2013 Fishery Planning and Information Meeting
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2013 Fishery Planning and Information Meeting
Montesano City Hall
14 March 2013 6 – 8 pm 1
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Presentation Overview - Meeting agenda
• 2013 North of Falcon Schedule
• 2012 Harvest Data (included in handout)
• 2012 Disposition of Hatchery Surplus (included in handout)
• 2013 Preseason Forecasts
• Escapement - Review by System
• 2013 Fishery Issues
• 2013 Non-Treaty Harvest Sharing Plan
• Ideas and Fishery Considerations 2
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2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule
Tomorrow North of Falcon #1 – Puget Sound Fisheries
9 am – 3 pm, Natural Resources Bldg Room 172,
Olympia, WA
Next Week
18 March Willapa Bay Fisheries Discussion
6 pm – 8 pm, Raymond Elks Club, Raymond, WA
19 March South Puget Sound Fisheries Discussion
6 pm – 8 pm, Natural Resource Bldg., Rm 172, Olympia
21 March Strait of Juan de Fuca Fisheries Discussion
6 pm – 8 pm, Trinity Church, Sequim, WA
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2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule
23 March Puget Sound Recreational Discussion
10:30 am – noon, Region 4 Headquarters in Mill Creek
25 March Pacific Council Public Hearing - Ocean Salmon Options
7 pm, Chateau Westport, Westport, WA
28 March North of Falcon #2 – Puget Sound Fisheries
9 am – 5pm Lynnwood Embassy Suites, Lynnwood, WA
29 March Grays Harbor - Willapa Bay Fisheries
FINAL Decisional meeting
9am – 4pm, Natural Resources Bldg Rm 172, Olympia
Grays Harbor 9-noon; Willapa Bay 1-4pm
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2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule Cont…
1 April Columbia River and Ocean Discussions
9 am – 2 pm Natural Resources Bldg Room 175Olympia, WA
6-11 April Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, ORPFMC adopts final recommendations for management of ocean salmon fisheries
9 April Public Hearing regarding Rules for salmon fishing in WB and GH commercial fisheries
10 – 11:30 am Region 6 Montesano Office
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2013 GRAYS HARBOR FORECASTS
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2013 Grays Harbor Fall Chinook Forecast
Forecast Escapement Goal
Chehalis R.
Wild 15,132 12,364
Hatchery 1,202 578
Humptulips R.
Wild 5,504 2,236
Hatchery 2,430 369
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2013 Grays Harbor Coho Forecast
Forecast Escapement Goal
Chehalis River
Wild 168,993 28,506
Hatchery 51,525 2,850
Humptulips River
Wild 12,915 6,894
Hatchery 29,796 2,120
(Ocean Age 3)
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2013 Grays Harbor Chum Forecast
Wild Hatchery
Forecast 30,176 3,110
Escapement Goal 21,000 500
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2013 Grays Harbor Spring Chinook Forecast
Total
Forecast 2,247
Escapement Goal 1,400
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Criteria for Un-Marked (Natural) Retention
CHINOOK- If escapement goal has been met:
• 8 of 10 years = 0 un-marked retention• 9 of 10 years = 1 un-marked retention• 10 of 10 years = 2 un-marked retention
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Humptulips and lower Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Chinook Escapements 2003 – 2012
Draft Draft
Goal 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
UM/natural in bag limit
Humptulips 2,236 3,760 5,453 6,328 4,883 2,070 3,505 2,165 5,761 5,284 3,799 0
Hoquiam 619 973 2,328 260 218 262 184 287 518 697 397 0
Wishkah 1,148 1,215 2,545 723 618 481 913 451 816 1,097 625 0
