Schedule North of Falcon Meeting Calendar Background North of Falcon Q&A How salmon fishing seasons are set How tribes and state co-manage salmon and steelhead Run-Size Forecasts Chinook Chum Coho Pink Sockeye News   WDFW News Public workshop scheduled to discuss how recreational salmon fishing seasons are established - Sep 23, 2008 Increased salmon fishing restrictions reflect conservation needs, low returns - Apr 10, 2008 Outlook for ocean salmon fisheries reflects poor coho forecasts - Mar 14, 2008 Low returns of coho, wild chinook may put damper on salmon fisheries - Mar 4, 2008 Public meeting scheduled March 4 on 2008 salmon forecast - Feb 1, 2008   Other News Cooperation at Salmon Harvest Talks - Kitsap Sun Fishing | Summer of salmon like last year in Puget Sound waters -Seattle Times Salmon cutbacks serve as warning - 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

2008 Pre-Season Salmon Forecast: Coho 2008 WDFW Washington Coho Forecast Summary1 Production unit Hatchery Hatchery esc. goal Wild Wild esc. goal Total H+W fcst Dungeness R.2 4,506 900 1,156 Scndry, no goal 5,662 Elwha R.2 2,852 1,000 969 Scndry, no goal 3,821 Eastern Strait (excl. Dungeness, Elwah) - - 4,683 see below 4,683 Western Strait - - 19,428 see below 19,428 West/East sub-total excl. Dungeness, Elwha - - 24,111 60% (Low) 24,111 West/East Strait sub-total 7,358 - 26,236 - 33,594 Nooksack River 25,695   9,000 9,000 (Secndry) 34,695 Lummi Ponds 16,843   - - 16,843 7B net pens 91   - - 91 Indian Slough Hatchery 3,032   -   3,032 Samish River -   4,500 8,900 (secndry) 4,500 Misc 7&7A (incl. San Juans coOps) 1,457 - 1,300 1,000 (secndry) 2,757 Nooksack/Samish River sub-total 47,118 - 14,800 - 61,918 Skagit River sub-total 18,340 - 61,444 65% (Low) 79,784 Stillaguamish River sub-total 80 - 31,000 50% (Norm) 31,080 Snohomish River 6,198   92,000 60% (Low) 98,198 Tulalip Bay 44,519   - - 44,519 Area 8A Misc. Hatchery 2,740   - - 2,740 Snohomish River sub-total 53,457 - 92,000 - 145,457 Lake Washington 13,425   4,300 15,000 (secndry) 17,725 Green River 37,838   4,600 8,000 (secndry) 42,438 Elliott Bay Net Pens 24,215   - - 24,215 Misc. Area 10, 11, 10E 1,519   5,400 ~3,100 (secndry) 6,919 Mid-Sound sub-total 76,997 - 14,300 - 91,297 Puyallup River 33,561   3,300 11,000 (secndry) 36,861 Area 13A-K wild, exc. Deschutes -   8,600 13,500 (secndry) 8,600 Area 13A Hatchery (Minter Creek) 28,635   - - 28,635 Nisqually River 1,997   1,000 4,000 (secndry) 2,997 Deschutes River -   86 8,100 (secndry) 86 Area 13D net pens (Squaxin Island) 28,833   - - 28,833 South Sound sub-total 93,026 - 12,986 - 106,012 Area 9A (Port Gamble)2 4,157 - 162 Scndry, no goal 4,318 Area 12A - Quilcene River2 14,107 2,000 456 Scndry, no goal 14,563 Area 12A - Quilcene Net Pens 3,422 - - - 3,422 Area 12/12B - - 12,027 - 12,027 Area 12C/12D (exc. Skokomish River) - - 13,247 - 13,247 Skokomish River 12,739 520 5,089 - 17,828 Area 12/12B-12D/Skokomish River sub-total 12,739 - 30,363 55% (Low) 43,101 Hood Canal sub-total 34,425 - 30,981 - 65,405 Puget Sound Total 330,800 - 283,747 - 614,547 Willapa Bay 25,511   35,063 13,100 60,574 Grays Harbor 53,051   42,651 35,400 95,702 Quinault River 24,540   17,441 - 41,981 Queets River 10,333   10,182 5,800-14,500 20,515 North Coast Indept. tributaries 5,007   3,180 - 8,187 Hoh River 0   4,349 2,000-5,000 4,349 Quillayute River summer 4,228   1,115 300 5,343 Quillayute River fall 12,988   10,529 6,300-15,800 23,517 Coast total 135,658 - 124,510 - 260,168 Columbia River early 103,057   3,333 - 106,390 Columbia River late 80,211   6,189 - 86,400 Columbia Oregon Wild3 -   3,910   3,910 Columbia River total4 183,268 - 13,432 - 196,700 GRAND TOTAL 649,726 - 421,689 - 1,071,415 Notes 1) Ocean age 3 abundance 2) Elwha, Dungeness, Area 9A, and Area 12A mgt. unit hatchery forecast values in this table include natural production origin coho forecasts for these units, due to co-manager agreement on "secondary" mgt. status of natural coho production in these units. FRAM model uses discrete inputs for the individual hatchery and wild origin forecasts. The separate OA3 natural forecast values are: Elwha R.= 969, Dungeness R.= 1156, mgt. unit 9A = 162, mgt. unit 12A = 456 3) Columbia Oregon Wild are considered to have intermediate return timing relative to the early and late population groups and are therefore categorized separately in this table. 4) 2008 is the first year Columbia River wild coho forecasts are being directly used in FRAM management model due to inclusion of new FRAM Model base years with Columbia wild coho stocks.