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PRIVATE
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HATCHERIES
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HATCHERIES
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Fish
F i s h Division
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F i s h and
l , ' l i l d il f e
Oregon
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a n d Wildlife
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September
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i NTRODUCT
I ON.
INTRODUCTION
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R E G U L A T ..................
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REGULATIONS
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TS.
PERMITS
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REFERENCES
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I}ITRODUCTION
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( O S Ubegan
)b e g a nhatching
In
I n 1969
1 9 6 9Oregon
h a t c h i n gand
0 r e g o nState
S t a t e University
r e l e a s i n gchum
U n i v e r s i t y(OSU)
a n dreleasing
chum
salmon
f r o m aa rresearch
s a l m o nfrom
e s e a r c h facility
W h i s k e yCreek
f a c i ' l i t y at
a t Whiskey
o n Netarts
N e t a r t sBay.
C r e e k on
B a y . Their
Thejr
n using
j n c u b a t o r stto
u s i n g 'inexpensive
i n e x p e n s i vstreamside
success
succe
s sdjin
o hatch
h a t c h large
' l a r g enumbers
n u m b e rof
set r e a m s j d eincubators
os f
'le
j n the
chum
c h u mled to
t o citizen
interest. A
c i t i z e n interest.
A bill
b i l l was
i n t r o d u c e din
t h e 1971
w a sintroduced
I 9 7 I Legislature
Legis'lature
p r i v a t e rrearing
o u n gsalmon
and
off y
young
tto
o allow
a l l o w private
earing a
t h e n the
e l e a s eo
s a l m o nthen
h a r v e s t i n gof
n d rrelease
t h e harvesting
of
(ORS)
returning
r e t u r n i n g adults
a d u l t s for
f o r ssale.
r e s u ' l t i n g Oregon
O r e g o nRevised
R e v j s e dStatutes
a ' l e . The
T h e resulting
S t a t u t e s (ORS)
p r i v a t e chum
p e r m i t sand
508.700
salmon
5 0 8 . 7 0 0-- 508.745
5 0 8 . 7 4 5authorized
a u t h o r i z e dissue
i s s u eof
o f private
chum
s a l m o hatchery
nh a t c h e r ypermits
and
p
r o v ' i d e dg
u i d a n c effor
o r tthe
provided
guidance
operations,
and
h e review
r e v i e wof
o f applications,
c o n d u c tof
a p p l i c a t i o n s ,conduct
o f o p e r a t i o n s ,a n d
g e n e r a 'requirements
p e r m i t sunder
rl e q u i r e m e n tfor
general
fso r termination
t e r m j n a t i o nof
o f permits
u n d e rcertain
c e r t a i n conditions.
c o n d i t i o n s . The
The
( F C O was
)v r a scharged
F i s h Commission
Fish
offn Oregon
Comm'issio
w j t h administering
a d m i n j s t e r i n gthese
0 r e g o n(FCO)
c h a r g e dwith
t h e s elaws.
laws.
S i n c etthe
h e 1975
1 9 7 5m
e r g e ro
Since
merger
off the
F i s h and
a n dWildlife
i , l i l d l j f e commissions,
Departt h e Fish
c o m m i s s i o nthe
st h, e Oregon
0 r e g o nDepart0 D F b lhas
p r i v a t e salmon
ment
F i s h and
m e n t of
o f Fish
a n dWildlife
l , l i l d l i f e ((ODFW)
h) a s been
b e e nresponsible
r e s p o n s i b l efor
f o r private
salmon
)ma tte rs.
h a t c h e r . (PSH)
y(P S Hmatters.
hatchery
In
r e p o r t I will
I n this
t h i s report
developmen
t h e PSH
of
regulations,
w i l l discuss
d i s c u s s the
t h e development
otf the
regulations,
PSH
p e r m i t s , those
status
s t a t u s of
o f current
c u r r e n t permits,
which
have
been
terminated,
applications
w
h
i
c
h
h
a
v
e
b
e
e
n
t
e
r
m
j
n
a
t
e
d
,
those
applications
w
h j c h were
w e r e turned
t u r n e d down,
which
d o w n ,and
f o r the
future. V
Various
a n d the
t h e outlook
o u t l o o kfor
t h e future.
a r i o u s tables
t a b l e s of
of
j
n
f
o
r
m
a
t
i
o
n
s u p p o r t i n go
supporting
orr o
often
information
are
attached
to
this
report.
f t e n requested
requested
a r e a t t a c h e dt o t h i s r e p o r t .
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REGULATIONS
REGULATIONS
?
p u b l i c ' s mind
Initially
were
I n i t i a l l y tthere
here w
r e a s o n sin
i n the
e r e a variety
v a r i e t y of
o f reasons
t h e public's
m i n d to
t o support
support
p
e
r
m
i
t
s
legislation
to
allow
the
issue
of
permits
for
PSH's.
legislation to allow the issue of
f o r P S H ' s . Some
S o m ebelieved
b e l j e v e d salmon
salmon
p r o f i t a b l y by
could
orr as
b e raised
r a i s e d profitably
c o u l d be
c o m p a n i e so
a s an
a n adjunct
b y small
s m a l l companies
a d j u n c t to
t o coastal
coastal
agricultural
farming. O
a g r i c u l t u r a l farming.
r a n c h i n g as
Others
s a l m o nranching
a s aa means
m e a n sto
maintain
t h e r s viewed
v i e w e d salmon
t o maintain
a n f i s h , uu-catch,
o n d cculture
e c e s s a r ytto
broodstock
pond
b r o o d s t o c k nnecessary
r p
u l t u r e type
o aa ppanfish,
- c a t c h , oor
t y p e of
o f operaoperap e o p l e believed
p n i v a t e hatcheries
Some
ttion.
ion.
S o m epeople
b e l i e v e d large
l a r g e self-sustaining
s e l f - s u s t a i n i n g private
h a t c h e r i e s would
would
public
contribute
c o n t r i b u t e fish
f i s h tto
o the
f i s h e r i e s without
w i t h o u t the
t h e expenditure
t h e ocean
o c e a nfisheries
e x p e n d i t u r e of
o f public
" in more
dollars
d o l I a r s for
f o r hatchery
h a t c h e r y operation
f r o m investing
a v e the
t h e state
o p e r a t i o n and
a n d ssave
s t a t e from
i n v e s t i n q in
inore
hatchery
faci I i ti es
h a t c h e r y facilities.
p r o g r a m ,under
T h e program,
F C Owas
The
b y applying
u n d e r the
t h e ECU
w a s regulated
r e c , u l a t e dby
a p p l y i n g the
t h e statutes
s t a t u t e s through
through
g u i d e l i n e s developed
p r o g r a mincluded
This
guidelines
d e v e l o p e dby
w o r k e dwell
w e l l when
w h e nthe
included
b y staff.
T h i s worked
t h e program
staff.
i n d j v i d u a l s and
mostly
up
m o s t l y individuals
p mainly
e w small
c o m p a n i e ssset
et u
m a i n l y to
a n d aa ffew
s m a l l companies
t o begin
b e g i n chum
chum
operations.
In
PSH
o p e r a t io n s .
1 9 7 3 the
I n 1973
t h e Legislature
a d d e d coho
c r ; h o and
a n d chinook
h e PSH
L e g is 1a t r r r e added
c h i n o o k to
t c tthe
p e r m i t s for
statutes
with
l i m i t of
f o r the
statutes w
i t h a limit
t h e 1973-75
I 9 7 3 - 7 5biennium.
b i e n n j u m . Applications
Applications
o f two
t w o permits
p r o c e s s e d ,a
b r e r eprocessed,
p e r m i t s were
public
n d the
were
and
w e r e issued
i s s u e d after
t h e two
t w o coho
c o h o and
a n d chinook
c h i n o o k permits
a f t e r public
hearings.
h e a r i n q s . The
n o t renew
did
T h e 1975
I 9 7 5 Legislature
r e n e w the
l i m i t on
i d not
t h e limit
Legislature d
o n cohn
c o h o and
a n dchinook
chinook
j n t e r e s t e dand
p e r m ti s . Larger
permits.
l - a r g e r companies
interested
cornpae
n si had
h a d become
become
a n dseveral
s e v e r a l applications
a p p 'il c a t i o n swere
were
' v J i ' l di lf e
on
F C O and
f i I e when
w h e n ODFW
by
o n file
0 D F l ,was
lw a s formed
f ormed b
m e r q e r of
a n d the
y merger
o f FOP
t h e Oregon
0 r e g o n Wildlife
Commission
Comm
i n mid-1975.
s si i o n in
mid-1975.
p e r i o d land
During
D u r i n g this
t h i s same
s a m eperiod
w e r L adopted
ra d o p t r : rby
l a n d use
u s e statutes
s t a t r r t e s were
bl l r tne
t r r e Legislature
t-eqislatrrre
p r o m ug' la t e d by
rul es w
and
a n d rules
were
e r e promulgated
i o n s e r . ' v a toi n and
a n d Development
D e v eol p m etn Commission
b y the
t h e Land
L a n dConservation
C o m rsnsi i o n
f o rr'elease
which,
w
h i c h , iin
n effect,
r e s t r i c t e d uses
e f f e c t , restricted
v a r i o u sareas
u s e sof
o f various
a r e a sfor
r e l e a , i t l -- rrecapture
ecaptrre
and
n e c e s s i t a t e d cchanges
P S Happlicassites
ites a
n d necessitated
n our
r n e t h o d sfor
t o r evaluating
e v a l u a t i n g PSH
o u r methods
applicah a n g e s iin
o
o
ttions.
ions.
Other
s t a t u t e s have
0 t n e r statutes
h a v e been
b e e n adopted
a d o p t e dwhich
w h j c h also
a l s o affect
a f f e c t PSH's.
PSH's.
Each
Each
Legislative
l - e g i s l a t i v e session
s e s s i o nhas
h a s seen
o r terminate
t e r r n i n a t ePSH
P S Hregulations
r e g u l a t i o n sor
s e e nefforts
e f f o r t s to
t o change
c h a n g eor
or
g o n ebeyond
p r o p o s a ,l or
operations.
o p e r a I i o n s . Most
M o s t of
t r e " ' / o the
nt chle proposal,
h a v enot
n o t gone
o r bill
o f these
t h e s e have
b i l l stat1s,
statr/s,
people
and
a n d committee
b e e nadopted
r e q u i r e people
c o m m i t t e ediscussion.
d j s c u s s i o n . Some
h a v e been
a d o p t e dwhich
w h i c h require
O R S ' shave
S o m eORS's
r o g r a m stto
in o
t . h e rp
ne
in
other
programs
meet
One
rr m
e e t ccertain
e r t a i n standards
s t a n d a r r l sor
o r restrict
r e s t r i c t their
t h e i r activities.
acL'ivities. 0
-l -
( S T E P statutes
)s t a t u t e s
g r o u p of
i s the
of
o f these
t h e s e is
o f Salmon
a n d Trout
T r o u t Enhancement
E n h a n c e m eProgram
n
Ptr o g r a m(STEP)
t h e group
S a l m o nand
j n a stream
p o r t ' i o n of
w h i c h require
which
r e q u i r e aa portion
o f the
t h e eggs
e q g s collected
c o l l e c t e d from
f r o m wild
s t o c k s in
s t r e a mfor
for
w i l d stocks
p r i v a t e natchery
a private
had
n a t c h e r ybe
r e p a i d 'in
i n smolts.
h a d required
t h i s type
repayb e repaid
s m o l t s . ODFW
ODFW
r e q u i r e d this
t y p e of
o f repayp r i o r to
ment
m e n t to
t o adoption
a d o p t i o n of
o f this
was
t o the
t h e wild
w j l d runs
r u n s prior
t h i s law.
l a w . Egg
E g g availability
a v a i l a b i l i t y was
p r i o r i t y list
affected
by
affected b
y a distribution
l i s t which
w h i c h was
w a s for
f o r ^several
s e v e r a l llegislative
egis'latjve
d i s t r i b u t ' i o n priority
n c ' l u d e daas
o o t n o t e s tto
n o v /an
sessions
s e s s io n s iincluded
s ffootnotes
u r bbiennial
' i e n n ' i a l bbudget
n d iis
a n Oregon
o oour
u d g e t aand
s now
Oregon
( O A R.) T
p r i o r i t y list
Administrative
This
A d mni ' is t r a t i v e Rule
h i s priority
m a n a g e m ealternana tl t e r n a R u le (OAR).
I i s t limits
I j m j t s the
t h e management
tives
t j v e s for
f o r use
u s e of
o f available
a v a i l a b l e eggs.
eggs.
p r o g r a mfor
T h u s some
for
Thus
s o m eregulations
r e g u l a t i o n s have
h a v e further
f u r t h e r restricted
r e s t r i c t e d the
L e g i s l a t e d program
t h e Legislated
PSH's
P S H ' s because
b e c a u s ethey
tto
o develop
d e v e l o p the
the
t h e y limit
l j m j t ODFW's
0 D F W ' and
sa n dthe
t h eoperators'
o p e r a t o r s ' aability
bility
p r o g r a musing
program
F r o mthe
o p e r a t o r s standstandu s i n g tthe
h e best
b e s t stocks
s t o c k s of
o f salmon.
s a l m o n . From
t h e hatchery
h a t c h e r y operators
p o i n t , the
p r o j e c t e d in
point,
t h e development
d e v e l o p m e ntime
tti m e projected
i n their
i n i t j a l business
b u s ' i n e s sforecast
f o r e c a s t may
rnay
t h e j r initial
p o o r availability
have
h a v e been
r n o n e along
ya ' l o n g
b e e n extended
e x t e n d e dby
t h e s e changes.
c h a n g e s . The
T h e poor
a v a j l a b i l i t y of
o f money
b y these
j n i t j a l l y at
p o o r egg
p o o r fish
with
w i t h poor
r e l a t i v e ' l y poor
e g g availability
a v a i l a b j l i t y and
a n d relatively
f i s h survival,
a t the
the
s u r v i v a l , initially
j n the
r n o r ethan
P S Hfacilities
have
PSH
f a c i l i t i e s or
o r in
o c e a nhas
h a s likely
l i k e l y held
h e l d development
t h a n have
t h e ocean
d e v e ' l o p m eback
nb ta c kmore
plan
i n regulations.
changes
c h a n g e sin
r e g u l a t j o n s . IIn
n addition,
a d d i t i r : n , some
o f the
s o m eof
t h e companies'
c o m p a n i e sbusiness
' b u s i n e s splan
forecasts
f o r e c a s t s for
f o r development
wt e r e over-optimistic
t o have
h a v ebeen
been
d e v e l o p m e nwere
o v e r - o p t i m i s t ' i cor
o r have
h a v eturned
t u r n e d out
o u t to
' i n their
p o o r facts
based
b a s e don
o n poor
f a c t s used
t h e i r development.
d e v e lo p m e n t .
u s e d in
l ^ JI id l i f e to
Oregon
t h e Department
D e p a r t m e n tof
F i s h and
t o optimize
o p t i r n iz e
0 r e g o n statutes
s t a t u t e s require
r e q u i r e the
o f Fish
a n d Wildlife
p r e s e n t and
generations.
benefits
b e n e f j t s ooff w
wildlife
i l d l i f e aand
n d ffood
o o d ffish
i s h for
f o r use
u s e by
b y present
f u t u r e generations.
a n d future
p r o s p e c t i v e PSH
interpreted b
P S Hoperators
This
byy prospective
T h i s was
w a s interpreted
o p e r a t o r s in
i n 1978
t o mean
m e a ncontinued
continued
1 9 7 8 to
p r o t e c t i o n from
protection
f r o m harvest
n e c e s s a r yto
n a t u r a l spawners
h a r v e s t necessary
t o maintain
m a i n t a i n natural
s p a r A , n e rat
ast optimum
optimum
p
r
o
duct'ion
levels.
levels.
If
this
were
done,
they
told
the
Commission,
the
higher
production
d
o
n
e
,
t
h
e
y
h
i
g
h
e
r
If thjs were
t o l d t h e C o m m i s s i o nt,h e
p
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uncertainty,
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unexpected
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a p p l i c a t i o n s must be based on
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r u sni e s s plan
n d the
t h e proposed
l l e believe
c a r e f u l assessment
assessment
submitted
t h a t even
w i t h aa careful
s u b r n i t t e dby
b y the
t h e applicant.
a p p l i c a n t . We
b e l i e v e that
e v e n with
m r : n i t o rand
and
before
b e f o r e the
t n e operation
t h a t we
w e are
a r e obligated
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t o continually
0 p e r a t i o n begins
b e g i n s that
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l i t n i t i n g requirerequirewhere
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i n c l u d e more
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ments
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our
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t h a t even
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method
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p r e s e n or
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the
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t o discern
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o f hatcheries
continue
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to
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t o look
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a l s o gives
0DFW
b e t t e r data
data
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p r i v a t e hatcheries
f r o m which
w h i c h to
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f o r private
h a t c h e r j e sand
base
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f u t u r e proposals
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to
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t h e effects
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examine
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o w nhatcheries.
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a
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m o r emarking
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and
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one Ilocation
at public
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el eased at
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than are
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hatcheries.
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ay w
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or
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able
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w i t h o u t aa
t h r e a t of
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long-range
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expectations.
o f f the
t h e time
t i m e of
o f decision
d e c i s ' i o n on
o n new
new
permits o
r additions
a d d i t i o n s to
p e r m i t s and
t o existing
e x i s t i n g permits
permits
or
prospective
a n d in
i n effect
e f f e c t saves
s a v e sprospective
applicants a
n d the
t h e state
s t a t e money
m o n e yand
a n d time
applicants
and
t i m e during
p e r i o d . Poor
d u r i n g the
t h e moratorium
m o r a t o r i u mperiod.
