Calculating Impacts from Washington’s 2022 Columbia River Commercial Gillnet License Buyback

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Published: January 4, 2024

Pages: 7

Introduction

Proviso language ESSB 5693 Sec. 308 Sub. 65(b)
“For all licenses purchased, the department shall calculate the reduced impacts to wild and endangered stocks based on the most recent five-year average of harvest and reserve those impacts for conservation through increased wild salmonid escapement or mark selective fisheries capable of harvesting surplus hatchery-reared salmon where needed to meet federal genetic protection requirements for wild salmon populations in a manner consistent with state-tribal fishery management agreements.”