Wynoochee 1,951 1,724 4,006 2,140 2,198 1,535 2,348 867 1,567 2,107 1,200 0
Satsop 3,423 2,999 8,662 3,817 2,771 3,234 3,330 1,669 3,016 4,068 2,317 0
Tribs below Oakville
649 469 1,048 437 855 359 266 238 430 577 329 0
Black 1,203 598 671 582 147 153 239 432 580 330 1
Esc. Goal met: 8/10 yrs = 0 retention, 9/10 yrs = 1 retention
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Upper Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Chinook Escapements 2003 – 2012
Draft Draft
Goal 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012UM/natural in bag limit
Mainstem below Oakville
< RM 47.0
475 205 125 * 395 399 463 144 259 349 199 0
Skookumchuck 531 1,430 2,019 1,505 1,658 1,010 948 625 1,130 1,519 865 1
Newaukum 1,080 1,932 1,697 1,608 1,035 924 1,222 568 1,026 1,380 786 0
South Fork Chehalis
641 280 400 295 396 317 356 159 287 391 223 0
Tribs above Oakville
156 234 209 131 78 289 169 64 115 232 132 0
Mainstem above Oakville >RM 47.0
1,677 2,995 2,683 1,584 1,429 1,413 1,435 882 1,594 2,077 1,185 0
Esc. Goal met: 8/10 yrs = 0 retention, 9/10 yrs = 1 retention
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Criteria for Un-Marked (Natural) Retention
COHO - If escapement goal has been met:
• 4 of 6 years = 0 un-marked retention• 5 of 6 years = 1 un-marked retention• 6 of 6 years = 2 un-marked retention
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Upper Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Coho Escapements 2007 - 2012
Draft Draft
Goal 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012UM/natural in bag limit
Black 341 1,695 4,276 7,220 9,693 4,853 4,996 2
Mid-Chehalis Tribs. --Scatter Cr. upstream to Hay Cr.
889 1,238 3,789 5,820 7,814 4,272 4,398 2
Upper Chehalis Tribs.-- Jones Cr. upstream to Fourth
Cr.
Included in Mid- Cheh
593 853 4,540 6,095 3,709 3,818 2
Skookumchuck 1,677 2,526 2,017 5,634 7,564 4,442 4,572 2
Newaukum 936 2,097 2,654 5,545 7,444 4,904 5,049 2
South Fork Chehalis 125 714 1,623 4,452 5,977 4,481 4,613 2
Upper Chehalis Mainstem 962 103 307 1,349 1,811 942 970 0
Esc. Goal met: 4/6 yrs = 0 retention, 5/6 yrs = 1 retention, 6/6 yrs = 2 retention
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Lower Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Coho Escapements 2007 – 2012
DraftDraft
Goal 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
UM/natural in bag limit
Hoquiam 1,788 710 459 2,723 3,656 3,254 3,350 0
Wishkah 2,788 542 577 2,829 3,798 3,453 3,555 0
Wynoochee 7,168 3,223 3,729 6,339 8,511 6,074 6,253 0
Satsop 8,628 5,143 5,852 10,252 13,764 11,963 12,315 0
Lower to Mid. Chehalis
Tribs3,204 4,114 5,506 8,814 11,832 8.039 8,276 2
Esc. Goal met: 4/6 yrs = 0 retention, 5/6 yrs = 1 retention, 6/6 yrs = 2 retention
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Humptulips and South Bay Tributaries Spawning Adult Coho Escapements 2007 – 2012
DraftDraft
Goal 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
UM/natural in bag limit
Humptulips 6,894 1,714 960 2,811 12,082 5,284 2,097 0
Elk River 220 43 88 54 135 81 83 0
Johns River 743 581 1,184 728 1,791 1,076 1,108 0
Stafford Cr. to Alder Cr.
376 86 179 112 270 162 167 0
Total South Bay
1,339 710 1,451 894 2,196 1,319 1,358 0
Esc. Goal met: 4/6 yrs = 0 retention, 5/6 yrs = 1 retention, 6/6 yrs = 2 retention
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Constraints and Opportunities
Chehalis River
Opportunities: Spring Chinook – forecast above goal Chum – harvest surplus
Constraints: Fall Chinook – use impacts while achieving
conservation objectives Coho (wild & hatchery) – harvest is limited by
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Constraints and Opportunities (cont.)