Poor
o
c e a ncconditions
r o d u c t i o n bbyy eexisting
onditions a
ariable p
n d vvariable
x i s t i n g ooperators
ocean
and
production
p e r a t o r s ddid
j d nnot
o t aallow
llow a
d e f i n i t i v e evaluation
e v a l u a t i o n within
( D e c e m b e r1980
definitive
w i t h i n the
t h e first
first
p e r i o d (December
m
o r a t o r i u m period
moratorium
1990
tthrough
h r o u g h December
D e c e m b e1985).
1r9 8 5 ) . The
T h e moratorium
p r i v a t e salmon
m o r a t o r i u mon
p e r r n i t sfor
o n private
s a l m o nhatchery
h a t c h e r ypermits
for
cchum,
h u m , coho,
coho, a
n d cchinook
and
h i n o o k ssalmon
a l m o n was
w a s rreviewed
e v ' i e w e d iin
n 1
9 8 5 and
a n d extended
e x t e n d e d until
1985
until
j s an
D e c e m b e31,
3r 1 , 1990.
1990. T
his m
December
orator^jum
a n Administrative
A d m i n j s t r a t i v e Rule
R u l e adopted
a d o p t e dby
b y the
This
moratorium
is
the
F U C and
a n d can
c a n be
FWC
b e reviewed
r e v i e w e dupon
u p o nrecommendation
r e c o m m e n d a t i oof
onf staff,
s t a f f , the
t h e Commission,
C o m m i s s i o nor
,o r
p e t i t i o n from
frotn a
petition
i t i z e n for
for a
citizen
u l e change.
a c
p r i v a t e ssalmon
a rrule
c h a n g e . No
N o private
a l m o n hatchery
hatchery
r e g u l a t i o n s were
w e r e changed
c h a n g e din
i n 1986.
regulations
1986.
j n existence
N e wPSH's
P S H ' s or
New
o r even
e v e nsurvival
s u r v i v a l of
o f those
t h o s e now
n o w in
e x i s t e n c e may
m a ydepend
d e p e n don
on
c l a r i f i c a t i o n of
o f the
t h e existing
e x i s t i n g statutes.
clarification
s t a t u t e s . iWe
^ l eknow
k n o wm
o
r
e
n
o
w
w
h
a
t
a
b
o
u
t
t o expect
more now about what to
expect
( b o t h private
f r o m hatchery
h a t c h e r y operations
p r i v a t e and
from
o p e r a t i o n s (both
p u b l i c ) sso
a n d public)
p r o b a b ' l ycould
o probably
c o u l d make
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b
e
t
t
e
r
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a
g
e
s
h
o
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l
d
t
h
e
r
e
b
e
a
n
better input to statutory language should there be an effort
e f f o r t to
t o clarify
c l a r i f y the
the
llaws
a w s relating
r e l a t i n g to
t o PSH's.
PSH's. H
o w e v e r ,aat
t this
t h j s time,
t i m e , it
i t does
d o e s not
n o t appear
However,
a p p e a r that
that a
c o n s e n s u sccould
e a c h e dw
o u l d bbe
e rreached
hich w
o u l d lead
l e a d to
consensus
which
would
t o statutes
s t a t u t e s that
t h a t clearly
c l e a r l y allow
allow
P S H ' sto
t o operate
o p e r a t eunder
u n d e rspecified
s p e c i f i e d conditions.
PSH's
c o n d i t i o n s . We
W ewill
w i ' l l likely
i n v o l v e d in
1 i k e 1 y be
b e involved
in
( o r efforts
m o r g expensive
e x p e n s i v e1
e g a 1a
c t i o n (or
e f f o r t s to
t o avoid
a v o i d such
more
legal
action
s u c h action)
a s opponents
a c t i o n ) as
opponents
cchallenge
hallenge o
u r regulation
r e g u l a t i o n of
o f the
t h e PSH
P S Hoperators
our
o p e r a t o r s or
o r as
a s the
t h e operators
o p e r a t o r schallenge
challenge
sstate
t a t e regulations.
regulations. F
o
r
i
n
s
t
a
n
c
e
,
t
h
e
i 9 8 3 Legislature
L e g i s l a t r i r e directed
For instance, the 1983
d i r e c t e d the
t h e Commission
Comrnission
t o adopt
a d o p t OAR's
O A R ' sto
( C u m m i n g1984).
t o regulate
r e g u l a t e salmon
s a l m o nhatchery
to
h a t c h e r yoperations
o p e r a t i o n s(Cummings
1s 9 8 4 ) . The
The
O
A
R
'
s
a
d
o
p
t
e
d
b
y
F
W
C
i
n
c
l
u
d
e
d
t
h
e
r
r
r
l
e
s
OAR's adopted by the FWC included rules basic
b a s i c to
t o fish
f i s h management
m a n a g e m ewhich
nwth i c h were
brere
i n c l u d e d tto
o explain
e x p l a i n tthe
h e need
n e e d for
f o r and
included
a n d the
t h e use
u s eof
o f hatcheries
h a t c h e i i e s and
a n dhatchery
hatchery
rrules.
u l e s . Some
S o m eo
f
r
u
l
e
s
t
h
e
s
e
w
e
r
h a l l e n g e d in
i n court
of these rules weree c
challenged
c o u r t by
b y individuals
i n d i v i d u a l s from
f r o m the
thb
p
ublic, b
( C o u r t of
u t the
t h e cchallenge
hallengew
a s not
n o t sustained
s u s t a i n e d(Court
public,
but
was
o f Appeals
A p p e a l sof
o f the
t h e State
S t a t e of
of
0
r e q o n , CA
A 3 2 7 6)1.
Oregon,
C AA32761).
PERI'IITS
PERMITS
e r m i t s are
S
e p a r a t eP
S l lp
a r e required
r e q u i r e d for
f o r each
Separate
PSH
permits
e a c h species
s p e c i e sof
o f salmon
s a l m o neven
e v e nif
i f they
they
a
r e released
r e l e a s e dat
a t the
are
t h e same
s a m esite.
s i t e . Permits
P e r m i L sare
a r e specific
s p e c i f i c to
t o one
rneet
o n e site
m u s tmeet
s i t e and
a n dmust
t h e biological,
b j o l o g i c a l , land
l a n d use,
u s e , and
a n d zoning
z o n i n gcriteria
c r i t e r j a for
f o r that
the
t h a t site
s i t e and
t h e estuary
a n dthe
e s t u a r yit
it
i s on.
o n . Should
is
S h o u l dan
a n operator
o p e r a t o r want
w a n t to
p r o p o s e coperation
t o change
c h a n g esites,
s i t e s , the
t h e proposed
ol p e r a t i o nat
a t the
the
n e wlocation
l o c a t i o n would
w o u l d have
h a v eto
t o be
b e evaluated
new
e v a l u a t e dindependently
i n d e p e n d e n t l relative
yr e l a t i v e to
t o the
t h e land
l a n d use
use
iissues
ssues a
h a t site
site o
e s s e n t i a l i y as
att tthat
orr essentially
if
i
f
it
were
for
as
i t w e r e f o r a new
perrnit.
n e wpermit.
j n c l r l < j e saa n
P r o c e s sni g oof
f an
a n application
a p p li c a t i o n or
o r revision
Processing
r e v i s j o n includes
u m b e rof
o f steps:
s t e p s:
number
((1)
1) w
h e n received
(Z) m
r e c e j v e d it
i t is
i s examined
when
e x a r n j n efor
df o r completeness;
c o m p l e t e n e s s i(2)
i n f o r m a t i o n is
o r e information
is
more
( 3 ) copies
o
b t a i n e d if
i f needed;
obtained
n e e d e d ; (3)
c o p ' i e sare
a r e sent
s e n t to
v a r i o u s ODFW
t o various
0 D F I(and
^(Ja n dother
o t h e r agency)
agency)
p
e r s o n n e )for
f o r comment
itn their
( 4 ) the
c o m m e nin
t h e i r respective
r e s p e c t i v e areas
a r e a s of
personnel
o f expertise;
e x p e r t i s e ; (4)
t h e comments
cornments
p u t together
are
t o g e t h e r in
q 1 9 put
i n aa draft
d r a f' lt report
r e p o r t which
w h 'ci h is
i s reviewed
r e v i e w e d with
w i t h the
t h e applicant;
a p p li c a n t ;
( 5) O
DFW
P
o r t l a n d staff
staf f a
n d legal
e g a l counsel
c o u n s e l review
(5)
ODFW
Portland
and
r e v i e w the
t h e application
a p p li c a t ' i o n and
a n d the
t h e draft
d r a ft
( 6 ) the
rreport;
e p o r t ; (6)
( 7 ) the
the C
i
s
o m m i s s i ois
n apprised
a p p r i s e dof
Commission
o f the
t h e application;
a p p l i c a t ' i o n ;(7)
t h e application
aoplication
r o c e s s e da
is p
n d hheard
e a r d in
i n accordance
a c c o r d a n c ewith
w i t h ORS
is
processed
and
O R SChapter
C h a p t e r183
1 8 3and
t h e Model
M o d eRules
lR u l e s
a n dthe
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nr e v i e w sthe
(
3
)
o
f
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r
o
c
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d
u
r
e
;
a n d (8) the
t h e Commission
of Procedure; and
t n e hearing
h e a r i n g results
r e s u l ' t s and
a n c idecides
decitles
w
h e t h e r or
o r not
n o t to
p e r r n i t s . The
whether
t o authorize
a u t h o r i z e permits.
T h e 'process
p r o c e s sm
may
a y take
t a k e 6 months
m o n t h sfor
f o r the
the
i n i t . i a l review
initial
r e v i e w and
a n d finalization
f i n a l i z a t i o n of
o f the
t h e application
a p p l i c a t i o n and
m o n t h sfor
for
a n d another
a n o t h e r66 months
t h e notification,
n o t ' i f i c a t i o n , hearing,
p r o c e s sif
h e a r i n g , and
a n d process
the
i f ' tthere
h e r e are
a r e no
n o appeals.
appeals.
-1-
o
S
o
p r o p o s e dsite
l e v e l where
a r e addressed
l o c a l level
where
Land
f o r aa proposed
a d d r e s s e dat
a t local
s i t e are
i s s u e s for
L a n d use
u s e issues
review
and
r
e
v
i
e
w
assure
p
l
a
n
s
and
law,
ODFW
must,
m
u
s
t
,
1
a
w
,
a
s
s
u
r
e
by
b
y
b
e
e
n
a
c
c
e
p
t
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d
.
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D
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county
h a v e been accepted.
c o u n t y plans have
16,
17,
and
19
1
6
,
1
7
,
a
n
d
Specifically,
Goals
5,
5
,
19
G
o
a
l
s
compliance
with
land
use
regulations.
u
s
e
r
e
g
u
l
a
t
i
o
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s
.
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p
e
c
i
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,
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p
l
a
n
L
7
b
u
t
m
ay
The
county
plan
should
deal
with
Goals
5
and
17
but
may
d
e
a
l
a
n
d
s
h
o
u
l
d
w
i
t
h
G
o
a
l
s
must
m
u s t be
b e considered.
cons'idered. The county
in
relation
to
a
PSH.
i
n
t
0
P
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H.
r
e
l
a
t
i
o
n
a
E s t u a r j n e Goal,
not
a d d r e s sGoal
t h e Estuarine
Goa1,
n
o t adequately
a d e q u a t e l yaddress
G o a l 16,
1 6 , the
Ocean
Resource
R
e
s
o
u
r
ce
the
19,
t
h
e
0
c
e
a
n
w j t h Goal
Goal 19,
ODFW
will
d e t e r m i ' n ecompliance
w i l l have
h a v e to
t o determine
c o m p l i a n c ewith
ODFW
p
o
t
e
n
t
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a
l
t
h
e
l
o
c
a
l
b
e
y
o
n
d
Goal
the
orr will
n a yo
w i ' 1 1affect
a f f e c t areas
a r e a sbeyond the local
f f e c t s rmay
e potential eeffects
G o a ',l,because
b e c a u s et h
jurjsdjction.
These
m u s t be
b e specifically
specifical)y
area
T h e s e land
u s e considerations
c o n s j d e r a t i o n smust
a
r e a of
o f jurisdiction.
l a n d use
'
i
n
p
r
o
c
e
s
s
.
addressed
h e a r i n g process.
r e v j e w and
a n d hearing
a d d r e s s e din the
t h e review
t
p r o c e s sis
findings
a n d the
t h e hearing
h e a r i n g officer's
o f f i c e r ' s findings
Once
and
i s completed
O n c ethe
t h e hearing
h e a r i n g process
cornpleted
public
i
n
r e p a r e d , t the
and
and
e v i e w s tthe
eport a
n d in public
h l Crreviews
h e rreport
r e c o r n m e n d a t i o naare
sr e pprepared,
h e FFWC
a
n d recommendations
p
e
r
m
i
t
s
.
FWC
I f the
t h e FWC
r e q u e s t e dpermits. If
hearing
decides
whether
i s s u e of
t h e requested
hearing d
ecidesw
h e t h e r to
t o allow
a l l o w issue
o f the
p e r m i t s for
p r e p a r e s tthe
f o r signature
signature
authorizes
h e permits
t a site,
s t a f f prepares
p e r a t i o n s aat
s i t e , tthe
h e staff
a u t h o r i z e s ooperations
p e r m i t s have
i s s r : e dsince
1979.
byy the
b e e nissued
s i n c e 1979.
N o new
n e wpermits
h a v ebeen
t h e ODFW
0 D F t Director.
^Dl i r e c t o r . No
b
a
o
o
( F i g u r e1).
Two
wo
1). T
a r e authorized
a u t h o r j z e d(Figure
There
P S Hsites
w h e r ereleases
r e l e a s e sare
T
h e r e are
n o wii
1 1 PSH
s i t e s where
a r e now
i s activity
There
T h e r e is
acti vi ty
p e r m ti s were
r e l e a s esite.
s ' it e .
release
f o r the
t h e same
sarne
w e ! ^ eauthorized
a u t h o r i z e d for
cchum
h u m permits
j n Table
p e r m i t s in
Some
b e e nwithdrawn
h a v e been
withdrawn
a p p l i c a t i o n s have
o m eapplications
under
1 0 of
T a b l e 1.
1. S
u n d e r 10
o f the
t h e permits
jf
p r i o r to
m o r a t o n ' i uend,
m
h e a r i n gshould
t h e moratorium
e n d , if
prior
h a n dfor
f o r hearing
s h o u l dthe
a r e on
t o hearing,
h e a r i n g , others
o t h e r s are
o n hand
hearing.
t h e n requests
r e q u e s t saa hearing.
the
s o u r c eand
a n dthen
f j n d an
a n acceptable
a c c e p t a b ' l eegg
e g g source
a p p l i c a n t can
c a n find
t h e applicant
n o t all
could
W esuspect
t h a t not
a l l could
s u s p e c t that
Most
c h u msalmon
s a l m o napplications.
a p p l i c a t i o n s . We
M o s t of
o f these
t h e s e are
a r e chum
h a v e been
b e e n on
hand
p r e s e n t zoning
a p p l i c a t i o n s have
o n hand
r e g u l a t i o n s . The
T h e applications
comply
w i t h present
z o n i n g regulations.
c o m p l ywith
e a r s and
n o t be
b e interested
i n t e r e s t e d now.
now.
for
m a ynot
a n d some
s o m eapplicants
a p p l i c a n t s may
f o r several
s e v e r a l yyears
existing
of e
xisting
The
d e v e l o p m e n tand
a n d sstatus
t a t u s of
d i s c u s s i o n of
o f the
t h e development
T h e ffollowing
o 1 ' l o w i n gdiscussion
p r o g r e s s esouth
ss o u t halong
c o a s t . In
p e r n i t s begins
a l o n gthe
t h ecoast..
In
permits
C o l u m b i River
aR i v e rand
a n dprogresses
b e g i n sat
a t the
t h e Columbia
that
each
ass appropriate
wee will
a p p li c a t ' i o n s that
w l l I show
s h o wor
o r discuss
d i s c u s sapplications
appropriate w
s t r e a m system,
system, a
e a c h stream
p u b l i c hearing
F I ^ I Cor
o, r rejected
h e a r i n g by
t h e FWC,
rejected
have
r e j e c t e d after
b y the
a f t e r public
b e e n terminated,
t e r m i n a t e d , rejected
h a v e been
action.
tthrough
h r o u g h court
c o u r t action.
n
o
Columbia River
River System
System
Colunbia
Deer Island
Isl and
o
a
p c ' r m i t sfor
a n d chinook
at
Anadromous
was
f o r release
r e l e a s e of
o f coho
c o h oand
c h i n o o kat
a s authorized
a u t h o r i z e d permits
A n a d r o m o uInc.
Isn c . w
Ass the
i n I1974.
974. A
the
site
n e a rSt.
