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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Maybe the Trinity ultimately will get carryover
storage/a minimum pool to protect against possibility of lethal fish water temperatures
in late summer if several consecutive low water years occur in other parts of
the state.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>My apologies for any multiple postings.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Byron<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><u><o:p><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><u>For Immediate Release</u>:
June 4, 2009</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Contacts:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><br>
Paul Pierce, Coastside Fishing Club, (510) 432-8820<br>
Dick Pool, Water4Fish (925) 963-6350<br>
Roger Thomas, Golden Gate Fishermen’s Assn. (415) 760-9362<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Dave Bitts, PCFFA, (707)
498-3512<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Mike Hudson, SalmonAid
Foundation, (510) 407-2000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.25in;
text-autospace:none'><b>Federal Government Announces Salmon Restoration Actions<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.25in;
text-autospace:none'><b><i>Salmon Fishing Industry Hopeful</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>San Francisco, CA
-- The federal National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today announces
changes the agency will require in the operations of the state and federal
Central Valley Water Projects to protect the salmon listed under the Federal
Endangered Species Act. The new rules, primarily governing movement of water through
the Sacramento River and Bay-Delta Estuary, are designed to protect both the
Spring and Winter Run Chinook Salmon runs as well as other species. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>The actions are expected to
require changes in the state’s reservoir operations, changes in river
flows and changes in the way delta water is unnaturally redirected to giant
pumps that send it hundreds of miles to the south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin
River Delta. Members of the salmon fishing industry are hopeful for better
results after years of steady declines in the salmon populations and no ocean
salmon fishing seasons in 2008 and 2009 due to a lack of fish.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Paul Pierce represents The
Coastside Fishing Club and serves on the Pacific Fishery Management Council
Salmon Advisory Subpanel. Pierce said, “We are hopeful the actions
of the National Marine Fishery Service will begin the turnaround of these
species which are nearing extinction. The courts demanded a better plan and the
agency has responded. With three years of scientific work by NMFS, we now have
a better idea how and where the destruction of the salmon is occurring. Based
on this science, the agency should direct the changes necessary to see that
these fish survive. We support their decisions and we look forward to seeing
positive changes.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Dick Pool is a manufacturer
of salmon fishing equipment and leads the Water4Fish advocacy program which now
has 70,000 supporters who have been asking for changes in the states water
management to benefit salmon. Pool echoed Paul Pierce’s thanks and congratulations
to the National Marine Fisheries Service and added, “These changes are
exactly what we have been looking for. We have been operating on an
environmental disaster course for salmon and these actions are the beginning of
the turnaround.” <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Pool added, “Fishing is
big business in California. There are 4.2 million recreational fishermen in the
state generating $4.8 billion in economic impact and supporting 41,000
jobs. Salmon are a big part of this. There are 904 retailers and 327
other businesses that drive their income from the $1 billion salmon industry.
These businesses and their leaders join us in supporting the leadership
provided by NMFS and the other fishery agencies in mapping some
solutions.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Roger Thomas is President of
the Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association. The charter boats of this
organization carry 200,000 salmon fishermen a year in their pursuit of catching
a salmon. Roger says, “There are approximately 500,000 recreational
salmon fishermen in California. They are passionate about their sport and are
livid about what has happened. I am sure they all join me in congratulating the
National Marine Fisheries Service in the bold actions to begin the restoration
process.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Roger cautioned, “These
actions are designed to protect only two of the four salmon runs of the Central
Valley. We hope the Fall Run which has been the largest and the backbone of the
ocean and river fishery for decades will also benefit from the new rules to be
announced today. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Dave Bitts, President of the
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, said, “This
year I can't fish at all, mainly because water in California follows money, and
fishermen don't have the megabucks available to the San Joaquin grower
interests. This isn't about either fish or farms. It's about how we use our
limited, vastly oversubscribed water resources wisely in order to have both.
Continuing to hand out huge volumes of public water dirt cheap is not the
answer. If you continue taking so much water that salmon go extinct in the California,
what wild creatures will be next?”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Most of the problems of the
salmon runs have resulted from the over subscription of water from
California’s rivers, reservoirs and the delta. These problems have to be
solved not only for the environment but for all sectors of the California
economy. The vast majority of natural water sources have already been
tapped. Climate change will compound the problems.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>The fishery groups are strong
supporters of the major new sources of water that have been identified but are
not being implemented fast enough. These include water conservation, water
recycling and groundwater management. We urge the state and federal governments
to provide the leadership, incentives and financial resources to significantly
speed up these developments.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Mike Hudson, commercial
fisherman and executive director of the SalmonAid Foundation, adds “Today
we will find out if we ever will get our salmon back in any numbers to speak
of. We have had all the laws on the books for decades now, the Clean Water Act,
the Endangered Species Act, and others. Sometimes it’s not that the rules
are not in place, but the lack of commitment to enforce them. It is not too
late to bring our salmon back. I’m cautiously optimistic that today is
the day that may start meaningful restoration of this fantastic fish. If the
fisheries service decides to do the right thing today, I and thousands of my
fellow fishermen will applaud them.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810
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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href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net"><span style='color:blue'>bwl3@comcast.net</span></a></span></i></b><b><span
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href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><span style='color:blue'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></a>
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href="http://fotr.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.fotr.org</span></a>
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