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almon and steelhead trout in the Trinity River by consuming large numbers of juvenile fish before they can migrate to the ocean, the Hoopa Valley Tribe worked with Humboldt State University to fund a university graduate study completed in 2017.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The study by master’s degree student Justin Santiago Alvarez examined the brown trout dietary impacts on wild and hatchery fish populations in the Trinity. It concluded that approximately 7 percent of the annual hatchery production and about 20 percent of the annual natural production of native salmonids are currently consumed by brown trout.</p></div><div id="ydpe81b53b2tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="ydpe81b53b2tncms-region ydpe81b53b2hidden-print"></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The study also concluded that large brown trout, greater than 20 inches long, are largely fed by hatchery production which makes up more than 60 percent of their diet.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">It acknowledged that a community of recreational anglers is invested in brown trout in the Trinity River system, especially when other species are not available for sport fishing. However, it concluded that brown trout in the Trinity may impede restoration of native and tribally important species such as chinook salmon, steelhead trout and endangered coho salmon.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Among the study’s recommendations are periodic electrofishing specifically targeting brown trout to keep the population low and size of the fish small to minimize impacts on the native and hatchery fish populations.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The study and its findings have been discussed at recent meetings of the Trinity County Fish and Game Advisory Commission which endorsed the proposed development of a brown trout management plan to reduce the population and encouraged the Trinity County Board of Supervisors to do the same.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">There is no draft plan, but a set of possible actions is headed for the April meeting of the State Fish and Game Commission to consider. They include brown trout removal not only by electrofishing, but also by increasing take limits for anglers and even the organization of a derby event to increase fishing pressure by motivating anglers to pursue brown trout in March through July when other fishing opportunities on the Trinity are limited.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The Board of Supervisors last week also approved a letter of support for the brown trout management plan being proposed by the Hoopa Tribe, noting the primary target for anglers in the Trinity River are chinook salmon and steelhead trout.</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The letter notes that in light of declining numbers of salmon and steelhead and the work being done “to ameliorate the effects of Trinity and Lewiston dams, we are concerned about the threat brown trout pose to the salmon and steelhead that inhabit the Trinity River.” It adds that predation “could be enough to prevent the recovery of the native fishes and impact the angling success of fishermen.”</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The board’s letter is supportive of efforts to bring managers and stakeholders together to draft a brown trout management plan and says “we support the proposed management actions that involve the direct participation of the fishing community. We would ask that any fish harvested for management purposes either be consumed by those that harvest them, or a process where they are made available for consumption by the less fortunate members of our community be part of any plan.”</p></div><div class="ydpe81b53b2subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Not everyone was on board. From the audience, John Vorpol of Weaverville argued about the merits of the study, noting that another study contradicts many of the findings.</p></div><div id="ydpe81b53b2tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="ydpe81b53b2tncms-region yd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