C o l r t , n l rCounty,
iC
a o u n t y , in
H e l e n s ,Columbia
I s l a n d near
S t . Helens,
s i t e on
o n Deer
D e e ' rIsland
f o u n dnew
n e wwells
w e l l s would
w o u l dnot
not
rearing
e x p a n d ,they
t o expand,
t h e y found
r e a r i n g began
b e g a nand
a n d the
t h e company
c o m p a n looked
yl o o k e d to
n o t be
Columbia
c o u l d not
b e used
used
p r o v i d e additional
R j v e r water
w a t e r could
provide
w a t e r as
a s expected.
expected. C
o l u r n b i aRiver
a d d i t i o n a l water
p o t e n t i a l there.
a n d release
r e l e a s e fish
fish
r e a r and
T h e y continued
c o n t i n r r e dto
t o rear
because
d j s e a s epotential
t h e r e . They
b
e c a t J s of
e
o f disease
( T a b l e 2)
were
R e l e a s e sw
e r e terminated
t e r m i n a t e dwhen
w h e naa
l o o k i n g for
n e v vsite.
s j L e . Releases
here
w h i l e looking
f o r aa new
h e r e (Table
2 ) while
f o r freshwater
was
a s used
r i s e d for
f reshwat.er
b r r t Deer
D e e r Island
I sl and w
new
was
t Coos
C o o s Bay
B a y hut
n e r , lsite
si te w
a s started
s t a r t e d aat
y e a r s . The
t e r m j n a t i o n was
w a saa
T h e termination
f o r several
s e v e r a lyears.
o f the
t h e Coos
C o o ssite
s i t e for
rrearing
e a r i n g in
i n support
s u p p o r t of
a m o l l n t eto
dt o aa transfer
transfer
condition
a t Coos
i l a v , so
s 0 amounted
C c o sBay,
b e g i n n i n goperations
o p e r a t i o n sat
c o n d i t i o n of
o f their
t h e i r beginning
p e r r n i t sby
Ff,lC.
of
t h e i r permits
b y the
t h e FWC.
o f their
a
a
Skipanon
River
iver
S
k i p a n o nR
o
o
f o r aa site
at
p e r r n i tw
i n 1976
I 9 1 6 for
s j t e at
A c
chum
was
S t r i c k l i n in
d s issued
i s s r r e dto
R o b e r tStricklin
A
t o Robert
s a l r n o npermit
h u msalmon
proprrsed
Mr.
r . Stricklin
S t r j c k l i n proposed
Co" M
the
outlet
off T
Taylor
R j v e r , Clatsop
C l a t s o pCo.
the o
utlet o
a y ' l o rLake,
L a k e , Skipanon
S k i p a n o nRiver,
i n Washington
l'Jashington
t ' i b e s , in
p u r c h a s ecchum
ai n d Quinault
to
t h e Lummi
e g g s from
f r o r nthe
L u r r r nand
t o purchase
h u msalmon
s a l m o neqgs
Q r r i n a rtr lt'ihes,
The
l o w chum
c h u msalmon
r e l a t i v e l . v low
salmon
h e relatively
state,
w e r enot
n o t available.
available. T
s t . a t e , hut
b u t expected
e x p e c t e deggs
e g g s were
I
( T a b l e 4)
(Table 3
p r o v i d e denough
4)
h a v e not
n o t provided
rreleases
e 1 e a s e siinn Oregon
e n o u g hreturns
r e t u r n s (Table
3)) have
0 r e g o n (Table
to
b r o o dstocks.
stocks.
t o allow
a l l o w full
f u l l development
d e v e l o p m eof
o
n ft brood
Mr.
discussed
with
i t h sstaff
u s e of
release
as d
i s c u s s e dw
t a f f the
t h e use
o f an
a n alternate
a l t e r n a t e release
M r . Stricklin
S t r i c k l i n hhas
not
site
i n the
H e has
h a s not
i r r i s a t i o n structures
t h eSkipanon.
b e l o wtidegates
a n dirrigation
s t r u c t u r e sin
S k ' i p a n o n .He
s i t e below
t i d e g a t e sand
p l a n s to
u n t i ' l other
other
f o r such
M r . Stricklin
t o wait
made
m
a d eapplication
a p p l i c a t i o nfor
s u c haa change.
S t r i c k l j n plans
w a i t until
c h a n g e . Mr.
operators
operation
before
hee
f o r his
his o
e f o r eh
h a v esome
e g g sare
a r e available
a v a i l a b 1 efor
o p e r a t o r shave
s o m esuccess
s u c c e s sand
a n d eggs
p e n a t i o nb
j n c u b a t i o nsite
release
makes
more
at
his
o r moves
m o v e sahead
w i t h aa release
m a k e sm
i m p r o v e m e na
t st h
i s incubation
s j t e or
a h e a dwith
o r eimprovements
site.
site.
Nehalem
System
NehalemRiver System
Vosberg Creek
Vosberg
Creek
p e r m i t was
i s s u e d to
M a n s e t hand
f o r aa
A
t o Arnold
A r n o l d Manseth
a n d don
J a q u a for
A chum
w a s issued
J o n Jaqua
c h u msalmon
s a 1 m o npermit
( T i I I a m o o kCounty)
authorizing
i n 1978.
uthorizing
onn V
Vosberg
Creek,
Bay
1 9 7 8 . IIn
o s b e r gC
r e e k , Nehalem
Nehalem
B a y (Tillamook
C o u n t y )in
n a
ssite
'ite o
p e r m i t for
p e r m i t for
for
a permit
M r . Manseth's
M a n s e t h ' searlier
e a r l i e r permit
f o r this
s j t e the
t h e FWC
F h l Cterminated
t e r r n i n a t e dMr.
t h ' i s site
The
i n 1981.
he
f i r s t released
V o s b e r gCreek
1981. T
C h u mfry
f r y were
w e r e first
r e l e a s e dat
a t Vosberg
C r e e kin
Tillamook
T
i l l a m o o k Bay.
B a y . Chum
b u j l t new
Company
o m p a nin
iyn 1983
a n d built
new
ass Nehalem
L a n d ''n'
n ' S aSalmon
lmon C
1 q 8 3 and
ccompany
o m p a n yreorganized
r e o r g a n i z e da
N e h a l e mLand
jincubation
ncubation a
incubation a
in-creek
and
and
n d in-creek
r e a r i n g facilities
f a c i l i t i e s tto
o replace
r e p l a c e contract
c o n t r a c t incubation
n d rearing
built
r r s e din
' i n1981
facility
rearing
T h e y also
r a c k and
a n d recapture
r e c a p t u r efacility
r e a r i n g used
1 9 8 1and
a n d1982.
1 9 8 2 . They
also b
u i l t a rack
to
a d u l t chum.
chum.
t o collect
c o l l e c t adult
Foley Creek
Creek
ermit a
A
permit
application
was
n 1977
o n Foley
Fo'ley
a s rrefused
e f u s e d iin
1 9 7 7 for
f o r a site
s i t e on
A chum
pplication w
c h u msalmon
s a l m o np
( \ l e h a l e qB
r ay), T
had
This
where
j l l a m o o kCounty.
i s aa stream
t h e state
s t a t . e had
Creek
Bay),
Tillamook
County. T
h i s is
s t r e a mw
h e r e the
C r e e k(Nehalern
p r e s e n thatchery
hatchery
operated
years
before
building
present
h a f c h e r yfor
b u i l d i n g the
f o 'rl 'many
m
a
n
y
.
y
e
a
r
s
l
l
e
f
o
r
e
t
h
e
o p e r a t e daa salmon
s a l m o nhatchery
here
g o o d runs
Foley
i n t o Foley
w e r e good
o f chum
on
t h e North
N o r t h Fork
N e h a l e m . There were
r u n s of
c h u mand
a n d coho
c o h o into
o n the
F o r k Nehalem.
natural
Creek
expressed
FV{C
c o n c e r nabout
a b o u ttrapping
t r a p p i n g and
a n d handlinq
h a n d l i n qnatural
e x p r e s s e dtheir
t h e i r concern
C r e e kand
a n d the
t h e FWC
p e r m i t on
t h a t basis.
basjs.
r e f u s e dto
i s s u e the
t h e permit
o n that
runs
r u n s of
s t e e l h e a d . They
T h e yrefused
t o issue
o f salmon
s a l r n o nand
a n d steelhead.
Tillamook
Tillamook Bay
Bay System
System
Dick Creek
Creek
p e r m i t in
i s s u e d a cchum
i n September
1r 9 7 2
Cecil
Harris
David
Kelly
were
h u mpermit
S e p t e m b e1972
nd D
avid K
e ' l 1 yw
r : r e issued
Cec'il H
a r r ^ i saand
Ba.y,
w e s t sside
site
h e west
i d e of
o f Tillamook
T j l l a m o o k Bay,
o n Dick
D i c k Creek,
C r e e k , tributary
t r i b u t a r y to
t o tthe
s i t e on
b e good
n r r t appear
i n Dick
d j d not
t o he
at
T h e water
D i c k Creek
a p p e a rto
Tillamook
T j l l a m o o kCounty.
w a t e r supply
s u p o l y in
C r e e kdid
C o u n t y . The
s o o dat
permit
i n the
t h e permit
the
o f 100,000
w a sspecified
s p e c ' i f i e din
a n d aa limit
l i m i t of
1 0 ( 1 , 0 0eggs
e0 q g swas
t h e time
t i m e of
o f evaluation
e v a l u a t i o n and
y e a r s of
l a c e d .10,000
facility
OSEJ
l 0 , 0 0 0eeggs
n the
t h e facility
ffor
o r the
g g s iin
F i r s t 33 years
o f operation.
S Upplaced
t h e first
operation. O
ttaiched
e a r from
T h e s eeggs
e g g s hatched
each
f r o r n 1972
t o test
t e s t the
w a t e r supply.
s u p p l y . These
e a c h yyear
1 9 7 2through
t h r o u g h1974
1 9 7 4to
t h e water
released
i,.rere
o v e r the
the
and
comparatively
n d aa total
f r y were
r e l e a s e d over
w e lI a
t o t a l of
o f 26,600
2 6, 6 0 0 chum
c h u r nfry
c o m p a r a tvi e 1 . ywell
p e r i o d . Returns
r e a ' l i z e d . Mr.
Mr.
were
3-year
e r e expected
i n 1975
b u t none
n o n ewere
w e r erealized.
Returnsw
e x p e c t e din
1 9 7 5but
3 - y e a r period.
p r o p e r t v has
s r w n e r s h j pand
Harris'
partner
a n d this
this
a s cchanged
h e property
h a s chanqed
c h a n q e Cownership
Harris'pa
r t n e r hhas
h a n g e daas
s tthe
Noo
p
e r m ti n
records. N
permit
now
belongs
Cecil
l l o n Hugie
i l i r qe
i according
o u r records.
a c c o r r !nj q to
t c our
r : wb
e l o n q s to
to C
H a r rj s and
a n d Don
e ci l Harris
p u r c h a s e don
p r i o r i t y ffor
t d h i s k e yCreek
eggs
f r o r n the
Creek
o r eeggs
t h e 050
0 5 l i Whiskey
h a v e been
b e e npurchased
o n this
t h i s prior'ity
g g s from
e c A s have
r o v i d e s ppriorities,
r i o r i t ' i e s , sets
sets
c f u i d e , set
f o r t n in
i n C)AR
O A R6635-40-015,
3 5 - 4 0 - 0 1 5 ,pprovides
ffacility.
acil'itv.
A guide,
s e t forth
j v e s oother
( c r ssale
u r c h a s eoof
r ( - ) i n(or
i r n it s , ,and
l n d qgives
f ssalmon
q g s ffrom
a le
Ilimits,
l h e r nregulations
e g r ral t i o n s ffor
a l r n o neeggs
c r r ppurchase
for
for
a
a
A.
ODFl.l.
by)
b v ) ODFW.
S
o
Larson
LarsonCreek
Creek
o
o
I
o
p e r m i t was
A
A permit
w a s issued
i s s u e d to
A r n o l d Manseth
M a n s e t hfor
f o r aa site
t o Arnold
s i t e on
o n Larson
L a r s o n Creek,
Creek,
Tillamook
T i l l a m o o kBay,
B a y , in
i n 1976.
This
1976. T
n o t developed.
h i s site
s i t e was
w a snot
d e v e l o p e d . Mr.
M r . Manseth
P i a n s e tand
ah n dhis
his
p
a r t n e r JJon
e r m i t oonn tthe
e q u e s t e dtthat
partner
o n JJaqua
a q u arrequested
e aauthorized
u t h o r i z e daa ppermit
h a t tthey
h e y bhe
h e Nehalem
Nehalem
per mit was
system.
The
system. T
h e Larson
L a rso n Creek
was terminated
ter m jnated by
by the
FWC when
C re e k permit
the F|,lC
when they
they
p e r m i tfor
a
u t h o r i z e dthe
t h e requested
r e q u e s t e dpermit
authorized
f o r the
t h e Nehalem.
Nehalem.
Crown
Zellerbach
CrownZellerbach
( C Z ) for
In
ate 1
1977
ODFW
received
ann application
I n llate
9 7 70
r e c e i v e da
DFW
a p p ' l i c a t i o nfrom
f r o m Crown
C r o w nZellerbach
Z e l l e r b a c h(CZ)
for
p e r m i t sat
roperty
c o h o ,chinook,
c h i n o o k ,and
a n d chum
c h u mPSH
coho,
onn the
old
mill
property
P S Hpermits
a t aa site
l o c a t e do
the o
s i t e located
ill p
ld m
att the
Bay.
n orth end
a
t h e north
e n d of
o f Tillamook
T i I I a mo ok
Bay. ODFW
and
wer enotified
notj f j ed that
0DF' rand
d CZ
CZwere
that several
sev er al
g
r o u p sopposed
p e r m ' i t s . CZ
prepared
i s s u e of
groups
o p p o s e dissue
h j r e d consultants
o f these
t h e s epermits.
C Z hired
c o n s u l t a n t sand
a n dprepared
f o r hearings
h e a r i n g son
extensively
e x t e n s i v e l yfor
was
o n their
t h e i r applications.
a p p fi c a t i o n s . The
T h e hearing
h e a r i n gw
a s the
t h e first
fjrst
p r o c e d u r e swith
held
h
e l d under
u n d e r contested
c o n t e s t e dcase
w i t h an
appointed
c a s e procedures
an a
p p o i n t e dhearings
h e a r i n g sofficer.
officer.
p e rm itshad
Pr
e v i o u shearings
he a ri n g sfor
fo r other
Previous
because
we
hadbeen
beenhandled
handledby
by the
the FWC
had
o th e r permits
Fl,.lC
because
wehad
p a r t y to
o n
rreceived
e c e i v e dnno
o t j c e tthat
notice
wanted
h a t anyone
a n y o n ew
a n t e dtto
o be
b e aa party
t o the
h e a r i n g sor
t h e hearings
o r to
to
p o s s i b l edecision.
contest
The
c o n t e s t the
t h e possible
h e CZ
h e a r i n g lasted
decision. T
C 7 -hearing
l a s t e d through
t h r o u g h 4 days
d a y s of
of
p a r t i e s . The
i t h 44 sets
with
ttestimony
e s t i m o n yw
s e t s of
r e p r e s e n t i n the
gt h e various
v a r i o u sparties.
o f attorneys
a t t o r n e y srepresenting
T h eFWC
Fl^lC
ssubsequently
u b s e q u e n t lrreviewed
ye v i e w e dtthe
h e a r i n gand
t h e recommendations,
r e c o m m e n d a t i o nthen
h e rrecord
e c o r d ooff tthe
h e hearing
a n d the
t hse, n
i s t e n e d to
Ilistened
to
thee intervenors
during
th
i n te rve n o r s dur
i ng aa
pub'i lc
public
hearing
hear
ing and,
after
and, after
due
due
j s s u e d . The
e r m i t s ffor
deliberation,
d e l i b e r a t i o n , ddirected
i r e c t e d tthat
o r chinook
h a t ppermits
c h i n o o k and
a n d coho
c o h obe
b e issued.
The
intervenors
i n t e r v e n o r sappealed
a p p e a l e dthis
decision
this d
e c ' i s i o ncclaiming
t h e Commission
n
l a i m i n g that
t h a t the
C o m m i s s i oerred
enr r e d iin
p e r m i t s . The
issuing
i s s u i n g permits.
r e v e r s e dby
T h e Commission's
a
w a s reversed
b y the
C o r n m i s s i o naction
' sc t i o n was
t h e Court
C o u r t of
of
o
Appeals.
This
Appeals. T
h j s reversal
r e v e r s a lwas
S t a t eSupreme
w a supheld
u p h e l dby
b y the
t h e State
S u p r e mCourt.
Ceo u r t .
Sand
System
Sand Lake
Lake System
Jewel Creek
Creek
5
o
o
o
t
p e n n i t was
A
A chum
c h u mpermit
i s s u e d to
C o r p o r a t i o nin
i n December
w a s issued
t o Keta
K e t aCorporation
f o r aa
D e c e m b e1971
rl 9 7 L for
ffacility
a c i l i t y llocated
o c a t e d oonn Sand
t r i b u t a r y , Jewel
J e w e l Creek,
north
S a n dCreek
C r e e kand
a n d its
' i t s tributary,
C r e e k , at
a t the
t h e north
end
i n Tillarnook
e n d of
o f Sand
T j l l a r n o o kCounty.
