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The
changes will stipulate that a total and accurate number of commercial salmon
will be recorded on the landing receipt in the "Note Pad" field and
a copy of the landing receipts will be required to be maintained onboard the
fishing vessel that landed salmon for 90 days after the date salmon were
landed.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>This regulatory action is taken under the
authority of Section 7652 of the Fish and Game Code, and is necessary for
conformance of the commercial salmon fishing regulations in state waters to
the Salmon Fishery Management Plan of the PFMC.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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