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Yakima Basin Science & Management Conference 2007 YKFP CWU BPA BOR

HISTORY OF SALMON ACTS

ATLANTIC SALMON LEGISLATION & WAR

PACIFIC SALMON LEGISLATION & WAR

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HISTORY LESSONS LEARNED?

RESEARCH! REVIEW! REFORM! ……REMEMBER?

SALMON RECOVERY RECOMMENDATION FOR MAINE RIVERS ( Maine Commissioners of Fisheries, 1869)

VIABLE SALMONID POPULATIONS (VSP) AVOIDING RISK OF EXTINCTION (INTERIOR COLUMBIA BASIN TECHNICAL RECOVERY TEAM ‘07)

Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board

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Yakima River Salmon by Species, 1982 - Present

YAKIMA/KLICKITAT FISHERIES PROJECT (YKFP)

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SPECIES TARGETED IN YKFP

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SUPPLEMENTATION GOAL: IMPROVE NATURAL PRODUCTION

Cle Elum Supplementation & Research Facility

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MISSION OF FACILITY

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BROODSTOCK COLLECTION GENETIC GUIDELINES

Hatchery Reform: Genetic Integration vs. Segregation of Hatchery Broodstocks

Historical Hatchery Problem: Unknown gene flow between two environments

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REARING CRITERIA for BY’s 1997-2001

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PIT-Tag data transfer

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Yakima River Spring Chinook by Stock, 1982 - Present

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Current Hi-Low Study – Survival vs. Precocialism

DOMESTICATION RESEARCH

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DOMESTICATION – HYPOTHETICAL OUTCOMES

JUVENILE TRAITS

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Juvenile Fish Separator DNA Stock Analysis

ADULT TRAITS MONITORED

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IMPROVE NATURAL PRODUCTION

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Spawning Channel

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Thursday June 14 – Fish Science

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Monitoring and Evaluation of Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids on the Yakima River, Washington

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Fall Chinook Supplementation

OTHER RESEARCH and HABITAT PROGRAMS:

Reconditioned Kelt - Before and After

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Lake Cle Elum and Watershed

Cle Elum Dam Passage Study Outfall of Flume into River

HABITAT ENHANCEMENT IMPROVING CULVERT PASSAGE

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BREACHING DIKES AND LARGE WOOD

Riparian Restoration and Education

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NEW WILDLIFE SECTION

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Author: Dave Fast

E-mail: fast@yakama.com