This
was
S a n dLake,
L a k e , a small
s m a l l estuary
e s t u a r yin
County. T
hjs w
a s the
t h e first
fjrst
p r i v a t e chum
private
1 9 7 Ilegislation.
l e g i s l a t i o n . The
c h u moperation
o p e r a t i o n established
t h e 1971
facility
e s t a b l i s h e dunder
u n d e rthe
T h e facility
pond;
includes
water
includes a w
a t e r diversion
d i v e r s i o n from
f r o r n Jewel
C r e e k ; settling
s e t t l i n g or
o r water
w a t e r storage
J e w e l Creek;
s t o r a g e pond;
incubators; d
i s c h a r g editch;
t r a p , and
incubators;
discharge
d i t c h ; and
a n d adult
c a p t u r e rack,
r a c k , trap,
a n d holding
h o l d i n g area.
a d u l t capture
area.
j n j t i a l three
e a r s of
K e t a was
w a s authorized
a u t h o r i z e d to
i n the
Keta
s t o c k in
t h e initial
t o obtain
o b t a j n seed
s e e dstock
t h r e e yyears
of
r o r n tthe
u n after
operation
wild
run
number
o p e r a t i o n ffrom
he w
j l d cchum
a f t e r allowing
a l l o r v i n g a minimum
rninimum
n u m b e rof
h u mn
o f adults
adults
p e r s o n n e l recorded
upstream
Keta
many
u p s t r e a mto
t o spawn.
spawn. K
e t a personnel
r e c o r d e d how
howm
a n ychum
c h u mand
a n d other
o t h e r species
species
j n f o r m a t ' i o non
p u t above
p r o v i d e information
were
w
e r e put
a b o v ethe
t h e rack,
r a c k , dates,
t o provide
d a t e s , etc.,
e t c . , to
o n the
t h e size
s i z e of
of
q j v e aabasis
r u n s into
i n t o t the
h e stream
natural
many
n a t u r a l runs
b a s i sfor
f o r determining
d e t e r n r i n i nhow
gh o w
a n dgive
m a nchurn
yc h u n t
s t r e a mand
years.
e rreleased
e ] e a s e d aabove
n a t u r a l spawning
sshould
h o u l d bbe
f o r natural
s p a w n i n gin
i n succeeding
b o v e tthe
h e racks
r a c k s for
s u c c e e d i n gyears.
Chum
f r y released
r e l e a s e d by
b y Keta
i n c l u d e doffspring
o f f s p r i n c from
f r o n wild
r v iI d stock,
l i l h is k e y
C h u mfry
K e t a have
h a v eincluded
s t o c k , Whiskey
r e t u r n s to
f r o m their
Creek,
ODFW's
Coal
and
Creek,O
D F l , l ' sC
o a l Creek
t o Keta
K e t a from
releases.
C r e e k trap,
trap, a
n d returns
t h e i r own
o w nreleases.
j skey C
r i o r i t y rright
i g h t tto
.lh
Keta'
Creek
expired
K e t a 'ss ppriority
gcs e
x p ir e d in
i n 1979.
o ssurplus
u r p lu s !Whiskey
r e e k eeggs
1979.
Sand
Sand Creek
Creek
(1)
(1)
(?")
(2)
o
rn, , r a
p e r r nti which
In
issued
I n October
0 c t o b e r 1973
1 9 73 Alfred
f { a m p s owas
iss s u e da achurn
c h u r npermit
w h i c hauthorized:
A l f r e d Hampson
authorized:
a combined
c o m b i n e doperation
o p e r a t i o n with
t r i b u t a r y to
w i t h Keta
K e t a on
C r e e ktributary
t o Sand
0 n Jewel
J e w e lCreek
S a n dCreek;
Creek;
3 ) identical
u r c h a s eoof
p r i o r i t y ; and
Creek
sseparate
e p a r a t e ppurchase
n l hsik e y C
i n priority;
i d e n t ic a l
f iWhiskey
e g g E in
a n d ((3)
r e t : k eggs
I
p e r m ' i trestrictions
r e s t r i c t i o n sasa shad
h abeen
d b e e imposed
permit
n i m p o s e on
do n Keta.
Harnpson,
K e t a . Mr.
Mr. H
a m p s o nnow
n, o w doing
doing
b u s i n e sas
sa sHampsori,
business
H a m p s o nInc.,
f i r s treceived
r e c e j v echum
dc h u meeggs
I n, c . , first
in tthe
ggs in
h e ffall
a l l of
o f 1980
i 9 8 0and
and
r i o r i t yofoeggs
h
a s ccompleted
i s ppriority
has
o m p l e t eh
dhis
f e g gfrom
s f r o rWhiskey
nW h i s k eCreek.
yC r e e k . 0
Operations
p e r a t i o n sccontinue
o n t i n u eto
to
be
b e combineci
c o m b ' i n ewwith
oi t h Keta.
Keta.
YaquinaRiver
Yaquina
River System
System
tfri ght Creek
Wright
Creek
A F )w awas
O r e g o nAAqua-Foods
q u a - F o o d( s0(OAF)
so r gorganized
a n i z e di n in
Oregon
I g1972
7 2 t o tor erear
a r ssalmon
a l m o na and
n d t rtrout
o u t tto
o
p a n - s i z ein
p o n d and
sa n dto
i nponds
pan-size
salmon.
r e l e a schum
ec h u m
t orelease
salmon. T
The
h e ccompany
e g a nooperations
o m p a nbybegan
p e r a t i o n saatt
j u stabove
a
a site
s i t e on
onWright
l ,Jrig h t Creek
C re e kjust
Poole' s Slough,
abovePoole's
S]ough, Yaquina
Yaquina Bay
Bay ((Lincoln
Li n c oln
County).
C o u n t y ) . IIn
p e r m i tfor
n November
N o v e m b e11972
r9 7 2 t they
hey w
were
salmon.
e r e issued
i s s u e daa PSH
P S Hpermit
f o rchum
chum
salmon.
r m i t swwere
C
o h oaand
n d cchinook
h i n o o kPPSH
Coho
in March
S Hp epermits
e r e i sissued
s u e di n
M a r c hooff 1974.
1 9 7 4 . They
T h e y iintended
n t e n d e dto
to
r e l e a s e salmon
s a l m o nssmolts
a r v e s t aadults
m o l t s aand
p o n drearing
n d hharvest
release
brood
d u l t s aas
s b
r o o d sstock
o r the
t h epond
rearing
t o c k ffor
operation.
o p e r a to
i n.
B y 1973
1 9 7 3aadditional
d d i t i o n afinancing
l f i n a n c j nhad
g h abeen
d b e eobtained
ponds
By
no b t a i n eand
da nthe
e c o m p ahad
nhya dponds
d t hcompany
b o t hWright
h l ri g hCreek
t C re eand
a
ka n d
att both
ono na manmade
stream
101 Br
Bridge
a m anm ade
str eamabove
abovethe Highway
Highway101
idge at
South
S
o u t hBeach.
B e a c h . Salmon
Salmon
wwere
e r e r ereleased
l e a s e da t atWWright
r i g h t CCreek
r e e kf r ofrom
m 1 91973
7 3u n until
t i l t hthis
i s ssite
ite
h a s e doout
w a s pphased
u t bby
y OA
pr
ocedur
e
was
OAF
voluntary
procedure
completed
Fththrough
ro u g h aa volr
lntar y termination
ter m ination
com p' le ted
iin
n
1982.
1982.
South
South Beach
Beach
A t South
S o u t hBeach
B e a c hn
e a r the
t h e Marine
M a r i n eScience
At
near
Center
pumping
Science
C e n t e on
ro nYaquina
Y a q u i nBay
aB a yaapumping
p r o v i dwater
ew a t efrom
s t a t i o nwas
w a s installed
'installed
rfrom
station
tot oprovide
the
bay,
and
large
cement
rearing
t h e b a y , a n d l a r g e c e m e n rt e a r i n g
p o n d swwere
p a nsize.
e r e b ubuilt
ilt to
ponds
to rraise
a i s e ffish
i s h to
t o pan
One
size. O
n eoof
f the
t h e two
t w oearthen
e a r t h e ponds
np o n d s
i n i t i a l l y built
b u ' i to
l t tsettle
o s e t tout
u t s o l i from
p
o
n
d
s
initially
the
fish
rearing
ponds
was
l e osolids
f
r
o
m
ds
the fish rearing
w a snot
not
n e e d e daand
n d s so
o wwas
a s c oconverted
needed
n v e r t e dt otoa at Jli-catch
- c a t c hffishing
i s h i n g operation.
pond
operation. T
h e U-catch
The
U - c a t c hpond
w
a s ooperated
p e r a t e du nuntil
was
t i l tthe
w a s rrebuilt.
e b u i l t . More
h e ssite
j t e was
M o r eccoho,
o h o ,chum,
c h u m ,and
a n dchinook
c h i n o o kwere
were
r e l e a s e daand
n d ssome
released
in
the
saltwater
o m ea dadult
u l t ccoho
o h o a and
n d c hchinook
i n o o kw ewere
r e h eheld
l d i n t h e s a l t w a t e r rearing
rearing
p o n d st oto ssee
f they
e e i if
t h e ywould
w o u ' l dm
a t u r ef ofor
ponds
mature
r eegg
g g ccollection
o l l e c t i o n iin
n the
f a l l ofo 1975
t h e fall
f 1 9 7 and
5a n d
I1976.
9 7 6 . This
T h ' i s did
d i d not
n o twork
w o r kwell
w e l l and
a n d tthe
h e effort
e f f o r was
t w aabandoned.
s a b a n d o n e d . OAF
O A F also
also
veniles to
e x p e r i m e n t ewdiwith
t h r erearing
a r i n g j ujuveniles
experimented
to aadult
d u l t size
s i z e to
t o obtain
o b t a i neggs
e g g sfor
f o rbrood.
brood.
T
h
i
s
e
x
p
e
r
j
m
e
n
w
t
a
s
a
b
a
n
d
o
n
de f o r e completion
pond
This experiment was abandonedebbefore
c o r n p l e t i obecause
n
b e c a u s ethey
t h e yneeded
n e e d e dthe
t h epond
for
fish.
sspace
p a c ef o
r rrearing
e a r i n g ssmall
mallfish.
B u s i n e sDevelopment:
sD e v e l o p m e n tThe
Business
T: h e ccompany
e q a na sasa assmall
o m p a nl yrbegan
m a l l ccorporation
o r p o n a t i owith
n
w i t hsome
some
s t o c k held
f f i h eby
N epeople
w p o r t ain
r ethe
a . FNewport
i s h e r C o area.
r p o r a t i oFisher
n b e c aCorporation
r n e a m a j o rbecame a major
stock
sshare
h a r e hholder
o l d e r in
i n OAF
O A Faand
e g a nt oto iincrease
n c r e a s ei it's
ini nthet hcompany.
n d bbegan
t ' s stock
s t o c kshare
share
e company.
chased
W
e y e r h a e u sCeCompany
or m p a npyu rpurchased
Weyerhaeuser
t h ethe
O AOAF
Fs t o stock
c k i n in
d s j since
1 91975
7 5a nand
n c e t hthat
a t ttime
i m e has
has
operated
o p e r a t e d the
t h e company
a
wholly
c o m p a n yas
a s a w h o 1 1 yowned
They
o w n e dsubsidiary.
subsid'iary. T
h e y shifted
s h i f t e d from
from
p r i m a r i l ypan-size
( w i t some
h s o mocean
p a n - s i z salmon
es a l r n o and
na n d trout
t r o u t (with
r a n c h i n g to
)t oonly
primarily
eo c e a nranching)
o n l yocean
ocean
rranching
a n c h i n goof
f ssalmon
a l m o na tatt hthe
r o c e s s ' i nlgline
e s saltwater
a l t w a t e rf afacility.
cil it.y. O
OAF
A Fsshut
o w naapprocessing
h u t ddown
ine
p o n d reared
w h ic h had
which
h a d been
b e e n used
u s e d ffor
r e t a i n e d ttheir
o r pond
r e a r e d fish
Fi s h hut
b u t retained
h e i r driers
d r i e r s and
and
p e l l e t i n gequipment
e q u i p n e n tffor
i n making
pelleting
o r use
u s e in
m a k i n qfish
f j s h food
f o o dfor
f o the
r t hsalmon
e s a l r n ooperations.
no p e r a l i o n s .
n s t a l l e d a line
u i t making
T h e yl a
t e r qquit
o o d bbut
p r o c e s s f nadult
ga d u l t
n a k i n g f ifish
s h ffood
They
later
u t jinstalled
f o rprocessing
l i n e for
salmon
s a lr n o nffor
c r market.
narket.
B r o c d s t o c Development:
k[ e v e l o p m e n t : Beginning
Broodstock
u r c h a s e deeggs
B e g i n n i n qin
i n 1973
1 9 7 3OAF
0 A F ppurchased
g g s ssurplus
u r p l u s to
to
progFa-fr-toi
(Table 5).
ODFW's
hatchery prog
0tJFir'l'
s-FetEIeriy
rrse in
pondrearing
i npond
or use
rear i ngand
andocean
rel ease (Table
ocean release
5) .
tWhen
{ h e n t hthey
e r t i t s they
e y oobtained
b t a i n e d ccohn
o h o aand
n d cchinook
h i n o o k ppermits
t ' r e y had
h a d both
h a n c fiin
n
h o t h species
s p e c i e son
o n hancr
o
o
p o n drearing
p ro g ra m. Some
tthe
h e pond
r ea rj n g program.
wer eraised
of these
these were
r ai sed to
to smolts
r el easedin
in
S o meof
sr nol
ts and
and released
1974.
t974.
H
o w e v e r ,tthe
e c a u s etthese
However,
expressed
because
h e ccompany
o m p a n ye
x p r e s s e d cconcern
oncern b
h e s e fish
dark
f i s h are
a r e often
o f t e n dark
and
a n d therefo-e
l e s s marketable
m a r k e t a b l eat
r e t u r n than
t h e r e f o r e less
a t return
t h a n are
i n some
a r e stocks
s t o c k s in
s o m eother
o t h e r rivers.
rivers.
T h e y have
informed 0
They
ODFW
h a v e informed
D F Wthat
t h e y intend
i n t e n d to
t o terminate
t h a t they
t e r m i n a t e their
f a l l chinook
chinook
t h e i r fall
program.
program.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
The
T h e original
o r i g ' i n a 1 OAF
0 A F spring
was
s p r i n g chinook
c h j n o o k stock
stock w
a s derived
d e r i v e d ffrom
D F t ^ l 'Trask
sT r a s k
r o r n 0ODFWs
plan
H
a t c h e r y . These
T h e s ehave
n o t been
p r o g r a m . They
Hatchery.
h a v e not
b e e n aa major
m a j o r thrust
t h r u s t of
O A Fprogram.
T h e y plan
o f the
t h e OAF
to
t o test
t e s t the
t h e Rogue
R o g u estock
s t o c k spring
h ' i s is
This
s p r i n g chinook.
chinook. T
i s aa south-migrating
s o u t h - m i g r a t i n gstock
s t o c k so
so
b e caught
more
m o r emay
m a ybe
i n Oregon
c a u g h t in
O r e g o nwhen
w h e nreleased
r e l e a s e dfrom
f r o maa Yaquina
Y a q u i n asite.
site.
Coho
s m o l t s released
released b
byy OAF
hatchery
C
o h o smolts
b e f o r e 1978
7 9 7 8originated
O A Fbefore
o r i g i n a t e d from
f r o m ODFW
0DFW
hatchery
surplus
s u r p l u s and
a n d OAF
returns. T
O A Freturns.
c o m p a n could
yc o u l d not
The
h e company
n o t meet
m e e tits
' i t s development
d e v e l o p m e nschedule
st c h e d u l e
u
using
s i n g only
o n l y surplus
s u r p l u s Oregon
The
O r e g o neggs.
eggs. T
h e companyts
c o m p a n y ' soperation-development
o p e r a t i o n - d e v e l o p m e schedule
ns tc h e d u l e
p
l a n had
p e r m i t s were
had b
e e n reviewed
plan
been
when
r e v i e w e dby
b y ODFW
0 D F Wstaff
s t a f f and
a n d the
t h e FWC
Fi,lC
w h e npermits
w e r e considered
considered
l l J eexamined
f o r their
s e c o n d release
r e l e a s e ssite
for
at
t h e j r second
t Coos
B a y in
ite a
i n 1977.
1 9 7 7 . We
e x a r n i n e several
ds e v e r a l
C o o s Bay
p r o p o s e dby
s o u r c e s of
o f eggs
e g g s proposed
sources
P u g e t Sound
coho
eggs
were
b y the
t h e company.
c o m p a n y . Puget
w
e
r
eavailS o u n dc o h o e g g s
availj
ab1e,m
e t disease
d i s e a s e inspection
i n s p e c t i o n restrictions,
able,
met
r e s t r i c t i o n s , and
and w
were
expected
to
move
into
e r e e x p e c t e dt o m o v e n t o the
the
b a y and
bay
a n d streams
s t r e a m sduring
d u r i n g late
A u g u s tto
l a t e August
t o late
I a t e October
o r early
O c t o b e ror
e a r 1 . yNovember.
N o v e m b e r . This
This
p e a k run
ttiming
'iming w
as e
x p e c t e d tto
o afford
was
expected
a f f o r d a separation
s e p a r a t i c l nfrom
f r o m tthe
h e peak
r u n of
o f wild
w i l d stocks
stocks
r
n
a
i
n
l
y
p
e
a
k
that
mainly
in
December
and
January.
t h a t spawned
i
n
spawned
D e c e m b ear n d J a n u a r y . The
e s t . u a r i n eentry
T h e peak estuarine
e n t r y time
t i m e of
of
llate
a t e September
S e p t e m b eaand
r n d eearly
arly 0
October
meant
e a n t that
i r n p o r t e dstock
c t o b e r aalso
lso m
t h a t the
t h e imported
s t o c k of
fjsh
o f fish
w o u l d be
b e available
a v a ' i l a b l e through
would
t h r o u g h the
n o r m a lfishing
f i s h i n g season
i n the
t h e normal
s e a s o nin
t h e ocean
o c e a nwhich
wasa
w h i c h was
g r o u p s . On
concern
c o n c e r nof
f i s h i n g groups.
o f fishing
wee allowed
0 n this
t h i s basis
basis w
a l l o w e d 'import
i r n p o r tof
e g g s to
o f eggs
t o begin
begin
, A n a d r o r n o uand
llarger
a r g e r releases,
r e l e a s e s , but
i n f o r m e dthe
b u t informed
t h e companies
c o r n p a n i e(OAF,
s( 0 A F Anadrornous
asn d Domsea)
D o m s e athat
t)f r a t
tthey
h e y must
m u s t in
i n the
f u t u r e develop
discrete
brood
t h e future
d e v e ' l o paa separate,
separate, d
iscrete b
r o o d stock
s t o c k at
a t each
each
facility.
facifity.
