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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>SALMON
FISHERIES:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Disaster
relief help sought for fishermen<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=4
color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Eureka</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;font-weight:bold'> Times-Standard – 1/5/06</span></font></b><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=4
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> -- On the first
day of the 110th Congress, bills were introduced in both the House and Senate
to aid suffering salmon fishermen. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson,
D-St. Helena, introduced legislation to provide federal disaster relief to <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>'s
salmon fishing industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The bill authorizes the appropriation of
$60.4 million for the fishermen, tribes and businesses that were impacted by
the commercial fishery failure of 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>California Sen. Barbara Boxer also
introduced companion legislation Thursday in the Senate. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Reps. Lois Capps, Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr,
Peter DeFazio, Darlene Hooley, George Miller, Doris Matsui, Tom Lantos, Zoe
Lofgren, Lynn Woolsey and David Wu co-authored Thompson's legislation. Boxer's
legislation is co-authored by Oregon Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>”It is our responsibility to do
everything we can to help the thousands of families and businesses that are
suffering from the largest commercial salmon fishery disaster in our nation's
history,” said Thompson. “The devastating impact this disaster has
had on <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>'s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
has been obvious for years, and it is time we help bring this important
industry back to life.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Boxer said: “Our coastal communities
have already waited too long to get the disaster relief they need as a result
of this administration's mismanagement of the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place>. By introducing this legislation on the first day of
Congress, we are letting our communities and families know that getting them
financial assistance is a top priority this year.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>According to Thompson's office, the
fisheries disaster was due in large part to poor federal management of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>, which caused 80,000 adult salmon to die in
2002. Since then, the salmon population has continued to deteriorate, forcing
the Pacific Fisheries Management Council to sizably reduce the fishing seasons
in 2005 and 2006. As a result, the commercial fishing season was cut by more
than 90 percent in 2006, costing fishing families and associated fishing
businesses more than $60 million. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>There is also an expectation that the
commercial salmon season will be significantly reduced in 2007, as well. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>”Getting our fisherman and salmon
businesses back on their feet is a top priority for me and my colleagues from <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>,”
said Thompson. “But it is also important that we stay focused on
restoring the salmon population in the Klamath basin so this disaster does not
continue into the future. As a first step toward that goal, we passed
legislation last Congress requiring the government to implement a salmon restoration
plan, and I look forward to monitoring the government's progress.”</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:
italic'>Byron Leydecker</span></font></i></st1:PersonName><i><font color=gray><span
style='color:gray;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>Friends of <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>California Trout, Inc.,
Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>Mill Valley,
CA 94942-2327</span></font></i><span lang=ES-EC><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>http://www.caltrout.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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