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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Salmon Fishing Ban to
Continue Off California, Oregon </span></b><b><span style='font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>by Dan Bacher </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Commercial and
recreational salmon fishermen face another year of fishing closures in ocean
waters off California and most of Oregon, due to the collapse of the Central
Valley Fall Chinook salmon population. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (PFMC), a federal body that sets fishing regulations for
ocean fisheries, on March 12 adopted three public review options for the 2009
salmon season off the West Coast. The Council will consult with scientists,
hear public comment, and revise preliminary decisions until it chooses a final
option at its meeting during the week of April 5 in Millbrae, California. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>While fisheries in the
north improved as Chinook and coho stocks rebounded, fisheries in the south
will be closed or very limited because of the dramatic decline of Sacramento
River Chinooks. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>“California
ocean sport fishing options range from entirely closed to 10 open days in
August and September in the Eureka/Crescent City area,” according to Dr.
Donald McIsaac, executive director of the PMFC. “Options for Oregon ocean
Chinook fishing in the Brookings area range from closed to open for 10 days in
August and September, while Season options for the Tillamook, Newport, and Coos
Bay areas range from closed to open in September. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The 10 open day option
does not require an "emergency rule" from the U.S. Commerce
Department and there is a "real good chance" it will be approved,
said Jim Martin, West Coast Director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance. This
very limited option would target only Klamath River fall Chinook salmon. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Oregon ocean
recreational options also include mark-selective coho fishing seasons starting
in June or July and running into September. One of those options includes a
three fish daily bag limit to take advantage of a large abundance of hatchery
coho. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Commercial ocean
salmon fishing will be closed in California in 2009, according to McIsaac.
Oregon commercial season options in the Brookings area range from closed to a
season with a 1,000 Chinook quota in September. Season options in the
Tillamook, Newport, and Coos Bay area range from closed to open for Chinook and
coho in September, with quotas on coho catch. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>In 2008, an
unprecedented low return of 66,264 adult Fall Chinooks on the Sacramento River
led to the closure of both recreational and salmon fishing off the California
and Oregon coast for the first time in 150 years. While this year’s
returns are better than last year’s, the season options are still
limited. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Even without any
fishing, only 122,196 fish are expected to return to the Sacramento River this
year. The minimum conservation goal for the once robust run is 122,000-180,000
spawning adult salmon. The Sacramento River Fall Chinook is the driver of West
Coast salmon fisheries. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Recreational and
commercial fishermen support the ocean salmon closure this year to protect the
imperiled population of fall Chinooks, although they are quick to point out
that fishing didn't cause the unprecedented decline. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>“I would be
surprised that anybody who has looked at the Sacramento River returns believes
that a season could be sustained," said Dick Pool, administrator of
water4fish.org. “We’re still crossing our figures on the
possibility of having a 2010 season because of the massive trucking program and
acclimation of over 23 million hatchery salmon in pens in San Pablo Bay that
took place last year. However, without solving the problems that salmon
encounter on the Delta and Central Valley rivers, we won’t be able to
rebuild the natural stocks.” </span></b><b><span style='font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Although last year
officials with the Bush and Schwarzenegger administrations claimed that
“ocean conditions” spurred the collapse, a coalition of
recreational, commercial fishermen, Indian Tribes, conservationists and
independent scientists pointed to increased water exports from the California
Delta, declining water quality and other freshwater habitat problems as the key
factors in the collapse. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>A report released by
the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on March 18 said the salmon
collapse is the result of a combination of both poor ocean and river
conditions. To read the report, “What caused the Sacramento River fall
Chinook stock collapse?” go to: <a
href="http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/media/SalmonDeclineReport.pdf"><span
style='color:#18345C'>http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/media/SalmonDeclineReport.pdf</span></a> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The collapse of salmon
fisheries has led to economic devastation to coastal and inland communities
dependent upon recreational and commercial salmon fishing. Fish advocates
charge that fishing jobs have been sacrificed to provide massive amounts of
water to subsidized, junior water rights holders in the Westlands Water
District and Kern County that irrigate toxic, drainage-impaired land. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>“The collapse of
salmonid fisheries has led to a corresponding depression in the recreational
fishing industry,” said California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
(CSPA) Executive Director Bill Jennings. “The number of anglers declined