O
A Fm
a i n t a i n e da distinct
OAF
maintained
off S
Siletz
att Y
Yaquina,
ass
d i s t i n c t line
line o
irst a
tock a
a q u i n a ,ffirst
j l e t z sstock
p r o v i d e the
a
e x p e r i m e n tthen
ann experiment
t h e n to
t o provide
t h e Oregon
b r o o d stock
O r e g o nbrood
s t o c k base.
b a s e . OAF
O A Fbegan
b e g a noutoutg r o u p . In
c r o s s i n g and
a n d replacement,
r e p ' l a c e m e n twith
crossing
w, i t h their
t h e i r own
o w nSiletz
S i l e t z group.
I n 1985,
1 9 8 5 , Oregon
O r e g o nAquaAquap
u
r
c
h
a
s
e
d
F o o d spurchased ccoho
a t ODFW's
Foods
g g s ffrom
r o m surplus
O D F W ' Fall
sF a l l Creek
o h o eeggs
s u r p l u s at
H a t c h e r yto
help
C r e e kHatchery
t o help
y e a r s of
b u i l d an
a n acceptable
build
a c c e p t a b l eOregon
f o r the
0 r e g o nbase
b a s e for
t h e second
s e c o n dof
o f OAF's
O A F ' sbrood
b r o o dyears
o f coho.
coho.
j n warm
O A Freleases
r e l e a s e szero
z e r o age
a g e coho
c o h osmolts;
OAF
i s , they
t h e y raise
r a i s e coho
w a r mwater
s m o l t s ; that
t h a t is,
c o h oin
w a t e rwith
with
h e a v . yfeeding
edr o
f e e d i n g so
heavy
off life
s o that
t h a t they
t h e y attain
a t t a i n smnolt
s m c tr l ssize
i z e in
i n ttheir
h e i r first
f i r s t yyear
I i f e and
and
r e t u r n from
y e a ! " . OAF
f r o m the
return
year.
t h e ocean
o c e a nas
a s adults
i n their
a d u l t s in
t h e j r second
second
h a s only
t h e n has
o n l y two
two
O A Fthen
y e a r s of
brood
b r o o d years
n s t e a d of
o f coho
c o h o iinstead
o f the
t h r e e rmaintained
n a j n t a j n e d aat
t h e three
t ODFW
0 D F Wand
a n d other
other
y e a r l i n g programs
p r o g r a m sare
h a t c h e r i e s where
w h e r eyearling
hatcheries
followecl.
a r e followed.
Chum
C h u msalmon
s a l m o n hhave
a v e nnot
e t u r n e d tto
OAF
o t rreturned
, \ F or
o r any
o t h e r of
o 0
a n . yother
t h e PSH's
P S H' s at
o f the
a t the
the
r a t e they
rate
t h e y expected.
e x p e c t e d . OAF
i n t e n dto
h a s told
t o l d us
f r o mchurn
O A Fhas
u s they
t h e . yintend
t o sell
s e l l egqs
e g q sfrom
n o wat
c h u r nnow
at
sea.
sea.
Operations:
0 p e r a t i o n s : OAF
r e b u i l t the
B e a c hfacility
O A Frebuilt
t h e South
f a c i l i t y in
i n 1977.
S o r r t hBeach
1 9 1 7 . The
T h t l outlet
outlet.
( m a nmade)
w
a s changed
was
c f a n $ e d -from
T i 6 maa natural
n a t r l r a l type
r n a r l e at
)a t the
t y p e of
o f stream
c h a n n e l (man
t h e southwest
s t r e a mchannel
sor.rthwest
corner
c o r n e r of
o f the
t h e old
o l d site
s i t e to
t o aa new
n e wcement
c e m e n fishway
tf i s h w a yon
o n the
t h e north,
n o r t h , or
i l r channel
c h a n n e end
le n dof
of
l l e w p o r tof
tthe
h e facility.
f acil ity.
This
o f Newport
T h i s shift
s h i f t made
r n a d eway
w a y for
b v the
P o r t of
f o r construction
c o n s t r u c t i o n by
t h e Port
of
t h e new
n e wboat
p l a i l was
i , J a sto
p r o d u ct i o n
the
b o a t basin
a t South
Beach. T
The
r l l a c n the
b a s i n at
i r e OAF
L oreac'i
l h r . production
S o r t t hBeach.
t ) A Fplan
. 5 nmillion
f o r this
capacity
site
c a p a c i t y for
P S Hrelease
r^elease
t h i s PSH
s ' i t e with
w i t h q .5
T j l l i o n coho,
n i l i i o n churn,
c o h o , 20
2 0 million
and
c h u m ,and
1
. 0 . 6m
i l l i o n chinook
10.6
million
b y 1983.
b e g a nto
c h i n o o kby
1 9 8 3 . As
A s OAF
a n d evaluate
O A Fbegan
t o use
u s e and
e v a l u a t e this
t h i s facility
faci'lity
p l a n n e dfor
tthey
h e y found
f o u n d tthat
h a t coho
r e l e a s e d at
was
c o h o should
s h o u ' l dbe
b e released
I a r g e r size
for
a t aa larger
s i z e than
than w
a s planned
w
h e nthe
when
t h e release
r e l e a s e facility
f a c i l i t y was
w a s designed.
d e s i g n e d . Chinook
and
too
C h i n o c ka
n d chum
c h i r malso
a l s o appeared
a p p e a r e dL
survive b
e t t e r when
w h e nreleased
r e l e a s e das
: n e a n tmore
p o n d space
survive
better
a s larger
srnolts. T
This
r i l o r epond
l a r g e r smolts.
h i s meant
space
( a c c l i m a t i o n )time
n e . q d eor
d_o
w o u l d be
b e needed
hro ' l d i n g(acclimation)
would
holding
r e c h r c eat
ral t full
L i m ewould
h a v r to
.tlo he
b e reduced
frrl'l
w o u l dhave
production
o r o d u c t io n level.
I e v e l.
I
Isn, c . In
In
A n a d r o m o uInc.
r e l e a s esite
t o Anadromous,
B a yrelease
s i t e to
t h e j r Coos
l e a s e dtheir
C o o sBay
O A Fleased
IIn
n 1982
1 , 9 8 2OAF
to
O A Fto
F I , I allowed
Ca l ' l o w e dOAF
B a y the
t h e FWC
i n operation
C o o sBay
att Coos
operation a
t h i s change
c h a n g ein
authorizing
a
u t h o r i z i n g this
the
pr oduction ffor
to the
or both sites
si tes to
coho production
o f full
f ul I coho
re l e a se of
sh i f t release
t e m p o r a r i 'l y shift
temporarily
p o u n d sof
t h r o u g hthe
the
r e l e a s e dthrough
o f salmon
s a l m o nreleased
There
were
e r e1,284,193
1 , 2 8 4 , i 9 3pounds
T
h e r ew
facility.
Yaquina
Yaqujna
facility.
s' i n 1983.
r e q u ir e d
required
1 9 8 3 . ODFW
0DFW
i n 1982
a n d1,187,135
1 , 1 8 7 , 1 3 pounds
5p o u n d in
1 9 8 2and
OAF
s ' i t e in
Y a q uni a release
r e l e a s esite
O
A FYaquina
here w
as
r i o r tto
9 8 4bbecause
e c a u s etthere
in 1
e g i n n i n gin
o A
u g u s t2
all
bee released
prior
August
200 b
beginning
1984
was
r e l e a s e dp
f i s h to
to b
a ' l l fish
t o the
the
o f to
i n s t e a d of
moving
p r o b l e mwith
i n 1983
upstream
1 9 8 3moving
r e ' l e a s e later
dl a t e r in
w i t h coho
c o h oreleased
a problem
upstream
instead
' i t c o u l dincrease
p o t e n t i a l competition
competition
i n c r e a s epotential
because
it could
w a s aa concern
c o n c e r nbecause
T h i s was
o c e a n . This
ocean.
j n the
bay.
a b o v ethe
t h e hay.
Y a q u i n River
aR i v e rabove
with
t h e Yaquina
w i t h wild
w i l d coho
c o h oin
a yu
sing
ff Y
a q u i n aB
seao
r e l e a s e sof
o f salmon
s a l m o na
OAF
with
att sea
off
Yaquina
Bay
using
h a s experimented
e x p e r i m e n t ew
di t h releases
O A Fhas
d
eck
u
s
i
n
g
b
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O
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o
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o
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c
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These
experiments
were
similar
to
those
conducted
by
ODFW
using
deck
w
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ts
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efforts
B
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m
o
u
s
a
b
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tanks
off
Astoria
and
by
Anadromous
with
a
barge
off
Coos
Bay.
a
n
d
tanksoff Astoria
g r o u p sreleased
b y OAF.
OAF.
r e l e a s e dby
v a r i o u s groups
t h e various
r o m ssome
gave
g
a v e encouraging
rresults
e s u l t s ffrom
o m eooff the
encouraging
p
r
o
m
i
s
i
n
g
g
a
v
e
r
e
s
u
lts.
i
n
s
o
m
e
1984,
gave
some
promising
results.
N
e
w
p
o
r
t
1
9
8
4
,
o
f
f
8 3 , 0 0 0 coho
c o h o off Newport in
Releases
f 83,000
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p
r
i
v
a
t
e
h
o
p
e
d
t
h
at
hoped
that
g
a
v
e
o
p
e
r
a
t
o
r
s
T
h
e
The
private
operators
m
j
x
e
d
results.
i n 1985,
1 9 8 5 , gave mixed results.
R e l e a s e sin
Releases
g
i
p
r
e
d
a
t
o
r
s
,
a
b
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t
t
er
w
o
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d
'
l
v
e
a
better
give
would
predators,
t
h
e
n
e
a
r
s
h
o
r
e
b e y o n d the nearshore
r e l e a s e s , beyond
o f f s h o r e releases,
offshore
o
n
s
h
ore
a
t
t
h
e
i
r
t
h
a
n
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
d
f
i
s
h
e
r
y
o r tthe
i s h ffor
h e ocean
o c e a nfishery than released at their onshore
survival
with
more
ith m
o r effish
survival w
r
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o
2
%
1
.
5
%
t
o
t
h
e
y
n
e
e
d
s a i d they need 1.5% to 2% return off
have
T h e companies
c o m p a n i eh
sa v e said
n
e c a p t u r estation.
s t a t i o n . The
recapture
below
p
r
o
d
u
c
t
i
o
n
r e m a i n sw
e l l below
Production
well
i
n
r o d u c t i o nremains
r e m a i nin business.
business. P
t o remain
fish
a t full
f u l l production to
f i s h at
r
e
l
a
t
ively
w
e
r
e
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
s
p
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r
m
i
t
t
e
d
1
9
8
5
a
n
d
1
9
8
6
f r o r n the
t h e 1985 and 1986 releases were relatively
R e t u r n sfrom
l e v e l s . Returns
permitted levels.
(
T
a
b
l
e
6
)
.
s i t e s (Table 6).
g o o d ,as
c o h oat
a t all
a l l sites
r e t u r n sof
o f coho
good,
a s were
w e r ereturns
'invested
m ' i l l i o n in
in
n e a r l y $40
h a s invested nearly
u s that
t h a t OAF
O A Fhas
$ 4 0million
t e l l us
oyf f i c i a l s tell
Company
C o m p a nofficials
c
o
n
c
ern
a
l
s
o
e
x
p
r
e
s
s
e
d
T
h
e
y
h
a
v
e
They
have
also
expressed
concern
a n dfacilities.
facilities.
otf operations
o p e r a t i o n sand
development
d e v e l o p m e nof
p r o g r a min
i n the
,f r o m
t h e Oregon
O r e g o Legislature,
nL e g . i s l a t u r efrom
o their
about
t h e i r program
o p p o s i t i o n tto
a p p a r e n topposition
a b o u t apparent
a
t
t
e
m
to
g
r
o
u
p
s
,
t
h
e
y
f
r
o
m
a
s
O
D
F
W
some
and
f i s h i n g groups, a
n d from ODFW as they attemptp tto
s p o r t fishing
c o r n m e r c i aaand
ln d sport
s o m ecommercial
w
e
r
e
m
a
de
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
s
Some
of
their
largest
releases
were
made
p
r
o
g
r
a
m
.
t
h
e
i
r
l
a
r
g
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s
t
S o m eo f
develop
program.
aquaculture
h e i r aquaculture
d
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p
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l
s
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r
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i
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poor
ocean
conditions
and
obvious
poor
survival
t
i
a
n
d
o c e a nc o n d i o n s
f a c e of
o f El
E l N 'ni o 's
h e face
i n tthe
in
a
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d
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Wino
also
adversely
affected
p
o
o
r
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l
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l
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o
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d
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r
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l
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d u e to
to
c o n d i t i o n sdue
p
o t e n t i a l . These
T h e s epoor conditions
potential.
'i
c
te
thes
e
Despite
these
d
Desp'
i
p
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b
l
r
om
wi
I
stocks.
f
wild stocks.
and those
thosefrom
h a tch e ri es and
r o m public hatcheries
smolts
s m otls ffrom
w h i c hto
to
f r o m which
a t sea
s e a from
problems
OAF
A Fa
and
n d at
t o c k s aat
t O
i a b l e bbrood
r o o d sstocks
p
r o b l e r n stthere
e m a j n vviable
h e r e rremain
futrrre.
i n the
t h e future.
build
r e l e a s e sin
l a r g e r releases
b
u i l d larger
j,n 1986,
release
a n drelease
p u r c h a s eof
h a t c h e r yand
o f the
t h e OAF
O A Fhatchery
d i s c u s s e dpurchase
1 9 8 6 , discussed
T h eFWC,
F I ^ I Cin
The
jf
p
r
e
f
e
r
r
e
d
b
u
t
t
h a t if
p
r
i
v
a
t
e
i
s
b
e
They
said
that
private
operation
is
to
t
o
be
preferred
but
that
operation
f a c ' i l i t i e s . T h e ys a i d t h a t
facilities.
b
e
c
l
o
s
e
d,
otherwise
be
closed,
i
t
a
n
d
w
o
u
'
l
d
o
t
h
e
r
w
i
s
e
r i v a t e ccompany
O A F and
,
b u . yand
a n d operate
o p e r a t eOAF,
noo p
private
will
it would
o m p a nw
yi l l buy
n
p
u
r
c
h
a
s
e
t
h
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m
a
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a
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n
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e
r
n
m
e
n
t
t
o
the
orr Federal
c o n s i d e rpurchase to maintain the OAF F
F e d e r a lgovernment should
s h o u l dconsider
State o
t h e State
to
c o n t i n u e sto
O A Fcontinues
f u r t h e r reduced.
r e d u c e d . OAF
n o t be
b e further
production
f j s h e r j e s will
w i l l not
p r o d u c t ' i o nso
o c e a nfisheries
s o ocean
p
r
i
v
a
t
e,
p
u
b
l
i
c
o
r
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buyers,
either
public
or
private,
p
a
r
t
i
e
s
.
p
r
i
v
a
t
e
b
u
y
e
r
s
,
e
i
t
h
e
r
f o r aa sale
s a l e to
t o private parties. N o
negotiate
n e g o t i a t efor
f
i
s
r
e
l
e
a
s
i
n
g
h
a
s
c o n t i n u ereleasing
d
r ] pwith
n o n eand
ya n OAF
d O Ahas
F continued
have
up
fi shh
w i t hthe
t h emoney
t o come
come
h
a v ebeen
[ e e n able
a b l e to
iinn 1987.
i987.
Siuslaw
River System
System
S i uslar River
Sweet Creek
Creek
Sweet
( K a r l J.
,J.
F
I n c . (Karl
p e r ^ r n iwas
t a s iissued
w
s s , t e dto
t o Siuslaw
S i u s l a r ,Fisheries
r j s h e . r i e sInc.
s a l m o npermit
A chum
A
c h u msalmon
l
o
n
S
w
eet
s i t e located
o c a t e don Sweet
f o r aa site
A p r il 1972
I 9 7 ? for
H ic h e n s ) in
i n April
R o n adl F.
F . Hichens)
Manseth
ahn r iRonald
i u l a n s e tand
n lLane
ounty.
- a n eC
s t u a r y i in
s la w
iv e r e estuary
Creek,
Siiuusl
awR River
County.
, r t a r yt to
o tthe
he S
C r e e k tr
,t r iib hitary
.
r i n c i p l e s aand
and
n d funding,
f u n d ' i n 9 ,and
The
principles
a d d i t i o n a lp
a, c q u i r e dadditional
rye o r g a n i z e dacquired
T h ecompany
c o m p a nreorganized,
"
t
h
e
y
p
l
a
n
n
e
rto
tlo
They
planned
n o r t hof
o f Springfield.
