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Hatchery Reform

February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

The Hatchery Reform Project is a systematic, science-driven redesign of how hatcheries will be used to achieve two new purposes:

1) helping to recover and conserve naturally spawning populations; and

2) supporting sustainable fisheries.

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

• WDFW

• Tribe• USFWS

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA) Washington Governor Gary Locke U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton Representative Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) Northwest Indian Fisheries Chair Billy Frank, Jr. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Director Jeff Koenings Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board

Chairman William Ruckelshaus

Bipartisan Support

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Independent Scientific PanelResearch Grant ProgramState and Tribal ImplementationThird-Party

Facilitation

PROJECT ELEMENTS

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

John Barr (Vice Chair)NW Indian Fisheries CommissionLee Blankenship (Vice Chair) Northwest Marine TechnologyDonald Campton, PhDUS Fish & Wildlife ServiceTrevor Evelyn, PhDDepartment of Fisheries & Oceans Canada (retired)Conrad Mahnken, PhDNational Marine Fisheries Service Lars Mobrand, PhD (Chair)Mobrand BiometricsLisa Seeb, PhDAlaska Department of Fish & Game Paul SeidelWA Department of Fish and WildlifeWilliam Smoker, PhDUniversity of Alaska

Hatchery Scientific Review Group

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Coordinating Committee

Congressional Hatchery Science

Advisory Team

Northwest Indian

Fisheries Commission

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

2001 RegionsEastern Strait of Juan de FucaSouth Puget SoundStillaguamish/Snohomish Rivers

2002 RegionsSkagit River Basin Nooksack/Samish Rivers Central Puget Sound 2003 RegionsHood Canal Willapa Bay North CoastGrays Harbor

REGIONAL REVIEWS

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003REGIONAL REVIEWS

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003EASTERN STRAITS

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003SOUTH PUGET SOUND

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003STILLAGUAMISH/SNOHOMISH

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Area-Wide Recommendations

Take a regional approach to managing hatchery programs

Operate hatcheries within the context of their ecosystems

Take into account both freshwater and marine carrying capacity in sizing hatchery programs

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Measure success in terms of contributions to harvest, conservation and other goals.

Emphasize quality, not quantity, in fish releases.

Incorporate flexibility into hatchery design and operation.

Area-Wide Recommendations

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Evaluate hatchery programs regularly to ensure accountability for success.

Develop a system of wild steelhead management zones.

Use in-basin rearing and locally-adapted broodstocks.

Area-Wide Recommendations

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Take eggs during the entire natural period of adult return.

Develop spawning protocols to maximize effective population size.

Area-Wide Recommendations

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Updated Policy Revised ManagementAccountability for Success

SYSTEM-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Scientific Framework Benefit/Risk Assessment Tool Hatchery Operational Guidelines Monitoring and Evaluation Criteria Research Program

HATCHERY REFORM TOOLS

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

Fish First Friends of Issaquah

Salmon Hatchery Long Live the Kings Luhr Jensen NW Marine Technology NW Marine Trade

Association NW Sports Fishing

Industry Assoc.

Hatchery Reform Coalition

Puget Sound Anglers Pure Fishing, Inc. Recreational Fishing Alliance Recreational Sportsfishing

Industry Assoc. Three Rivers Marine Trout Unlimited (WA Council) Westport Charter Boat

Assoc.

Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003

“We are confident that by working together…we can achieve our goal of returning wild salmon

stocks to abundance. Reforming hatchery practices is another step on the road to wild

salmon recovery.”

Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

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