Implementing Hatchery Reform

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Implementing Hatchery Reform
The Dawn of a New Beginning or more of the same
old thing?
Mike Delarm NOAA Fisheries
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Major Negotiations and Review Processes Currently
Underway

• 1. Hydro Remand/Biop
• Action Agencies fund hatchery programs
• Committed to assure funded programs will not be
  impediment to recovery.
• Expected to provide new funding.
• Tribal and state negotiations.
• Action agencies may want some future role in
  hatchery consultations.
• Lays out a schedule for ESA hatchery
  consultations.

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Major Negotiations and Review Processes Currently
Underway

• 2. US v Oregon Negotiations
• Some hatchery programs expected to change
• Specifies hatchery production commitments
• Future ESA hatchery consultations
• 3. Hatchery Scientific Review Group
• Snake Basin Review June and July
• Preliminary recommendations early fall
• Final report out end of year

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Major Negotiations and Review Processes Currently
Underway

• 4. USFWS Hatchery Review
• Snake Basin Schedule
• Completed by late 2009 early 2010
• 5. ESA Hatchery Consultations
• Scheduled to use HSRG and USFWS review results
• Snake Basin to start early 2010
• Discussions in US v Oregon may affect this
  schedule
• Brett Farman starting March 31
• Snake Basin hatchery and harvest lead
• Initially stationed in Boise
• Expected to move to Portland

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NOAAs Proposed Consultation Schedule

• Current Schedule Draft Hydro Biop
• HSRG Review completed December 2008
• Upper Columbia Basin - January 2009
• Middle Columbia July 2009
• Snake Basin January 2010
• Set to take advantage of USFWS Review
• Negotiations taking place which may change this
  schedule.

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Future Biops What Will We Be Looking For?

• 1. Use of TRT Guidance
• 2. Use of Recovery Goals
• 3. Hatchery Actions Noaa will be considering
  HSRG and USFWS review recommendations.
• USvOR some programs expected to change
• 4. Abundance based adult management
• Hatchery Programs
• Proposed Harvest
• 5. General analysis factors -11 categories

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Snake Basin Spring Chinook

• 1. Implement Abundance based management
  hatchery and harvest actions linked.
• 2. Focus on broodstock quality and composition
  of adults on spawning grounds.
• Harvest as one tool
• 3. NE Oregon - higher Hatchery influence
• Need to reduce hatchery footprint in these
  populations at higher escapements

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Snake Basin Steelhead

• 1. Many more challenges
• 2. Constrain non DPS programs to limited areas
• acclimation and adult collection
• Assure segregation
• Monitoring to confirm isolation
• Change stocks reared
• Release locations
• 3. Non-DPS programs intermixed with natural
  populations may need to change if not well
  segregated
• 4. Ecological Considerations

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Snake River Fall Chinook

• 1. Polarized
• 2. Near term may be little changes
• 3. Future ???

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Imnaha River Adult Management 360K Program
242 Broodstock
.5 1 of minimum abundance threshold
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1 - 1.5 of minimum abundance threshold
1.5 2 of minimum abundance threshold
gt2 of minimum abundance threshold
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Another Day in ParadiseQuote from John Palensky