Springfield.
n e a rCoburg
0oirurq
built
north
f r e s h w a t efacility
rf a c i l i t y near
b u i l t aa freshwater
r
o
w
n
c
h
un
r
:
r
and
handle
their
own
chum
rrear
e a r salmon
f
o p e r a t c r s a n d h a n del t h e ' i
u n d e rcontract
c o n t r a c t for
other
s a lm c l nunder
o t h e r operators
-10-
.
o
o
o
o
incubation
and
r e a r i n g there
t h e r e too.
incubation a
n d rearing
too.
contract
o p e r a t i o n was
w a s closed.
closed.
c o n t r a c t operation
This
f o r them
t h e mand
a n d the
the
d i d not
n o t work
w o r k out
o u t for
T h i s did
(1973b
f{r o m Quilcene
Hatchery
Eyed
brood)
were
rood) w
e r e obtained
b y ODFW
0 D F Vfrom
o b t a i n e d by
h u meeggs
g g s (1973
E
y e dcchum
Q u i l c e n eHatchery
p
r
o
v
i
d
e
rood
on
Puget
Sound
in
1974
to
determine
if
they
could
be
raised
to
provide
brood
i
f
b
e
r
a
i
s
e
d
t
o
a b
they could
o n P u g e t S o u n di n 1 9 7 4 t o d e t e r m i n e
p
a
r
t
'
i
c
i
p
ated
C
r
e
e
k
Siuslaw
Fisheries
operating
on
Sweet
Creek
participated
i n Oregon.
h e r e in
O r e g o n . S i u s l a w F ' i s h e r i e so p e r a t i n g o n S w e e t
sstock
t o c k here
Some
i
n
f i n g e r l i n g s in 1974.
1"974. Some
with
in
fingerlings
i n this
r e l e a s e d221,000
221,0Q0
e x p e r i m e n tand
a n d released
w i t h ODFW
t h i s experiment
0DFW
i n the
Whiskey
were
off
t h e fall
fa1l o
r e t u r n e d in
e r e available
a v a i l a b l e in
adult
i n 1976.
1976. W
h i s k e yCreek
C r e e keggs
eggsw
a
d u l t chum
c h u mreturned
800,000
T h e y released
r e ' l e a s e dover
over
i n 1975.
1974,
h e ccompany
0 0 , 0 0 0 ssmall
c h u min
1 9 7 5 . They
7 9 7 4 , and
a n d tthe
o m p a n released
yr e l e a s e d 8
m a l l chum
1983,
IInn 1982
a n d 1983,
i n 1979
a n dsmall
n u m b e r sthereafter.
1 9 8 2 and
m i l l ' i o n chum
c h u min
s m a l l numbers
thereafter.
1
1 million
1 9 7 9and
have
r f l o r echum
c h u mhave
Siuslaw
t o Domsea
N o more
F i s h e r i e s sold
s o l d their
t h e i r chum
c h u meggs
e g g sto
D o m s eFarms.
aF a r m s . No
S
i u s l a w Fisheries
h a v e been
been
t h i s site
s j t e have
been
T h e rack
r a c k and
a n d trap
t r a p at
a t this
b
e e n released
r e l e a s e d at
a t Sweet
S w e e tCreek.
C r e e k . The
production.
n a t u r a l production.
n o ware
f r o mnatural
Any
n y chum
i n Sweet
S w e e tCreek
a r e from
removed.
removed. A
c h u mspawning
s p a w n f n gin
C r e e know
p r i n c i p ' l e s of
r e t a i n the
i n t e n d to
the
u s that
t h e y intend
t o retain
The
T
h e principles
o f Siuslaw
S i u s l a wFisheries
F i s h e r i e s tell
t h a t they
t e l l us
proves
p r o g r a r nproves
p o s s i b l y again
p e r m i t ffor
i f the
t h e program
permit
o r this
a n d possibly
r a i s e chum
c h u mif
t h i s site
s j t e and
a g a i n raise
successful
s u c c e s s f u lelsewhere.
el sewhere.
Divide
D
i v i d e Creek
Creek
o
( C e r a t o d u sFisheries,
Fisheries,
l 4 o r e l l o (Ceratodus
M a r s h a 1 1 ,Lester
a n d Timothy
T i r n o t h yMorello
N e l s o n , and
JJohn
o h n Marshall,
L e s t e r Nelson,
p e r r n i t in
p r i v a t e chum
Inc.)
i n 1973
f o r aa site
s ' i t e on
o n Divide
Divide
i s s u e d aa private
s a l r n o npermit
1 9 7 3for
I n c . ) were
w e r e issued
c h u msalmon
The
h e company
Creek
t o the
R i v e r estuary
e s t u a r y in
' i n Lane
County. T
company
t r j b u t a r y to
t h e Siuslaw
S i u s l a wRiver
L a n eCounty.
C r e e k a tributary
i n cooperation
w i t h ODFW
rel ease
raised
Quilcene
0 D F I for
,fJo r release
r a i s e d 500,000
500,000Q
s t o c k chum
c h u meggs
e g g s in
c o o p e r a t io n with
u i ' l c e n estock
f i s h were
T h e r e has
h a s been
been
Noo adults
in
n o more
m o r e fish
w e r e released.
r e l e a s e d . There
i n 1975.
a d u l t s returned
r e t u r n e d and
a n d no
1975. N
no
D i v i d e Creek
n o further
a t the
t h e Divide
C r e e ksite.
site.
f u r t h e r activity
a c t i v i t y at
o
Farns
Domsea
DomseaFarms
o
p e r r n i t s for
FWC
f o r issue
i s s u e to
to
l i C authorized
h u m , chinook,
c h i n o o k , and
a n d coho
c o h o permits
In
1 9 7 7 the
the F
a u t h o r i z e d cchum,
I n 1977
i n Lane
Dornsea
mouth
of
e a r tthe
R i v e r estuary
e s t u a r y in
Lane
a r m s f for
o r aa ssite
he m
outho
f the
t h e Siuslaw
S ' i u s l a wRiver
D o m s e aFFarms
i t e nnear
p e r m i t s were
l e a s e s and
a n dcompliance
T h e permits
w e r e contingent
o n completion
c o m p l e t i o nof
o f leases
compliance
County.
c o n t i n g e n t on
C o u n t y . The
P e r m j t s were
s s u e d iin
n the
o f 1978
and
t h e spring
s p r i n q of
1 9 7 8 and
with
w
i t h zoning
r e g r r l a t i o n s . Permits
w e r e iissued
z o n i n gregulations.
releases
r e l e a s e s began
b e g a nthat
t h a t summer.
surnmer.
The
o m p a n ybuilt
built
T h e ccompany
o
o
experimental
acjlities
e x p e r i r n e n t a l ffacilities
p o o l s and
using
s w i m r n i n gpools
and
u s i n g swimming
p l a s t ' i c lined
p o n d sfrom
h u n d r e dthousand
f r o m which
thousand
plastic
l j n e d dirt
w h i c hthey
r e l e a s e dseveral
s e v e r a l hundred
d j r t ponds
t h e yreleased
Siuslaw
i , r e r enot
a s large
I a r g e as
a s expected.
expected. S
iu s l a w
1 9 7 8through
1 9 8 0 . Returns
R e t u r n s were
n o t as
ccoho
o h o from
f r o m 1978
t h r o u g h 1980.
pt r o j e c t and
f o r ODFW's
a n d to
River
c o l l e c t e d for
C D F I , I stock
' s t o c k assessment
a s s e s s m e nproject
to
R i v e r fall
f a l l chinook
w e r e collected
c h i n o o k were
r e l e a s e at
They
marked
a r k e dfish
f i s h for
f c l r release
a t their
site
develop
b r o o d stock
a t Domsea.
Domsea. T
heym
t h e j r site
d e v e l o p aa brood
s t o c k at
r e p l a c eadults
r e l e a s eupstream
adults
and
to
f o r stock
t o replace
f o r ODFW
u p s t r e a mfor
s t o c kassessment
a s s e s s r l r eand
natn dto
a n d for
ODFW
t o release
g
r
o
u
p
i
n the
The
replacement
group
in
the
stream
contributed
well
in
w
e
l
l
the
i
n
s
t
r
e
a
r
n
c
o
n
t
r
j
b
u
L
e
d
collected
there.
T
h
e
r
e
p
'
l
a
c
e
m
e
n
t
t
h
e
collected there.
w
e
1
1
,
b
u
t aa
r
e
l
a
t
j
v
e
l
y
fishery
and
was
said
to
have
returned
to
the
streams
relatively
well,
but
h
a
v
e
r
e
t
u
r
n
e
d
t
o
l
h
e
s
t
r
e
a
m
s
fishery and was sajd to
g
r
o
u
n
d
s
.
The
hatchery
the
spawning
grounds.
t
h
e
n
q
T
h
e
h
a
t
c
h
ery
v
e
;
p
a
w
n
i
definitive
evaluation
was
a s not
n o t made
m a d eon
on
d e fi n j t j
e v a lu a t i o n w
p
o
o
r
i
y
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
g
r
o
u
p
r
e
t
u
r
n
e
d
s
i
t
e.
group contributed
t o the
t h e release site.
n the
t h e fishery
f i s h e r . v but
b u t returned poorly to
c o n t r j b u t e d iin
Chum
l
r
r
l
v
e
Poor
attraction
at
the
fishway
is
suspected
to
have
contributed
to
t
o
this.
t
h
i
s
.
C
h
um
P o o r a t t r a c t i n n a t t h e f i s h w a y i s s u s p e c t e dt o
contrihrrtr:d
below
that
expected
to
t
h
a
t
e
x
p
e
c
t
,
e
d
t
o
level
were
w e r e released
from
1981
through
1983
hut
b
u
t
it
a
I
e
v
e
l
b
e
l
o
w
released from 1qB1through 1983
at
p
r o v id e significant
provide
s i g n i f i c a n t returns.
returns.
Few
F e wchum
c h u nreturned.
r etirrnerJ.
fish
Their
were
of
b o a r C sand
a n d sandbags
s a n d b a g sand
a n d fish
f i r s t recapture
r e c a p t u r e facilities
ere o
T
h e i r first
facilifies w
f boards
o
g e t to
r o c k jetty.
,jetty. A
ogv e r aa rock
A cement
cernent
could
i t only
s w i n u r r i nover
c o u l d get
t o it
o n l y at
h i g h water
l v a t e rafter
a t high
0 f t e r swimming
jetty.
This
w a s modified,
i n s t a l l e d in
T
h i s facility
f a c i l i t . y was
tnodified,
fishway
f i s h w a y and
a n d trap
w a s then
t r a p was
t h e n installed
i n the
t h e jetty.
year.
adapted,
a d a p t e d ,and
a n d adjusted
a r l ju s t e r leach
e a c hyear.
.-11-
I
O A Foperated
t h e site
o p e r a t e dthe
i n 1984
s i t e in
1 9 8 4to
OAF
if
t o determine
determine
i f it
i t might
needs.
m i g h tmeet
t h e i r needs.
m e e ttheir
T h e ysuccessfully
s u c c e s s f u l l ytrapped
t r a p p e dcoho,
They
c o h o , chinook,
c h i n o o k ,and
a n dchum.
c h u m . All
r e t u r n i n g coho
A l ' l returning
c o h owere
were
processor. O
i n the
r o u n dto
sold
s o l d in
t h e round
t o aa processor.
n o t want
OAF
d i d not
w a n tthe
t h e coho
f o r brood
b r o o dstock
A Fdid
c o h ofor
stock
b
e c a u s eooff a
s u s p e c t e ddisease
i s e a s eaatt F
because
a suspected
Fall
Creek,
origin
off this
all C
r e e k ,tthe
he o
rigin o
s t o c k . The
The
t h i s stock.
cchinook
h i n o o kand
a n dchum
w e r eacceptable
g
a
v
e
c h u mwere
a c c e p t a b l stocks.
es t o c k s . O
OAF
in
the
spring
of
1985
gave
ODFW
i
n
t
h
e
AF
springof 1985
ODFW
a l l of
o f the
t h e Domsea
D o m s e1984
p l a n t e dboth
all
fingerlings.
1a9 8 4brood
b r o o dchinook
c h i n o o kand
a n dchum
chum
f i n g e r l i n g s . We
I , l eplanted
both
t h e chinook
c h i n o o kand
a n d chum
c h u mfingerlings
f i n g e r l i n g s in
i n Sweet
the
C r e e kin
i n the
S w e e tCreek
t h e spring
o f 1985
1 9 8 5for
for
s p r i n g of
natural
n a t u r a l rearing.
rearing.
D o m s eooperated
ap e ra te dth
e tra
p iin
n 1985
Domsea
the
trap
1985 but ther
theree wer
weree no
r etur ns and
no returns
nonewere
w er e
and none
expected
e
x p e c t e din
i n 1986.
1 9 8 6 . If
I f this
i s to
t h i s site
s i t e is
t o be
b ereactivated
r e a c t i v a t e dnew
n e wbrood
will
b r o o dstocks
s t o c k swill
thave
t a v eto
pr edict when
t o be
b e developed.
d e veol p e d . We
t^l ecannot
ca n notpredict
whensuitable
coho or
suitabl e coho
chi nookeggs
e ggs
or chinook
might
m i g h tbe
b e available
f o r use
a v a i l a b l efor
u s ehere.
here.
S
Coos
Coos Bay
Bay
Spit
North Spit
e r m i t s ffor
IIn
n JJuly
uly 1
976W
e y e r h a e u s eC
r o m p a nw
1976
Weyerhaeuser
Company
onn
ywas
a s aauthorized
u t h o r i z e d ppermits
o r aa ssite
ite o
the
t h e North
N o r t h Spit
S p i t of
o f Coos
C o o sBay.
B a y . The
T h e release
r e l e a s e and
a n d recapture
r e c a p t u r esite,
n e a r Bay
s i t e , located
l o c a t e d near
Bay
p u m p e from
df r o m the
M i l e 6,
6 , was
t , a s to
Mile
t o be
b e operated
o p e r a t e dwith
w j t h water
w a t e r pumped
was
t h e same
t h e bay.
b a y . This
Thjs w
a s the
same
w a t e r source
s o u r c ethat
w a sused
t h a t was
u s e dby
b y Anadromous
A n a d r o r n c located
l luosc a t e dabout
water
a b o u t33 miles
m i l e s up
b a y . During
During
u pbay.
pe er r m i t s , Anadromous
h e a r i n g on
o n the
t h e hearing
l r J e y e r h a e u spermits,
psr o t e s t e d issue
the
t h e Weyerhaeuser
A n a d r o m o uprotested
i s s u e of
o f these
these
permits p
r e d i c t i n g tthat
p r o p e r ' l y separate
h a t aadults
permits
predicting
would
and
dults w
o u l d not
n o t properly
separate a
n d mixing
m i x i n g of
of
r e t u r n s would
returns
o c c u r . Weyerhaeuser
W e y e r h a e u s erepresentatives
w o u l doccur.
did
rre p r e s e n t a t i v e s ssaid
believe
a i d tthey
hey d
' i d not
n o t believe
problem. T
this
t h i s would
w o u l d be
b e aa problem.
h e y also
a l s o told
They
that
t o l d the
FWC
i f mixing
m i x i n g occurred
t h e FWC
t h a t if
o c c u r r e dthey
they
would
w o u l d resolve
r e s o l v e the
t h e matter
m a t t e r with
w i t h Anadromous.
Anadromous.
T
h e North
l l o r t h Spit
S p i t facility
facility w
The
would,
according
Weyerhaeuser
o u 1 d ,a
c c o r d i n g tto
o tthe
e y e r h a e u s epproposal,
rr o p o s a l , bbe
he W
e
f r e s h w a t e r hatchery
s u p p o r t e dbbyy a new
n e wfreshwater
h a t c h e r y to
supported
t o be
b e built
b u i l t in
i n the
W i l l a m e t t eValley.
t h e Willamette
Valley.
e r e nnotified
IIn
n 1
9 7 8w
o t i f i e d tthat
1978
wee w
were
North
Spit
ass one
h a t lWeyerhaeuser
, l e y e r h a e u s ehhad
ra d iincluded
ncluded N
orth S
pit a
o n e of
of
f a c i l j t i e s for
p u r p o s e s . We
the
t h e OAF
O A Ffacilities
f o r business
b u s i n e s spurposes.
W e had
t as
a n OAF
h a d considered
a s an
c o n s i d e r e d iit
OAF
r e v i o u s l y sso
s u b s i d i a r y ppreviously
o ttold
o l d tthe
h e ccompany
subsidiary
o r n p a n the
w a s acceptable
b u t that
tyh e change
c h a n g ewas
a c c e p' lt a b l ebut
that
we
w e would
w o u ld continue
c o n t i n u e to
t o treat
t r e a t North
N o r t h Spit,
f r e s h w a t e r facility,
S p 'ti , tthe
h e freshwater
f a c ' i i t y , and
a n d the
the
p a r t s of
Y a q u i n arelease
r e j e a s e recapture
r e c a p t u r esite
Yaquina
s i t e as
a s separate
s e p a r a t eparts
o f OAF.
OAF.
o n d s at
O A Fbuilt
b u i l t several
pumping
several a
OAF
asphalt
ponds
s p h a l t llined
ined p
a t North
N o r t h Spit
w i t h pumping
S p i t along
a ' l o n gwith
f a c i l i t i e s , a fishway,
f i s h w a y , and
facilities,
a n d operations
o p e r a t i o n sand
a n dstorage
b u i ' l d i n g s . Temporary
T e m p o r a r yfish
fish
s t c r a E ebuildings.
h
a n d l i n g facilities
facil'ities w
e r e installed
i n s t a l l e d as
handling
were
a d r r l t s began
b e g a nto
r e t u r n . The
a s adults
t o return.