Humptulips River
Fall Chinook (wild & hatchery)
- harvestable surplus
Coho – limited wild impacts
- harvestable surplus of hatchery fish
Chum – harvestable surplus
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Natural Chinook Harvest Sharing Plan: Chehalis River
Harvestable non-treaty share = 1,384 Tier 2 (619 – 2,965)
Management Objectives:• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals Recreational Fisheries:• Limited Chinook directed fishery
• As numbers of harvestable non-treaty Chinook increase through this tier, retention opportunities for Chinook will increase.
• Provide equitable marine sport and freshwater sport opportunity.
• Marine Area 2-2 – open no later than Sept.16 (1-Chinook in a 2 daily limit).
• Freshwater Areas – open mainstem Chehalis R. (to Porter Bridge) no later than Oct. 1 with 1 adult Chinook as part of the salmon daily limit. Open other appropriate areas no later than Oct. 1 and release adult Chinook but may consider limited retention if warranted.
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Natural Chinook Harvest Sharing Plan: Chehalis River
Commercial Fisheries: Maintain and increase Tier 1 opportunities as follows:
• Increase Chinook impacts as needed to provide for a directed chum fishery without reducing Tier 2 sport fisheries (above).
• Increase Chinook impacts as needed to provide for a directed coho fishery without reducing Tier 2 sport fisheries (above).
• Use non-selective and/or selective fishery techniques (including the use of recovery boxes and limited soak times) as appropriate, in directed chum and coho fisheries.
• No directed fishing on ‘late’ coho.
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Natural Coho Harvest Sharing Plan: Chehalis River
Harvestable non-treaty share = 70,244 Tier 4 (above 8,050)
Management Objectives:• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals• Increase directed coho harvest opportunities
Recreational Fisheries:• Full recreational opportunity on coho through an allocation equaling a harvest rate of approx. 10% of the wild runsize• Marine Area 2-2 – open no later than Sept 16, retain wild coho• Freshwater Areas – open appropriate areas no later than October 1 retain wild adult coho; except require release of ‘late’ wild adult coho Commercial Fisheries: • Provide directed coho harvest that results in harvest rates on wild coho equal to or greater than 10%• No directed fishing on ‘late’ coho
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Natural Chinook Harvest Sharing Plan: Humptulips River
Harvestable non-treaty share = 1,634 Tier 4 (above 918)
Management Objectives:
• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals • Increase commercial Chinook harvest while maintaining and increasing Chinook directed sport opportunity
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Natural Coho Harvest Sharing Plan: Humptulips River
Harvestable non-treaty share = 3,011 Tier 4 (above 1,951)
Management Objectives:• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals• Increase directed coho harvest opportunities. Recreational Fisheries:• Full recreational opportunity on coho through an allocation equaling a harvest rate of approx. 10% of the wild runsize• Marine Area 2-2 – open no later than Sept 16, retain wild coho• Freshwater Areas – open appropriate areas no later than October 1 and retain wild adult coho; except require release of ‘late’ wild adult coho
Commercial Fisheries: • Provide directed coho harvest opportunities that result in harvest rates on wild coho that are equal to or greater than 10%.• No directed fishing on ‘late’ coho.
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Grays Harbor Chum
• No sharing plan has been developed for sport commercial
• Achieve conservation objectives
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Ideas and Fishery Suggestions
received to date
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Marine Area 2.2
• Aug. 16 – 31: Marine Area 2C Sport Fishery – allow 1 adult daily bag; release wild Chinook.
