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Canadians agree to catch fewer Columbia salmon
by Michael Milstein, The Oregonian
Friday January 09, 2009, 6:11 PM
Canadian fishermen will reduce their catch of chinook salmon by 30 percent along the West Coast of Vancouver Island, leaving more fish to migrate home to the Columbia River, under new treaty provisions ratified by the United States and Canada this week.
The United States will provide Canadian authorities with $30 million to help compensate the fishing fleet hit by the cutbacks, according to the new revisions in the Pacific Salmon Treaty.
Many Columbia River salmon and others born in Oregon and Washington rivers migrate to sea and then north along the West Coast toward Alaska, but Canadian fishermen catch many of the fish along the way. That includes imperiled species of salmon protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act. United States interests pressed during negotiations to reduce fishing pressure on the salmon in Canada.
The Canadians, in turn, wanted to reduce fishing pressure on chinook salmon from coastal British Columbia, which migrate north to Alaska. The United States agreed to reduce the catch of chinook off Southeast Alaska by 15 percent.
The main salmon stocks that will benefit from the reduced fishing pressure off the West Coast of Vancouver Island include Upper Columbia River Fall chinook, Lower Columbia River chinook and Puget Sound chinook, said Peter Dygert, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle.
"This is going to result in more fish returning to the United States," he said.
Canadian fishermen caught about 200,000 chinook salmon off the West Coast of Vancouver Island in 2005, according to figures from the Pacific Salmon Commission. Cutting that catch by 30 percent would let fishermen catch about 140,000 salmon.
"This is to ensure that stocks are getting back to their rivers," said Don Kowal, executive secretary of the Pacific Salmon Commission.
The new treaty provisions, which took effect at the beginning of the year, replace sections that expired at the end of 2008.
-Michael Milstein; michaelmilstein@news.oregonian.com
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Canadians agree to catch fewer Columbia salmon
by Michael Milstein, The Oregonian
Friday January 09, 2009, 6:11 PM
Canadian fishermen will reduce their catch of chinook salmon by 30 percent along the West Coast of Vancouver Island, leaving more fish to migrate home to the Columbia River, under new treaty provisions ratified by the United States and Canada this week.
The United States will provide Canadian authorities with $30 million to help compensate the fishing fleet hit by the cutbacks, according to the new revisions in the Pacific Salmon Treaty.
Many Columbia River salmon and others born in Oregon and Washington rivers migrate to sea and then north along the West Coast toward Alaska, but Canadian fishermen catch many of the fish along the way. That includes imperiled species of salmon protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act. United States interests pressed during negotiations to reduce fishing pressure on the salmon in Canada.
The Canadians, in turn, wanted to reduce fishing pressure on chinook salmon from coastal British Columbia, which migrate north to Alaska. The United States agreed to reduce the catch of chinook off Southeast Alaska by 15 percent.
The main salmon stocks that will benefit from the reduced fishing pressure off the West Coast of Vancouver Island include Upper Columbia River Fall chinook, Lower Columbia River chinook and Puget Sound chinook, said Peter Dygert, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle.
"This is going to result in more fish returning to the United States," he said.
Canadian fishermen caught about 200,000 chinook salmon off the West Coast of Vancouver Island in 2005, according to figures from the Pacific Salmon Commission. Cutting that catch by 30 percent would let fishermen catch about 140,000 salmon.
"This is to ensure that stocks are getting back to their rivers," said Don Kowal, executive secretary of the Pacific Salmon Commission.
The new treaty provisions, which took effect at the beginning of the year, replace sections that expired at the end of 2008.
-Michael Milstein; michaelmilstein@news.oregonian.com
Jim's Fishing Charters
www.JimsFishing.com
http://ca.youtube.com/user/Sushihunter250