T h e facilities
facilities
p r o d u c t i o nauthorized
w e r e not
n o t expanded
permits
e x p a n d e dto
t o handle
h a n d l ethe
were
f u l l production
t h e full
a u t h o r i z e dunder
u n d e rthe
t h e permits
h a d been
which
w h i c h had
b e e nissued.
issued.
r / e y e r h a e u s e rCo.
,C o .
Brood
B
r o o d Stock
S t o c k Development:
D e v e l o p m e n t : Chum
C h r . t salmon
m
w e r e imported
b y Weyerhaeuser,
s a l m o nwere
i r n p o r ^ t eby
d
ffrom
r o m fSakhaTin
f i n 1 9 7 B aIsland,
f t e r r : x t eUSSR,
n s i v ein
t e s1978
t i n q tafter
o l r e c eextensive
r t a i n t h a t testing to be certain that
d
disease
i s e a s ew
would
not
bee imported
oud
l n
ot b
i r n p o r t e dwith
w i t h the
t h e eggs.
e g c s . The
T h e resulting
r c . s u t1i n g fingerlings
f i n g e r li n c t swere
were
released
i n 1979.
r e l e a s e din
1 9 7 9 . Less
L e s s than
t h a n aa dozen
d o z e nadults
a d u lt s returned
r e f r r r n e dfrom
f r o r nthe
t h e imported
i r n p o r t e dchum
c h u mso
so
h l o other
n
r u n was
d e v e l o p e dfrom
noo run
w a s developed
f r o m the
i r n p o r leffort.
t h e import
No
effort.
o t h e r chum
c h u n reggs
e g g s have
h a v e been
been
i r n p o r t e d from
imported
f r o m outside
o u t sj d e the
t h e United
m a d e no
n o further
U n it e d States.
S t a b e s . OAF
O A Fmade
f r l r t h e r effort
e f f o r t to
to
rrelease
e l e a s e chum
p r i o n i t y for
c h u mat
a t Coos
t h e North
of
C o o sBay.
B a y . Part
Part o
f the
l J o r t h Spit
S p i t priority
f o r Whiskey
l , l h i s k e yCreek
Creek
e g g s was
b y OAF
y o u n gchum
c h u meggs
w a s exercised
e x e r c i s e d by
chum
b u t they
O A Fbut
t h e y chose
t o release
r e l e a s e the
c h o s eto
t h e young
c h r r nat
a
rt
( Y a q u i n aBay)
t s e a c h(Yaquina
S o u t h Beach
B a y ) with
w j t h other
South
o t h e r Whiskey
for
! , l h i s k e yCreek
C r e e kstock
s t o r : kalready
a l r e a d y scheduled
s c h e d u l e dfor
release
r e l e a s ethere.
there.
-11-1?-
S
S
S
S
S
S
5
o
o
o
a
O
N
d i scre te co
h o brood
b ro o d stock
stock was
developedby OAF
Noo discrete
coho
was developed
for Coos
OAFfor
Bay. T
They
CoosBay.
hey
a i n 'l yimported
u
s e dm
i mp o rte dPuget
used
mainly
P u g e tSound
S o undstock
stock there.
ther e. W
hen
When ther
there
was a
e was
a choice
choice ODFW
QD F Il l
r e q u i r e d tthat
h a t smolts
s m o l t s from
f r o m Puget
P u g e tSound
required
S o u n dstocks
s t o c k sbe
b e released
r e l e a s e dat
a t Coos
B a yinstead
instead
C o o sBay
o f at
a t Yaquina
Y a q u i n aBay
B a ybecause
b e c a u s ewe
of
wanted
this
North
migrating
Puget
Sound
w e w a n t e dt h i s N o r t h r n i g r a t i n gP u g e t S o u n dstock
stock
p o s s i b l e to
rreleased
e ' l e a s e das
a r south
a s ffar
s o u t h as
a s possible
i n c r e a s eits
t o increase
i t s availability
a v a j l a b i l i t y to
t o Oregon
Oregon
ffisheries.
i s h e r ie s .
E
g g swere
w e r e collected
Eggs
c o l ' l e c t e dfrom
f r o mfall
f a l l cchinook
r e t u r n i n g to
h i n o o k returning
t o Coos
R i v e r . This
C o o sRiver.
This
p
r o g r a mprovided
provided a
program
a
small
b r o o d stock
s m a l l brood
r n a r k ereturns.
dr e t u r n s . Anadromous
s t o c k of
o f marked
A n a d r o m o uis
is
c o n t i n u i n gtthis
h i s sstock
tock w
h i c hw
continuing
which
was
OAF,
but
a s sstarted
t a r t e d bbyy O
A F ,b
u t has
h a s requested
r e q u e s t e deggs
e g g sand
and
a u t h o r i z a t i o nffrom
r o m ODFW
O D F |to
t,or l switch
s w i t c hto
R o g ufall
ef a l l chinook
authorization
t o the
t h e Rogue
c h i n o o kstock,
w h i c his
s t o c k ,which
is
n o t dark
d a r k at
not
a t return
r e t u r n like
l i k e the
t h e Coos
C o o sfall
f a l l chinook
c h i n o o kstock.
stock.
S p r i n g cchinook
h i n o o ke
Spring
eggs
g g s were
v t e r eobtained
o b t a i n e dwhen
w h e nsurplus
s u r p l u sstock
s t o c k was
w a savailable
a v a i l a b l e at
at
Cole
C o l e Rivers
R i v e r s Hatchery
H a t c h e r yon
o n the
t h e upper
u p p e rRogue
R o g u River.
eR j v e r . This
i s an
stock
T h i s is
a n acceptable
acceptable
stock
for
f o r use
u s e at
B a y . Anadromous
a t Coos
C o o sBay.
A n a d r o m ow
u si l l continue
will
c o n t i n u ethe
t h e use
u s eof
o f this
t h i s stock
s t o c kas
a s spring
spring
p a rt of
pr ogr ar n.
c h i n o o kare
chinook
a r e aa major
ma .i o rpart
o f their
th e ir program.
p e nwas
Operations:
O
perations: A
A floating
f l o a t i n g net
n e t pen
u s e dat
w a sused
a t Coos
B a yin
C o o sBay
i n 1977
t o release
release
1 9 7 7to
phaseconstruction
86,000
8
6 , 0 0 0coho.
- m 6 ;- OAF
OA Fused
u se d the
th e basic
basic phase
ponds for
constr uction of
few ponds
of aa few
f or
acclimation
e l e a s e from
a c c li m a t i o n and
a n d rrelease
f r o m 1979
1 9 7 9 through
From
t h r o u g h 1982.
r o m these
1982. F
t h e s e facilities
facil jtjes
n 1
e a k e dw
r e l e a s e sp
releases
peaked
with
million
1979
high
off 10.9
i t h 88.2
.2 m
i l l i o n cchum
h u mjin
9 7 9aand
nda h
igh o
1 0 . 9 million
m i l l i o n coho
coho
a l o n gwith
along
w i t h 150,000
i n 1981.
1 5 0 , 0 0 chinook
0c h i n o o kin
1981.
Jordan
Jordan Point
Point
o
o
i 4 a r c hof
e r m i t s ffor
In
I n March
o f 1976
1 9 7 6Anadromous,
A n a d r o m o u sIInc.
,n c . w
a s authorized
authorized p
was
permits
o r coho
c o h o and
and
cchinook
h i n o o k at
a t Jordan
J o r d a n Point
P o i n t located
l o c a t e d near
n e a r Bay
M i l e 99 of
B a y Mile
B a yin
o f Coos
C o o sBay
i n Coos
C o o sCounty.
County.
( C o l u m b j aR
A n orderly
o r d e r l y termination
t e r m i n a t i o n aat
t D
An
Deer
River)
was
ordered
e e r Island
I s l a n d (Columbia
iver) w
as o
r d e r e d by
b y FWC
F W Cas
as
p e r m i t s for
tthey
hey a
u t h o r i z e d the
authorized
t h e permits
f o r Coos
C o o sBay.
B a y . IIn
n 1
1976
Anadromous
9 7 6A
n a d r o m o ureleased
rse l e a s e d fish
f i s h at
at
B a y for
Coos
C
o o s Bay
f o r start
s t a r t up
u p of
o f that
t h a t facility.
facility.
A
n a d r o m o uccontinued
so n t i n u e d tto
i m p r o v ethe
Anadromous
o improve
the
f a c i l i t y as
p o n d swith
J o r d a n Point
P o i n t facility
r e p l a c e dtemporary
t h e y replaced
Jordan
a s they
t e m p o r a r yponds
w i t h cement
c e m e n ponds
tp o n d sfor
for
r e a r i n g fingerlings
f i n g e r li n gs and
rearing
a n d holding
h o l d i n g adults.
a d u lt s .
A
Anadromous
n a d r o m o urraised
sa i s e d smolts
n ttheir
purchased
s m o l t s iin
o w n or
o r leased
h e i r own
l e a s e d facilities
f a c j l i t i e s and
a n d purchased
.
o
o
o
a
smolts
s m o tl s ffrom
get e
r o m contract
prograrn.
operators
contract o
enough
p e r a t o r s to
n o u q h to
t o get
t o begin
b e g in their
t h e i r program.
T h e yleased
' l e a s e dthe
t h e North
N o r t h Spit
i n 1983
They
S p i t site
s i t e from
f r o m OAF
O A Fin
1 9 8 3and
a n dhave
h a v econtinued
c o n t i n u e dto
t o release
release
f i s h from
f r o m there
i n addition
t h e r e in
fish
t o the
t h e ,Jordan
J o r d a nPoint
a d d i t i o n to
P o i n t site.
site.
Broodstock:
B r o o d s t o c k : Anadromous
p r o d u c e n among
h
A n a d r o m o u has
s a s been
been a
m a j o r chinook
a major
c h i n o o k producer
a m o n gthe
the
p r i v a F o [operators.
Erators.
private
They
T h e y used
u s e d aa mix
m ix of
a c c e p t a b ' l eOregon
o f acceptable
0 r e g o ncoastal
c o a s t a l stocks
s t o c k s to
to
develop
d
eveo
' l p their
t h e i r ffall
a l I cchinook
brood.
Rogue
h i n o o k brood.
R o g u e stock
s L o c k spring
s p r i n g cchinook
i s the
h i n o o k is
the
a c c e p t a b l estock
f o r Coos
acceptable
s t o c k for
B a yand
a n dis
f o r release
C o o sBay
i s reared
r e a r e dfor
r e l e a s eby
.b yAnadrornous.
A n a d r o m o u s . They
They
p r e f e r to
w
o u l d prefer
t o use
use R
o g u efall
f a 1 1 cchinook,
would
Rogue
because
market
h i n o o k , ttoo,
oo, b
e c a u s etthey
r e oof
h e y aare
etter m
f bbetter
arket
q u a ' il t y .
quality.
A n a d r o m o ucscoho
Anadrornous
ODFW,
OAF
o h o sstock
t o c k i sis aa mmix
i x oof
f O
D F ! - Jiimported,
r,n p o r t e d , aand
nd O
A Fstocks,
s t o c k s , which
which
n o wwell
are
a r e now
w e l l underway
u n d e r w a ywith
A n a d r o m o uuses
w i t h outcrossing
o u t c r o s s ' i n gor
r e p l a c e m e n t . Anadromous
o r replacement.
us s e s aa
y e a r l i n g coho
p r o g r a mbut
c o h o program
years.
b u t have
h a v e also
r e l e a s e d zero
yearling
years.
a l s o released
z e r o age
a g e smolts
s m o l t sin
i n some
some
y e a r l i n g coho
p r o g r a r nis
They
T h e ytell
p l a n n e dfor
tell u
f o r the
future. A
uss a yearling
c o h o program
i s planned
t h e future.
Anadromous
nadrornous
n o t have
d o e s not
h a v e a zero
z e r o age
does
att Fort
F o r t Creek
i n the
a g e coho
c o h o capability
capability a
C r e e k in
t h e Klamath
K l a m a t hBasin,
Basin,
ttheir
h e i r freshwater
f r e s h w a t e rrearing
r e a r j n g site.
In
Hatchery,
site.
f r o r nBandon
Bandon
' r l a t c h e r ywhich
I n 1984
1 . 9 8 4coho
c o h o eggs
e g g s from
w, h i c h
w
e r e surplus
s u r p l u s tto
o tthe
he h
were
hatchery,
and
ODFWs
other'
needs
were
a t c h e r . y ,rriver
j v e r system,
o
t
h
e
r
system,and 0DFW's
n e e d s w e r e sold
sold
to
t o Anadrornous.
A n a d r o m o u s .These
w e r e raised
T h e s ewere
r a i s e d for
release
in
1986.
They
f o r r e l e a s e i n 1 . 9 8 6 . T h e v returned
r e t r r r n e d25,000
25"000
-
I
. ' -
(Coquil'le
p a y m e nfor
s m o l t s tto
t h e srnolts
off the
ODFW
o
o O
DFW
iin
n payment
ft o r the
Hatchery
H a t c h e r y(Coquille
t h e eggs.
Bandon
e g g s . Bandon
R i v e r stock),
C o o s ,and
s t o c k ) , Coos,
t h e nearby
E e ] Lake
River
stocks
are
all
acceptable
a n d the
n e a r b yEel
L a k eccoho
for
o h o s t o c k s a r e a l l a c c e p t a b l efor
outcrossing
o r replacing
r e p l a c i n gAnadromous
o u t c r o s s i n gor
A n a d r o m oeggs.
u
s
eggs. N
s u r p l u scoho
w e r eavailable
Noo surplus
e g g swere
c o h oeggs
available
in
i n 1985.
In 1
1 9 8 5 . In
.9 8 6 th
,the
1986,
company
obtained some
some 600,000
coho eggs
eggs surplus
e co
mp a ny
to the
obtained
600,000coho
sur plus to
the
ro g ra m. The
ODFW
0 D F WCoos
program.
Coos p
T h e company
wor kedwith
company worked
with ODFW
ODFl.lto
for
to obtain
obtain sperm
sper m for
o
u t c r o s s i n gcoho
outcrossing
c o h oreturning
r e t u r n ' i n gto
facility.
t o their
t h e i r facility.
O p e r a t i o n s : Anadromous
Operations:
Anadromou
a v eessentially
operations
have
e s s e n t i a l l y been
b e e nshifted
s h i f t e d to
t o the
the
o sp e r a t i o n sh
O - Fsite
- s T f wwhich
h i c h Anadromous
gi n May
o l d OAF
A n a d r o m ocompleted
uc so m p l e t epurchasing
old
M a y1985.
dp u r c h a s i n in
1 9 8 5 . They
T h e ystill
still
o
p e r a t e JJordan
o r d a n Point
P o i n t to
operate
t o retrieve
r e t r i e v e adults
a d u l t s returning
r e t u r n i n g from
f r o m releases
r e l e a s e s tthere
h e r e and
and
t h o s e that
those
t h a t bypass
b yp a ssthe
N o rth Spit
th e North
S pit site.
site. In
authorized
In 1985
Ft,lC
author izedcontinued
1985the
the FWC
continued
operation
o p e r a t i o nof
o f both
b o th sites
C o osBay
Bayfor
for release
si te s on
o n Coos
r eleaseand
andrecapture.
r ecaptur e.
A n a d r o m ob
u
s g a nrreleases
Anadromous
began
e
e l e a s e siin
n 1
1983
9 8 3aatt tthe
O A FNorth
N o r t hSpit
w h i c hthey
they
h e OAF
S p i t site
s i t e which
l e a s e d iin
n 1983
1 9 8 3and
leased
a n d 1984
1 9 8 4to
t o see
i f the
s e eif
t h e site
s i t e would
w o u l dmeet
n e e d s . IIn
n 1983
m e e their
t t h e i r needs.
1983
jointly.
O
AFand
A n a d ro mo uran
OAF
a n d Anadromous
ras n recapture
re ca p tur eoperations
oper ationsjointly.
Anadr omous
v r as
In 1984
was
1984Anadromous
solely
s o l e 1 y responsible
r e s p o n s i b l efor
f o r operation
operation a
att the
t h e site.
site.
T
h e y rebuilt
s i t e by
They
r e b u i l t the
t h e site
by
p o n d sand
rremoving
e m o v i n gthe
t h e small
s m a l l asphalt
a s p h a l tponds
a n dbuilding
1 a r g e ,long
rt a c e w a y s .
b u i l d i n g large,
l o n gcement
c e m e nraceways.
uveniles a
A
n a d r o m o reared
ruesa r e dccoho
o h ojjuveniles
ort C
Anadromous
att F
Fort
Creek
and
have
adult
r e e ka
a v ehheld
eld a
d u l t sspring
pring
n dh
y
e a r s they
t h e r e . IIn
cchinook
h i n o o kthere.
n recent
r e c e n t years
t h e y contracted
with
c o n t r a c t e dw
i t h OAF
O A Fat
a t Springfield
S p r i n g f i e l d to
to
juvenile
hold a
s p a w nfall
f a 1 1 cchinook
hold
and
n d spawn
h i n o o kand
f o r them.
a n d coho
c o h oadults
a d u l t s for
t h e m . OAF
O A Fsells
s e l l s the
t h e juvenile
An a d ro rn ofor
u
c o h oto
t o Anadromous
fosr rearing
coho
re a ri n g at
at Fort
For t Creek
Cr eekand
andrears
r ear s chinook
at Springfield
Spr ingfi el d
chinookat
on
o n contract
fo r Anadromous.
