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Alternative Gear Implementation Project Pat Frazier WDFW Region 5 Fish Program Manager Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Why we’re doing the Project Its important for wild fish Its important for communities Its important for fishers Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Ensure Fisheries Are Sustainable and Managed Consistent With ALL-H Recovery Efforts
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Non-Treaty Columbia River Fisheries and ESA Harvest BIOP Conservation Levels Manage for Fishery Survival in All-H Comprehensive Analysis Fishery monitoring to Ensure Conservation Effectiveness Fishery Strategy to Assist Hatchery Reform
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FCRPS Biological Opinion Evaluate Methods to Develop or Expand Use of Selective Fishing Evaluate Post Release Mortality for Selective Fisheries Fishery Conservation Effectiveness Program
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2010 Alternative Gear Project Gear: Purse Seines (6) Beach seines (5) Trap Nets (2) Species: Chinook and Coho When: 30 days per fisher Mid Aug. through late Oct. Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Location of Fishers
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2010 Total Catch by Gear Type
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2010 Mortality Data Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy Test Fishery (immediate): Excellent condition o Small jacks wedged 0.12% immediate o 29 out of 22,856 Mortality Study (24-48 hrs): Lack of suitable locations High otter predation o 66 out of 327 (20%) Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Future Mortality Studies Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy Test Group: Purse seines & beach seines Just below Bonneville Dam 1,000 tags per species per gear type Control Group: Collect at Bonneville AFF Release near test fishing grounds 1,000 tags per species Marking and Recovery: PIT tags Recoveries at Bonneville Dam and upstream Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Control Group ESA Coverage: Permit directly through NOAA Fisheries Mortalities included in research impacts for Alternative Gear Study AFF Operation Alternatives: Increase days Additional hours per day Increased number of fish in holding tank Variation from temperature protocols
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Pat Frazier, Region 5 Fish Program Manager DESIRED OUTCOME Data Sufficient to Account for Harvest of all Species Scientifically Sound Release Mortality Accountability Implement Alternative Gear Fishery By 2013
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