Background North of Falcon Q&A How salmon fishing seasons are set How tribes and state co-manage salmon and steelhead Pre-Season Forecasts Chinook Coho Chum Pink Sockeye WDFW News 2009 salmon fisheries approved - Apr 8, 2009 Joint statement: Treaty tribes, state develop salmon seasons that protect weak wild stocks - Apr 8, 2009 Federal panel adopts options for ocean salmon sport fisheries - Mar 12, 2009 Strong return of Columbia River coho, Puget Sound pink salmon projected - Mar 3, 2009 Public meeting scheduled March 3 on 2009 salmon forecast - Feb 18, 2009 Second public workshop scheduled to discuss how sport salmon fishing seasons are set - Nov 17, 2008 Public workshop scheduled to discuss how recreational salmon fishing seasons are established - Sep 23, 2008 Other News Season looks good for us (Aberdeen Daily World) Salmon anglers catch a break with no quotas and longer season (Seattle Times) Good news on salmon fishing in Puget Sound (Tacoma News Tribune) Links WDFW Commercial Fishing Selective Fishing Techniques Pacific Fishery Management Council Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife California Dept. of Fish and Game

2009 Pre-Season Salmon Forecast: Chinook 2009 Puget Sound Summer/Fall Chinook Preseason Forecasts Region Watershed Footnotes Forecast Type Hatchery Supplmt Wild Total Comp Chinook Management Criteria RER/8 Low Abundance Thresholds/9 Strait Hoko 1 Esc w/o fishing     969 969 <10% So. U.S. 500 spawners Dungeness 1 Terminal     727 727 <10% So. U.S. 500 spawners Elwha 2 Terminal     1,708 1,708 <10% So. U.S. 1,000 spawners Region total     0   3,404 3,404     North Sound Glenwood Springs   4B 149     149     Nooksack/Samish 3 4B 23,014     23,014     Skagit   Terminal 639   23,400 24,039 50% total 4,800 spawners Stillaguamish   Esc w/o fishing   598 1,086 1,684 25% total 650 Snohomish   Esc w/o fishing 4,857   8,410 13,268 21% total 2,800 spawners Tulalip   Esc w/o fishing 3,966     3,966     Region total     32,625 598 32,897 66,119     Upper South Sound Lake Washington Issaquah 5 4B 13,096     13,096     Univ. of Wa   4B 1,488     1,488     Cedar   4B     1,549 1,549 15% preterm So. U.S., 1,200 esc goal 200 spawners North Tributaries   4B     312 312   500 spawners Subregion total     14,584   1,861 16,445     Green River Soos Creek Hatchery   4B 11,965     11,965     Icy Creek   4B 842     842     Mainstem/Newaukum 1 4B     9,224 9,224 15% preterm So. U.S., 5,800 esc goal 1,800 spawners Subregion total     12,807   9,224 22,031     Grovers   4B 2,346     2,346 East Kitsap (Gorst, Dogfish, Clear) 4 4B 5,907     5,907 Subregion total     8,253     8,253   Puyallup River 1 4B 6,060   1,476 7,536 50% total 500 spawners/12 Upper South Sound total 41,704   12,561 54,265 Lower South Sound Carr Inlet 5 4B 11,948     11,948     Deschutes 5 4B 10,692     10,692     Nisqually 1 4B 21,331   4,606 25,937 1,100 escapement goal   Chambers 5 4B 7,370     7,370     McAllister 6 4B       0 Program is terminated   Coulter 7 4B       0 Program is terminated   Lower South Sound Total     51,341   4,606 55,947     South Sound total 93,045 0 17,167 110,212     Hood Canal Skokomish w/George Adams 10 Terminal 26,696   2,118 28,814 15% preterm So. U.S. total 3,650 esc goal w/1,650 nat esc/13 1,300 spawners/13 12B naturals   Terminal     114 114 12% preterm So. U.S. 750 esc goal 400 spawners 12C/12D/12H   Terminal 13,446   271 13,717     12D   Terminal     See above 0     Hood Canal total     40,142 0 2,503 42,645       Grand total 165,812 598 55,970 222,380   Footnotes Wild forecast Includes hatchery origin and natural origin fish Combine hatchery and natural forecasts This includes returns to Samish, Whatcom, Nooksack and Lummi Bay and neighboring streams. Forecast resulting from rearing pond production spawning in river of origin or in neighboring streams Combined natural and hatchery spawner forecast (all fish of hatchery origin) Last releases from BY 2001, no fall chinook are expected. Hatchery chinook releases terminated with BY 2000. 2007 forecast is wild production of naturally spawning hatchery fish. RER= Recovery Exploitation Rate (interim management ceiling during recovery phase). Level of spawning abundance that triggers additional management action. The low abundance threshold includes 800 natural and/or 500 hatchery spawners Threshhold expressed as natural origin spawners Goal for South Prairie Cr Index Aggregate for combined hatchery and wild spawners Puget Sound Spring Chinook 2009 Preseason Forecasts Region Notes Forecast Type Hatchery Supplmt Wild Total RER Low Abundance Thresholds Nooksack River North Fork 1 Terminal 748 1,143 261 2,152 Under Development 1000 spawners/11 South Fork 2 Terminal     54 54 Under Development 1000 spawners/11 Skagit River Terminal 1,395   1,154 2,549 38% total 576 spawners White River Minter Creek 6 Terminal 678     678     White River Hatchery 3,4 Terminal 1,113     1,113     Buckley Trap 5 Terminal   791   791 20% total 200 spawners Total White River Springs           2,582     Total Puget Sound 3,934 1,934 1,469 7,337   Supplementation number is hatchery-origin acclimated fish expected to spawn in the wild. Forecast of SF Nooksack stock origin chinook. Forecast that includes non-native origin fish is 138. Forecast of tagged returns to the hatchery rack only. For FRAM modeling purposes, 710 are estimated to originate from fingerling production and 403 from yearling production Includes naturally produced spring and fall chinook returns and acclimation pond production White River Spring production from Minter Creek H is not modeled in FRAM. Washington Coast 2009 Chinook Preseason Forecasts Region Hatchery Wild Totals Natural Escapement Goal North Coast Quillayute River     Spring 2,000   2,000 200     Summer   1,183 1,183 1200 (WDFW goal ONLY)     Fall   5,583 5,583 > of 3,000 or 60% of run Hoh     Spring/Summer 1,061 1,061 >of 900 or 69% of RS     Fall   3,276 3,276 >of 1,200 or 60% of RS Queets     Spring/Summer     0 >of 700 or 70% of RS     Fall     0 >of 2,500 or 60% of RS Quinault     Fall     0   North Coast Totals: Summer/Falls 0 10,042 10,042 Spring/Summers 2,000 1,061 3,062 Grays Harbor     Chehalis Springs   1,019 1,019 1,400     Chehalis Falls 364 13,451 13,815 12,364     Humptulips Falls 2,574 5,874 8,448 2,236     Subregion Falls Total 2,938 19,325 22,263   Willapa Bay 34,817 1,951 36,768   Coast Total 39,756 33,398 73,154

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