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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=articletitle><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>SALMON FISHERIES:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=articletitle><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>Thompson seeks $81 million in aid for commercial fishermen<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><span class=articletitle><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Fort</span></font></b></span></st1:PlaceType><span
class=articletitle><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bragg</st1:PlaceName></span></font></b></span></st1:place><span
class=articletitle><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'> Advocate-News – 4/27/06<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=articletitle><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>By Frank Hartzell, staff writer</span></font></b></span><span
class=articletitle><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>More than 100 commercial, recreational and tribal
fishermen came to a Monday rally in support of commercial fishing at Pier 47 in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City></st1:place>,
according to media reports. Some trolling boats also attended, displaying more
banners, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Mendocino Coast Congressman, Mike Thompson, took
the occasion to announce a bill he has authored that would aid commercial
fishermen and related businesses. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Reps.Thompson and Lynn Woolsey announced the bill
together at the rally; it is expected to be introduced this week. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>"The Bush Administration's gross mismanagement of
the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> has led to this year's and
last year's shortened salmon season," Thompson said, in a press release.
"Yet, the administration isn't offering any assistance to the affected
fishing communities nor do they have a plan to restore the salmon. That is why
tomorrow we will be introducing legislation that would offer $81 million in
federal assistance. It will also contain measures to revive the Klamath salmon
and hold this administration accountable to ensure they cannot manipulate the
river for political gain ever again." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ben Platt, a second-generation commercial fisherman
from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Bragg</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> presented Thompson with an
8,000-signature petition calling for the reopening of the salmon season. Platt
was widely quoted and photographed by the media, as the rally got national
coverage. Platt has the "Kay Bee" in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Noyo</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbor</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The bill has three components: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>- It would provide $81 million in emergency
appropriations for impacted commercial fishermen and related businesses in the
region. The Department of Commerce would distribute the assistance through the
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>- It would direct the Department of Commerce to
complete a Klamath salmon recovery plan within six months of the bill's
passage. After the completion of the plan $45 million would be allocated for
conservation projects such as stream gauges and monitoring equipment, fish
passage projects, and additional NOAA fisheries staff and resources to better
track and study Klamath River salmon. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>- The Department of Commerce would be required to
report to Congress on the progress of the Klamath on a yearly basis. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>In 2002, water diversions on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> resulted in a record fish kill that claimed 80,000 adult
salmon the next fall. Experts have directly attributed the adult fish kill and
a parasitic infection affecting spring juveniles, resulting from poor federal
management of the river, as being responsible for the low salmon returns
estimated for this year. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said: "The
oceans are under siege — all around the world, fish populations are
dropping sharply. We must bring back the fish, river-by-river, and
region-by-region. Here in <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>, we must all work
together — fishermen, tribes, scientists, farmers and political leaders
at the local, state, and federal level. I am proud to be a co-sponsor of
Congressman Thompson's new legislation, which will provide disaster assistance
and ensure funding for the recovery and restoration of the Klamath
salmon." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Pacific Fishery Management Council recommended on
April 6 that the 2006 commercial salmon season be drastically reduced. The
decision will severely affect ocean and in-river salmon fisheries along 700
miles of coastline, from <st1:City w:st="on">Point Falcon</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> to Big <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Sur.</st1:country-region></st1:place> The economic impact to coastal
communities is expected to be devastating. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Bill aims to help
salmon industry Salmon industry focus of relief bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Monterey</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'> Herald – 4/27/06</span></font></b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have introduced legislation to provide
financial relief to salmon fishers, tribes and related industries, and support
recovery efforts for wild salmon populations in the Klamath River.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Pacific Fishery Management Council has recommended
a 90 percent closure of the commercial salmon fishing season along a 700-mile
stretch of the <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> coasts this year,
an action that would impact sport and commercial fishermen and the businesses
that the fishing industry supports.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Salmon Assistance and Recovery Act would:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color="#444444"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#444444'>• </span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Provide $81 million in funding for
commercial fishers, tribes and related businesses impacted by the restricted
fishing season.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color="#444444"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#444444'>• </span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Secure $45 million for immediate
conservation measures on the Klamath River, including requiring the National
Marine Fisheries Service to produce a recovery plan for the salmon population
within six months, and to install and update stream gauges and monitoring
equipment, improve river habitat and build fish passage projects, and add NMFS
staff and resources to better track and study the Klamath River's salmon in
rivers and oceans.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color="#444444"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#444444'>• </span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Require the fisheries service to submit
an annual report updating Congress on the progress of its efforts to boost
water quantity, improve water quality and increase salmon populations on the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>.</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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