Balancing Habitat and Fisheries Management For ESA - Listed Salmon and Steelhead in the Pacific Northwest
Balancing Habitat and Fisheries Management For ESA - Listed Salmon and Steelhead in the Pacific Northwest June 2009
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North Pacific
Pacific Salmon Ecoregions
Where salmon are strongest
Of ≈ 1400 historic salmonid populations in PNW & California, ≈ 29% have gone extinct since Euro-American Contact. (RG Gustafson et all 2007) Of 52 extant salmonid species on the west coast, 31 are listed as endangered or threatened or are species of concern.
NOAA’s Mandates
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Hierarchical Structure Management Priority: VSP
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ESA Recovery Plans For Salmon and Steelhead in the Northwest Region (Southwest Region’s Recovery Plans aren’t shown)
Developing Comprehensive Plans
Developing Comprehensive Plans
Develop and Implement Plans… for the conservation and survival of listed species
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Participation on technical recovery teams (TRTs)
Improved context for ESA decisions:
Recovery planning: not just fish biology
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Hydro
Grand Coulee Dam (Built 1941) (Blocked 1100 miles)
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Watershed Health
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Hatcheries
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Harvest
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Purse Seiner
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Five Recommendations, Lessons Learned & Questions to Ponder.
ESA Section 2 (b):
The purposes of the Act are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved, to provide a program fo the conservation of such (listed) species…”
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Unless you want the plan to sit on the shelf, it will need broad-based support
The Power of Organizing Is Key!
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Natural Selection
Instead of finger pointing (it’s the other guy’s fault)
V. Don’t Underestimate the Challenges
www.nwr.noaa.gov
Questions?
Continuing Need for RM&E
Continuing Need for RM&E Examples of Critical Uncertainties:

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