from 2.7 million in 1996 to 1.7 million in 2006." </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The economic
consequences of last year's closure of the salmon fishing season amounted to
$255 million, along with the loss of 2,263 jobs. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>“It makes no
sense to sacrifice California's historic fishing industry in order to supply
subsidized water to grow subsidized non-food crops on impaired desert lands
that by design discharge toxic wastes back to Central Valley waterways,”
emphasized Jennings. “While farmers now face a drought brought on by Mother
Nature, fishermen are facing a disaster brought on by water agency
greed.” </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>California's
freshwater recreational fishery generates $1.5 billion in retail sales, $2.5
billion in trip related expenses and almost 27,000 jobs, according to economic
data from the American Sportfishing Association. The marine recreational
fishery generates $3.7 billion in retail sales, $1.9 billion in value-added
impacts and almost 23,000 jobs. </span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The results of a
rewritten “biological opinion” by the National Marine Fisheries
Services agree largely with Jennings, Pool and other fishery advocates. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The court-mandated
report concludes that increases in freshwater exports out of the California
Delta amd the operation of Shasta Dam and other reservoirs have led to the
collapse of Central Valley spring run and winter run salmon, Central Valley
steelhead, green sturgeon and the southern resident orca population. The killer
whales, now estimated to number less than 90 individuals, feed heavily upon
Sacramento Chinooks and other runs of salmon. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Scientists and
representatives of recreational angling, commercial fishing, tribal and
environmental groups spoke about the urgent need to restore salmon fisheries
before the California State Assembly’s Committee on Water, Parks &
Wildlife, convened by Assemblyman Jared Huffman, at an informational hearing on
the salmon crisis Tuesday, March 10 at the State Capitol. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>“The fish
don’t lie,” said Peter Moyle, PhD, author of a January 2008 report
commissioned by California Trout on the status of California’s native
salmon, steelhead and trout populations. “The story they tell is that
California’s environment is unraveling. Their demise is symptomatic of a
much larger water crisis that, unless addressed, will severely impact every
Californian.” </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>They urged immediate
and long term actions to deal with degraded water quality, dysfunctional
management of the Delta, insufficient instream flow, and degraded inland
habitat. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>"There are a
myriad of problems facing salmon, but what has to be done before anything else,
and above all else - is restoring water flows in the Delta and our coastal
streams," said Zeke Grader of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's
Associations (PCFFA), which represents commercial fishing men and women.
"It's critical the state not get lost in the weeds trying to restore
salmon; water flow and water quality are at the foundation of rebuilding our
salmon fishery. Fish gotta swim." </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>In addition to
dramatic improvements in Delta flows, water quality and habitat, environmental
and fishing groups believe that improvements in California’s water
management and aggressive development of locally based water supplies are an
important way to curb pressure on our imperiled salmon. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>“We can save our
California salmon by being more reasonable and innovative with our water
use,” said Mindy McIntyre of the Planning and Conservation League.
“Certainly salmon are more integrally a part of California than our
lawns, and we shouldn’t be sacrificing California’s salmon legacy
when we can be smarter about water use.” </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>She said the salmon
decline is a call to action to “quickly develop recycled water, increase
water use efficiency and clean up streams and waterways.” </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>On a more positive
note, the PFMC forecasts that the Klamath River Fall Chinook run will meet the
minimum natural spawning goal of 35,000 and the 2009 management objective of
40,700. This will mean good recreational and fishing opportunities for salmon
on the Klamath and Trinity rivers again this season. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Also, Oregon coastal
coho had much better returns in 2008 than forecast, with a total of 165,700
natural spawners ascending the streams, according to PFMC data. This was the
best return in four years and the fifth best since at least 1970. </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Public hearings to
receive input on the options (as dismal as they are) are scheduled for March 30
in Westport, Washington and Coos Bay, Oregon; and for March 31 in Eureka,
California. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#111111'>At its April 5-9 meeting in Millbrae, the Council will narrow
these options to a single season recommendation to be forwarded to the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for their final approval before May 1. All
Council meetings are open to the public. For more information, go to: <a
href="http://www.pcouncil.org/"><span style='color:#18345C'>http://www.pcouncil.org</span></a></span></b><b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>PO Box 2327</span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Mill Valley, CA
94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810
land</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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cell</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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