Comprehensive Management Plan for Puget Sound Chinook
Harvest
• Conservation:• Population productivity, abundance & diversity• Account for all fishery-related mortality
• Legal & Policy Obligations:• Indian Treaty Rights• Puget Sound Salmon Management Plan • Pacific Salmon Treaty• Meet ESA Jeopardy Standards
• Provide Fishing Opportunities:• Healthy Species & Stocks
Puget Sound ChinookHarvest Plan Objectives
• Populations• Stocks• Management
Units
Conservation for:
Puget Sound Chinook Complex Life History
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
Alaska Board of Fisheries
Pacific Salmon
Commission
Canadian Department of Fisheries and
Oceans
Pacific Fisheries Management
Council
Columbia River Compact (WA, OR &
Tribes)
U.S. v Washington Plans
U.S. v Oregon Plans
Puget Sound Chinook Controlling Fisheries
Puget Sound Chinook Controlling Fisheries
SeasonsCatch QuotasArea RestrictionsGear RestrictionsSize Limits“Impact” Limits
Spawning Numbers
Control FisheriesTo Meet
Spawning Goal:
Avoid Low Spawner
Abundance
Meet or exceed Upper Spawner
Threshold
Cedar River ChinookSpawning Escapement Trend
Upper Threshold= 1680
Lake Washington ChinookExploitation Rates
Lake Washington Chinook
Fishing Impacts 2009Alaska & Canada 21%
Southern U.S. total 20%
Pre-Terminal Only 11%
Terminal Only 9%
TOTAL All Fisheries
41%
Puget Sound Chinook
2009Management Plan Rate Limits
Skagit S/F 50%
Skagit Spring 38%
Stillaguamish 25%
Snohomish 21%
White R Spring 20%
Puyallup 50%
Puget Sound Chinook
Lake WashingtonFishing Impacts under Revised
Plan – beginning in 2010Alaska & Canada Canada-U.S. Treaty
thru- 2018 (~21%)
Southern U.S. max rate 20%
Terminal Area(Shilshole Bay, Ship Canal, Lake Wa)
No chinook-directed fishing
Expected TOTAL Rate All Fisheries
41%
Puget Sound Chinook
Lake WashingtonRevised Plan
Terminal Area(Shilshole Bay, Ship Canal,
Lake Wa)
No chinook-directed fishing
Except if: Cedar River Escapement > 1680
Co-Managers may conduct chinook-directed fisheries
Expected Rate in All Fisheries
may > 41%
Cedar River ChinookSpawning Escapement Trend
In-Season Estimation• Lock Counts & other information• Total Runsize• Cedar River Runsize• Cedar River Spawners• Fishery (tribal & state) Impacts• Estimate Uncertainty
How will we know if we will exceed the Upper
Threshold ?
Sammamish ChinookSpawning Escapement Trend