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: Coho 2009 WDFW Washington Coho Forecast Summary1 Production unit Hatchery Hatchery esc. goal Wild Wild esc. goal Total H+W fcst Dungeness R.2 5,765 900 - Scndry, no goal 5,765 Elwha R.2 1,619 1,000 - Scndry, no goal 1,619 Eastern Strait (excl. Dung, Elwha) - - 3,242 see below 3,242 Western Strait - - 17,223 see below 17,223 West/East sub-total excl. Dung, Elwha - - 20,465 60 % (Low) 20,465 West/East Strait sub-total 7,383 - 20,465 - 27,848 Nooksack River 13,054 5,250 9,000 (secndry) 18,304 Lummi Ponds 10,119 - - 10,119 7B net pens 0 - - 0 Indian Slough Hatchery 1,026 - 1,026 Samish River - 1,050 8,900 (secndry) 1,050 Misc 7&7A (incl. San Juans coOps) 1,258 - 744 1,000 (secndry) 2,002 Nooksack/Samish River sub-total 25,457 - 7,044 - 32,501 Skagit River sub-total 11,730 - 33,374 65 % (Low) 45,104 Stillaguamish River sub-total 0 - 13,400 65 % (Low) 13,400 Snohomish River 11,778 67,000 60 % (Low) 78,778 Tulalip Bay 38,461 - - 38,461 Area 8A Misc. Hatchery 3,350 - - 3,350 Snohomish River sub-total 53,589 - 67,000 - 120,589 Lake Washington 42,316 3,500 15,000 (secndry) 45,816 Green River 32,196 5,200 8,000 (secndry) 37,396 Elliott Bay Net Pens 30,856 - - 30,856 Misc. Area 10, 11, 10E 0 10,200 ~3,100 (secndry) 10,200 Mid-Sound sub-total 105,368 - 18,900 - 124,268 Puyallup River 31,729 13,600 11,000 (secndry) 45,329 Area 13A-K wild, exc. Deschutes - 15,200 13,500 (secndry) 15,200 Area 13A Hatchery (Minter Creek) 10,216 - - 10,216 Nisqually River 6,145 1,900 4,000 (secndry) 8,045 Deschutes River - 4,006 8,100 (secndry) 4,006 Area 13D net pens (Squaxin Island) 35,308 - - 35,308 South Sound sub-total 83,398 - 34,706 - 118,104 Area 9A (Port Gamble)2 7,815 - - Scndry, no goal 7,815 Area 12A - Quilcene River2 20,679 2,000 - Scndry, no goal 20,679 Area 12A - Quilcene Net Pens 6,172 - - - 6,172 Area 12/12B - - 20,345 - 20,345 Area 12C/12D (exc. Skokomish River) - - 22,411 - 22,411 Skokomish River 17,377 520 5,850 - 23,227 Area 12/12B-12D/Skokomish River sub-total 17,377 - 48,606 35 % (Norm) 65,983 Hood Canal sub-total 52,043 - 48,606 - 100,649 Puget Sound Total 338,968 - 243,495 - 582,462 Willapa Bay 59,420 33,544 13,100 92,964 Grays Harbor 63,485 59,226 35,400 122,711 Quinault River 26,210 16,313 - 42,523 Queets River 13,537 0 5,800-14,500 13,537 North Coast Indept. tributaries 14,101 11,130 - 25,231 Hoh River 0 9,496 2,000-5,000 9,496 Quillayute River summer 12,921 2,233 300 15,154 Quillayute River fall 39,471 19,259 6,300-15,800 58,730 Coast total 229,145 - 151,201 - 380,346 Columbia R. Early 657,293 See note 3 - 657,293 Columbia R. Late 352,405 See note 3 - 352,405 Columbia R. total3 1,009,698 - - - 1,009,698 GRAND TOTAL 1,577,811 - 394,696 - 1,972,506 Notes Ocean age 3 abundance 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.= 205, Dungeness R.= 571, mgt. unit 9A = 938, mgt. unit 12A = 1,312 Columbia early and late forecast numbers include BOTH hatchery and wild origin components, because OPI historical runsize database used for forecasting has the wild fish embedded within the total runsize estimates. Columbia Wild forecast values are Washington Side Early = 9,312, Washington Side Late = 17,295, Oregon Side = 6,095

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