• 1 Chinook per season, in MA 2.2
• Retain first 2 or 3 fish regardless of species or mark status and stop fishing
• Allow barbed hooks
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FreshwaterCHEHALIS RIVER
Spring Chinook: – May 1 – June 30 - 1 fish, same as last year– Mouth to Skookumchuck River (move upper boundary down to
Skookumchuck River instead of last year’s boundary of Adna)– May 16 – July 15 – move season 2 weeks later with the same
boundaries as last year
Fall salmon• Sept. 1: from mouth to Fuller Bridge• Same regulations as last year from Porter Bridge upstream• Through Jan. 31 and above Fuller Bridge: 3 fish daily bag, of which 3
may be a wild coho• 3 fish daily bag• Retain first 2-3 fish regardless of species or mark status and stop
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Freshwater cont…SATSOP RIVER• Same as last year
• Oct. 1 – 31: Retention of 1 marked/hatchery Chinook = Release wild Chinook
• Sept. 16 – Oct. 31: ? adult salmon daily bag, of which no more than 1 may be a hatchery Chinook. Release UM/wild Chinook
• 3 fish daily bag
• Allow wild retention (species was not specified)
WYNOOCHEE RIVER• Oct. 1- 31: 1 Chinook retention via tag purchase ($5-10) per year. Harvest
recorded on tag and turned in to Region 6 office.
• From White Bridge downstream – Bait allowed
• Oct. 1 – Jan. 31: 2 fish daily bag, of which only 1 may be a wild coho. Release Chinook.
• 2 fish bag, of which 1 may be a wild coho
• 2 fish bag, of which 2 may be a wild coho
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Freshwater cont…HUMPTULIPS RIVER• bag limit alternatives to reduce fishing pressure
• Aug. 16 but no later than Sept. 16: 3 hatchery coho and 1 Chinook retention allowed
– Bait allowed
• Sept. 16 – Nov. 30: From mouth to confluence of the East and West forks – Min. size 14”, 6 salmon daily, 2 adult salmon in daily bag, no more than 1 may be Chinook and 1 may be a wild coho.
– Bait allowed
• 3 fish daily bag
SKOOKUMCHUCK and NEWAUKUM rivers• 3 fish daily bag
JOHNS, ELK, HOQUIAM, WISHKAH, and BLACK rivers• 2 fish bag, of which 1 may be a wild coho
JOE CREEK• Move mouth below Hwy 109 bridge
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Freshwater cont…MISCELLANEOUS• Use every harvestable Chinook to maximize as many coho as possible• Close sport fishery when non-treaty commercial gillnets are fishing• Chum Retention throughout harbor FW rivers except Chehalis mainstem
– Of the bag limit, only 1 may be a chum• Same regulations as last year for MA 2.2 and FW rivers except
Wynoochee, Satsop and Humptulips with chum retention• 3 fish bag except for Johns, Black, Elk, Hoquiam, Wynoochee, and
Wishkah rivers. These exceptions should be 2 fish bag with 1 wild coho• Use barbed hooks in freshwater• Sport 80% and Commercial 20% split of NT portion(share) for all
species• ADA Access on Wishkah/Mayr Bros - 150 feet upstream to 150 feet
downstream of the Wishkah adult attraction channel / outfall structure within the posted fishing boundary.
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Commercial• Restrict gillnet fishery to Area 2D = Close Area 2A (no gillnets above the
Hwy 101 Bridge in Aberdeen) – Move 2D lower boundary to end of the Bowerman Airport for entire
season• 2A & 2D (to Hoquiam River):
– Oct. 7 – 11, 14 – 18, 21 – 25: 10 hr days– Probably Release Chinook, live boxes and short soak times
• 2A, 2D, and 2B:– Nov. 11 – 15, 17 – 21: 24 hr days
• 2B:– Last week of Sept – First week of Oct. – 55 meshes and 6 ½ inch mesh – Daylight fishing
• 2C (Humptulips bay):– Aug. 19, 22, 26, 30, Oct. 5, 6, 19, 20, 26 – 28: 24 hr days– Probably Release wild coho, live boxes and short soak times
• White Sturgeon fishery opportunity
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Thank you for participating!!
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