Oregon Dept' of Fish and Wildlife:

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Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Coded Wire
Tag Recovery from Ocean Salmon Fisheries
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2001 SEASONAL SALMON SAMPLING STAFF
Columbia Area 2
Tillamook Area 3
Newport Area 4
Coos Bay Area 5
Brookings Area 6
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2001 SEASONAL SALMON SAMPLING STAFF
Columbia Area 2
Astoria
27 Seasonal port samplers in 2001 22
Samplers recovered CWTs from sport fishery
12 Samplers recovered CWTs from the
commercial ocean troll fishery
Tillamook Area 3
Garibaldi
Pacific City
Depoe Bay
Newport Area 4
Newport
Florence
Winchester Bay
Coos Bay Area 5
Charleston
Bandon
Port Orford
Brookings Area 6
Gold Beach
Brookings
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2001 OCEAN SALMON LANDINGS AND SAMPLING ACTIVITY
Columbia Area 2
Astoria

• Ocean Recreational Salmon Fishery
• Sampled 11,300 chinook and 32,883 coho
• Landings 27,220 chinook and 94,343 coho
• Sampling Rates 42 chinook and 35 coho

Tillamook Area 3
Garibaldi
Pacific City
Depoe Bay
Newport Area 4
Newport
Florence
Winchester Bay
Coos Bay Area 5
Charleston
Bandon
Port Orford
Brookings Area 6
Gold Beach
Brookings
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2001 OCEAN SALMON LANDINGS AND SAMPLING ACTIVITY
Columbia Area 2
Astoria
Tillamook Area 3
Garibaldi
Pacific City
Depoe Bay
Newport Area 4
Newport
Florence

• Commercial Ocean Troll Fishery
• Sampled 88,428 chinook and 3,711 coho
• Landings 276,690 chinook and 7,840 coho
• Sampling rates 32 chinook and 47 coho

Winchester Bay
Coos Bay Area 5
Charleston
Bandon
Port Orford
Brookings Area 6
Gold Beach
Brookings
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2001 OREGON OCEAN CODED WIRE TAG RECOVERIES
Columbia Area 2
Astoria

• Commercial Ocean Troll - 5,952 chinook and
  212 coho CWTs recovered.
• Ocean Recreational - 752 chinook and 1,831
  coho CWTs recovered.

Tillamook Area 3
Garibaldi
Depoe Bay
Newport Area 4
Newport
Florence
Coos Bay Area 5
Charleston
Bandon
Port Orford
Brookings Area 6
Gold Beach
Brookings
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INCREASES TO PRIOR BUDGET
Need to Retool Data Recorders
- Present equipment is old technology with
minimal flexibility for upgrade.
- Repair frequency increasing, and will no
longer be supported by manufacturer.
- Present equipment has been well used with
most units having 10 years of service.
- Need to replace all units for efficient
transition
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INCREASES TO PRIOR BUDGET

• Need for Additional CWT Detection Wands
• Budget accounts for purchasing two wands in first
  year of renewed contract and one wand in each
  following year.
• Current wands have been in the field since 1999
  season, and repair frequency is increasing (10
  returned for repair prior to 2002 selective
  fishery start out of 22 total).
• Not enough wands currently to address mass marked
  chinook issues (2001 No Tag rate of 26).

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INCREASES TO PRIOR BUDGET

• Longer Seasons Require More Seasonal Time
• Commercial and recreational ocean fisheries have
  opened in April since 1997.
• In 2002, commercial troll seasons opened in
  March.
• Appears that a Mid-March opening date is likely
  for commercial salmon, and April 1 for
  recreational in the near future.
• Recreational season length in most recent 3
  years on the central Oregon Coast has more
  than doubled the 20 year average season length
  from 1979-1998.