In February and March 2008, the Washington and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions worked with their respective staff and the facilitation team to determine how best to move forward with efforts to engage stakeholders on specific issues associated with lower Columbia River salmon fishery management. Based on these efforts, the Commissions agreed that convening a stakeholder group virtually identical to the one convened last year is appropriate; further, they have agreed upon a more clearly defined purpose statement for the new group as follows:

The purpose of this stakeholder group is to develop recommendations regarding a lower Columbia River spring and summer salmon fishery management plan including future allocation of allowable harvests of salmon between the commercial and recreational fisheries.

This purpose statement was developed in response to the expressed interest for clear guidance from the stakeholders involved in the prior process as well as a variety of concerns raised by stakeholders before, during, and subsequent to the recent allocation decisions.

Meetings and Handouts

• June 16, 2008 – (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Location: Vancouver, Washington
  • Draft Agenda (doc)
  • Directions to the June 16th meeting place (doc)
  • LCRSF Action Items (doc)

• May 19, 2008 – (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Location: WDFW Region 5 Offices, 2108 Grand Boulevard, Vancouver, WA
  
  
• Draft agenda (doc)
• Draft fishery management plan outline (doc)
• Background information on fishing opportunities based on US v. Oregon and the Willamette Fish Management Plan (xls)
• Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission Policy Decision - c3617 (pdf)
• Canadian Selective Fisheries Policy (pdf)
• LCRSF Operating Principles v2 (redline) (doc)

Meeting Handouts and Additional Reference Material

• Recommendation for Tangle Net Mortality Rate (doc)
• Recommendations for Tangle Net release mortality assumptions for Spring Chinook (doc)
• The Evolution of Recreational Salmon Fisheries in British Columbia (pdf)
• An Overview of the Select Area Fishery Enhancement Project (pdf)
• Appendix A - Select Area Site Selection Criteria (pdf)
• Appendix B SAFE Program Funding Overview, 2007–2009 (pdf)

• March 28, 2008 – (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Location: The River Street Building, 25 River St, Cathlamet, WA
  
  

• Draft agenda (doc)
• LCRSF Purpose and Sideboards – Final (doc)
• LCRSF Operating Principles v2 (doc)
• Final Action Items Memo (doc)

General Documents

• LCRSF Participant List (doc)

Background Information

• Tables (pdf)
  
• Hypothetical sharing arrangements (for discussion purposes only) (pdf)
  

Prior Visioning Process

• Information associated with Columbia River Salmon Fishery Visioning Process