A n a d ro mo u s.
c o n t r a ct for
An
a d ro mo uco
s o p e ra te dw
Anadromous
cooperated
with
i th OAF
OAF in
in releasing
r eleasing salmon
salm onoffshore
fr om aa barge
b ar ge
offshor e from
1985
p ro gr amwas
1 9 8 5 and
a n d 1986.
1 9 8 6 . This
T h i s program
was authorized
and
author izedby
by ODFW
0DFW
andcomplimented
com p' lim ented
another
by
a n o t h e rocean
re l e a sestudy
o ce a nrelease
stu d y conducted
co nducted
by ODFW.
0DFW .
in
in
Business
B u s i n e s sDevelopment:
D e v e l o p m e n t :A
nadromow
uwas
sa s formed
which
Anadromous
ass a
f o r m e da
i n which
a corporation
c o r p o r a t i o nin
most
m o s tof
f f i l the
d b y istock
t s o f f i was
c e r sheld
a n d aby
s sits
o c i aofficers
t e s . A s t hand
e c oassociates.
mpany
As the company
att Deer
continued
c o n t i n u e doperation
operation a
D e e r Island
B a y the
off
I s l a n d and
a t Coos
t h e number
a n d then
t h e n at
C o o s Bay
n u m b e ro
s t o c k h odl e r s
stockholders
increased.
i ncredsed.
Charter
C har ter Oil
0i I
and
and
M
enashaCorporation
Menasha
Cor por ation became
be c am e
stockholders
during
s t o c k h o l d e rs d
u ri n g the
th e 1976-77
P oi nt
Jordan
L 9 7 6- 77startup
star tup at
Coos Bay.
Bay. The
The Jor
at Coos
dan Point
facility w
a s located
facility
was
onn land
locatedo
l a n d leased
l e a s e dfrom
f r o mMenasha.
M e n a s h a . In
A n a d r o m owas
w
u sa s
Anadromous
I n 1978-79
L978-79
s t i l l oowned
p r o v i d e dODFW.
w n e dbbyy o
still
over
v e r 20
2 0 shareholders
s h a r e h o l d e raccording
s c c o r d i n gto
ODFW.
a
t o reports
r e p o r t s they
t h e y provided
Charter
C h a r t e rOil
0 j l continued
u r c h a s estock
c o n t i n u e dto
to p
purchase
s t o c k and
r e t a i n e dcontrolling
a n d retained
interest
c o n t r o l ' l i n ginterest
until
u
n t i l the
stock w
t h e stock
a s sold
s o l d to
Petro'leum
was
who
t o British
B r i t i s h Petroleum
w h o now
in
n o wown
o w n the
t h e sstock
t o c k in
Anadrornou
Anadromous.
s.
Stock
Stock Slough
Slough
e r m i t iin
e c k a r dwwas
Calvin H
Calvin
Heckard
a s ' issued
i s s u e daa cchum
h u mssalmon
a l m o nppermit
n 1976
o r a site
I 9 7 6 ffor
s i t e on
on
S t o c k Slough,
S l o u g h ,tributary
t r i b u t a r y of
Stock
o f Catching
C a t c h i n gSlough,
l4r.
S l o u q h ,Coos
B a y , in
C o o sBay,
C o o sCounty.
i n Coos
C o u n t y . Mr.
l a n n e dtto
H
e c k a r dpplanned
o oobtain
l , l a s h i n g t ostate,
Heckard
b t a i n eeggs
g g s ffrom
r o m Indian
I n d i a n tribes
i n Washington
t r i b e s in
snt a t e , but
but
n o n ewere
w e r eavailable.
available. T
none
e m p o r a rincubation
iyn c u b a t i o na
facilit'ies w
e r e tested
Temporary
and
were
n d rearing
r e a r i n g facilities
tested
p r o v i d e dby
w i t h eggs
program
with
e g g sprovided
b y OSU.
OSU. C
h u me
Chum
eggs
g g s surplus
s u r p l u s to
t o the
l i h i s k e yCreek
t h e Whiskey
C r e e kprogram
p
u
r
c
h
a s e in
d
w
e r epurchased
i n 1982
i 9 8 2 and
a n d1983
were
1 9 8 3but
h a v enot
[ : e e navailable
b u t have
s i n c e . Releases
n o t been
a v a i l a b l esince.
Releases
y o u n gof
i n 1985
w e r ethe
1 9 8 5were
t h e young
i l e c k a r d ' facility.
sf a c i l i t y . No
in
o f adults
a d u l t s which
r e t u r n e dto
M r . Heckard's
llo
w h i c hreturned
t o Mr.
r e l e a s e swere
vJe rereported
releases
re p o rte dfor
fo r 1986.
1 9 86.
-14-
o
Burnt
Hill
Burnt H
i l l Creek
Creek
I
Burnt Hill
Ranch
Hill Salmon
Ranch
Salmon
p e r m i t for
f o r chinook
A PSH
P S Hpermit
o r issue
i s s u e to
was
authorized
chinook w
as a
u t h o r i z e d ffor
t o Burnt
B u r n t Hill
H i l l Salmon
Salmon
( B H S Rin
)j n 1978.
R a n c h ,Ltd.
Ranch,
L t d . (BHSR)
i s located
1 9 7 B . The
T h e site
s i t e is
l o c a t e d on
H ' i l l Creek
i n Curry
o n Burnt
B u r n t Hill
C r e e kin
Curry
County,
C o u n t y , and
a n d is
i s aa direct
d j r e c t ocean
o c e a ntributary
t r i b u t a r y without
w j t h o u t an
a n estuary.
e s t u a r y . The
facility
T h e BHSR
BHSR
facilit_v
a
o
( a n d cculvert)
w
a s constructed
was
b e t w e e na major
fill
c o n s t r u c t e d between
m a j o r fill
(and
on
ulvert) o
n Highway
H i g h w a y101
1 0 1 and
a n d the
the
ermit w
ocean
beach. T
o
c e a nbeach.
he B
H S Rp
The
BHSR
permit
was
not
until
1979,
asn
o t issued
issued u
ntil 1
9 7 9 , aafter
f t e r tthe
h e ccompany
o r n p a nhhad
ya d
o b t a i n e d financing
f i n a n c i n g as
r e q u i r e d by
obtained
a s required
b y the
t h e FWC.
FI,JC.
Business
p a r t n e r s h ip and
B u sj n e s s Development:
D e v eo
l p m e n t : BHSR
B H S Rwas
w a s formed
f o r m e das
I ' i r ntie d partnership
a s aa limited
a n d sold
s o 1d
stock
s t o c k fto
f i a fund
n d o pconstruction
e r a t i o n s . A l l oand
f t h eoperations.
i r s t o c k w a s r eAll
l a t eof
d t otheir stock was related to
p e r n r i t for
t h e total
the
o f the
r e l e a s e permit
t o t a l of
t h e release
f o r 55 million
m j l l i o n chinook
h a dbeen
c h i n o o kthey
t h e y had
b e e nauthorized
authorjzed
s o when
so
w h e n their
t h e i r $5
m i ' l l j o n worth
w o r t h of
o f stock
was
stock w
a s sold
s o l d they
$ 5 million
t h e y had
h a d no
n o fall-back
fall-back
p o s i t i o n . They
position.
T h e y tried
p e r m i t limitation
t r i e d to
o b t a i n additional
t o obtain
a d d i t ' i o n a l release
r e l e a s e permit
l i m i t a t i o n but
b u t this
this
fell w
private
i t h i n the
t h e limitation
l i m i t a t i o n of
fell
within
t h e existing
o f the
e x i s t i n g moratorium
m o r a t o r i u mon
o n additional
a d d i t i o n a l private
p r o d u c t i o n so
h a t c h e r i e s or
n e w production
hatcheries
0 r new
w a s turned
s o was
t u r n e d down
d o w nby
b y the
t h e FWC.
FI,JC.
a
p r o v e dmuch
T h e original
o r i g i n a ' l construction
construction a
The
att the
t h e site
s j t e proved
i n u c hmore
m o r eexpensive
e x p e n s i v ethan
than
e x p e c t e dw
ith h
i g h costs
f o r road
b u i l d i n q and
pumping
expected
with
high
r o a d building
i n s t a l l a t i o n of
c o s t s for
a n d installation
o f their
t h e i r pumping
station
s t a t i o n in
i n the
p r o p o s e dponds
t h e ocean.
o c e a n . BHSR
B H S Rdid
n o t complete
p o n d sfor
d i d not
c o m p l e t eall
a l l of
o f the
t h e proposed
for
rearing
r e a r j n g fish.
fish.
T
h e y leased
They
l e a s e d outside
facilities
for
holding
adults
and
o u t s i d e f a c j l i t i e s f o r h o l d i n g a d u l t s a n d initial
initjal
p o n d ccapacity
rearing.
r e a r i n g . Their
T h e i r saltwater
s a l t w a t e r pond
development
potential
a p a c i t y limited
1 i r n i t e d their
their d
e v e l o p m e np
t o t e n t i a l tto
o
p e r m i t t e d production
lless
e s s tthan
p r o d u c t i o nof
n e - h a l f of
one-half
5
million
chinook.
han o
o f their
t h e i r permitted
of 5 rnillion chinook.
o
o r r o w e dm
B H S Rb
o n e ytto
o ooperate
BHSR
borrowed
money
uss they
p e r a t e aand
n d llater
a t e r ttold
old u
t h e y could
n o t repay
c o u l d not
r e p a y it
it
because
b e c a u s etheir
t h e i r returns
r e t u r n s iin
n 1982
w e r e too
1 9 8 2 and
a n d 1983
1 9 8 3 were
t o o low.
low.
They
T h e y felt
f e l t El
E l Nino
Nino
contributed
c o n t r i b u t e d to
t o this.
this.
IIn
n 1
983 B
1983
BHSR
assets
H S Rturned
t u r n e d ttheir
s s e t s oover
heir a
v e r tto
o one
o n e of
o f their
their
cred'itors w
h o in
i n turn
t u r n sold
creditors
who
s o l d the
t h e facility
f a c i l i t y to
h i g h e s t bidder.
t o the
b i d d e r . The
t h e highest
T h e new
n e wowner
owner
(0PSR).
iis
s Oregon-Pacific
R a n c h(OPSR).
O r e g o n - P a c i f j cSalmon
S a l m o nRanch
o
Brood
Development:
B r o o d Stock
Stock_
!Sve]!prng!!: A
Att first
f i r s t ODFW
0 D F i dattempted
a t t e m p t e d to
t o collect
c o l J e c t eggs,
e g g s , at
at
B H S Rexpense,
o o k w h j c from
h e n t efall
r e d LchFnook
o b s t e r Cwhich
r e e k , aentered
t r i b u l a r Lobster
yof
BHSR
Creek, a tributary of
t h e lower
l o w e r Rogue
R o g u eRiver,
R i v e r , to
the
t o obtain
o b t a j n aa brood
b r o o d stock
s t o c k for
f o r use
u s e by
b y BHSR.
B H S R . We
W ewere
w e r e not
not.
a b l e to
k e e p the
r a c k operational
t o keep
t h e rack
able
o p e r a t i o n a l iuring
h i g h flows
f l o w s common
d u r i n g high
c o m m oto
n
t o this
t h j s stream
s t r e a r nin
in
f a l l and
the
t h e late
l a t e fall
'losto
a n dearly
e a r l y winter.
w i n t e r . IMost
t h e resulting
off the
r e s u l t i n g smolts
s m o l t s were
v { e r ereleased
released
b a c k to
t o Lobster
L o b s t e r Creek
C r e e k as
a s repayment
r e p a y m e nfor
tf o r eggs
r e m o v e din
back
e g g s removed
i n accordance
a c c o r d a n c ewith
w j t h the
the
a g r e e m e n between
b
t e t w e e nBHSR
agreement
and
BHSR
a n d ODFW.
O D F ' l J .Some
f a l l chinook
S o n e fall
r e l e a s e d by
c h j n o o k smolts
s m o l t s were
w e r e released
by
j n Burnt
B H S Rin
BHSR
i n 1980
1 9 B 0and
a n d1982.
1 9 8 2 . Low
f a l l flows
L o wfall
f l o w s in
B u r n t Hill
H ' i l l Creek,
C r e e k , the
t h e expense
e x p e n s eof
of
p u m p i n go
a t e r to
c e a nw
g e t from
pumping
ocean
water
t o augment
a u g m e n tthe
h e stream
s t r e a m flow
f l o w so
s o adults
a d u l t s could
c o u l d get
f r o m the
the
o c e a n to
i n the
t o a trap
p o o r availability
t r a p in
b e a c h ,and
ocean
t h e creek
c r e e k above
a b o v ethe
a n d the
t h e beach,
t h e poor
a v a ' i l a b j l i t y of
of
g i v e up
p ' l a nfor
e
g g s led
l e d BHSR
BHSR
p r o d u c t i o nof
t o give
eggs
to
u p their
t h e i r plan
f o r production
o f fall
f a l l chinook.
chinook.
o
a
o
a
S u r p l u s spring
s p r i n g chinook
c h i n o o keggs
w e r e available
Surplus
e g g s were
a v a i l a b l e at
a t Cole
C o l e Rivers
R i v e r s Hatchery
H a L c h e r on
yo n the
the
Ass adults
A
adults
j n fresh
r e t u r n e d they
returned
t h e y were
w e r e successful
i n holding
h o ' ld i n g them
s u c c e s s uf ' l in
t h e r nin
f r e s h water
w a t e r for
f o r maturation
r n a t u r a t io n
p r e v i o u s l y been
and
a n d spawning.
s p a w n i n g . This
p r o b l e mfor
T h i s had
h a d previously
b e e naa problem
f o r other
o t h e r companies.
c o r n p a n i e s . BHSR
BHSR
p r r : r d u c t i o hut
n
w a s able
a b l e to
t o use
t h e f r own
was
u s e their
o w n broodstock
b r o o d s t o c kto
i n c r e a s e production
t o increase
b u t major
m a j o r returns
returns
ccould
o u l d not
n o t be
b e expected
e x p e c t e duntil
u n t i l 1985
1 9 8 5or
o r 1986.
1986.
p u r c h a s e dpart
p a r t of
R o g u e . BHSR
Rogue.
B H S Rpurchased
production.
o f these
t h e s e to
b e - o i ntheir
t h e j n production.
t o begin
1r
Oregon Pacific
Oregon
Pacific Salmon
Ranch
SalmonRanch
p u r c h a s e the
dt h e assets
OPSR
a s s e t sof
o f Burnt
B u r n tHill
H i l l Salmon
Ranch
i n 1984
0 P S Rpurchased
Salmon
R a n c hLtd.
i 9 8 4 and
and
L t d . in
r e l e a s e d spring
released
sp ri n g chinook
ch 'in o o k and
a n d collected
col I ected adults
adu'ts
l that
f al I . AA small
that fall.
numberof
smalI number
of
were
e r eavailable
f o r release
were
cchinook
h i n o o kw
r e l e a s ein
i n 1985
1 9 8 5and
a n d454,000
a v a i l a b l efor
454,000
w e r ereleased
r e l e a s e din
i n 1986.
1986.
S
p l a n s to
p e r yyear
e a r to
t o release
r e l e a s eabout
OPSR
plans
establish
0PSR
a b o u t11 million
m i l ' l i o n chinook
c h i n o o kper
their
to e
s t a b l i s h their
brood
nearby
b
r o o dstock.
i s o l a t i o n facility
s t o c k . IIn
n 1985
1 9 8 5they
t h e y established
e s t a b l i s h e dan
a n isolation
f a c i l i t y along
earby
a l o n g the
the n
p l a n n i n gto
Pistol
P i s t o l River.
R i v e r . They
T h e ynow
n o v ,operate
o, p e r a t eat
a t aa temporary
t e r n p o r a rsite
build
sy i t e and
t o build
a n dare
a r e planning
p e r m a n e nfacility
t c i l i t y for
fa
f o r holding
i s o ' l a t i o n ,incubation,
a
a permanent
h o l d i n gadults
a d u l t sin
i n isolation,
i n c u b a t i o nand
,a n dinitial
initial
rearing.
r e a r in g .
EVALUATION
EYALUATION
S
p r i v a t e consultants,
a v ecconducted
Private
operators
have
experiments,
Private o
p e r a t o r sh
onducted
e
x p e r i m e n t shired
h, i r e d private
consultants,
g
r a d u a t esstudents,
p a i d ODFW
a v e paid
graduate
have
to
evaluate
or
monitor
the
effects
off
t u d e n t s , aand
nd h
t
o
e
v
a
'
l
u
a
t
e
ODFW
or monitorthe e
ffects o
operations.
o p e r a to
i ns.
p e r m i t t e e sare
All
and
mark
n d chinook
A l l ccoho
o h oa
c h i n o o kpermittees
a r e required
r e q u i r e dto
to m
a r kfish
f i s h for
evaluation
f o r evaluation
p
u
r
p
o
s
e
s
i n c l u d e sdetermination
and
a n d monitoring
m o n i t o r i n gpurposes which
w h i c h includes
d e t e r m i n a t i o nof
t h e salmon
o f the
s a l m o nstocks
stocks
migration
m i g r a t i o nroutes
r o u t e s and
a n d estimation
e s t i m a t i o nof
o f their
t h e i r contribution
t o the
t h e ocean
fisheries.
c o n t r i b u t i o nto
o c e a nfisheries.
r n a r kfish
PSH's
P S H ' salso
a l s o mark
f i s h for
f o r their
research. O
f o r aa
ODFW
bills
t h e i r own
o w nresearch.
b i l l s the
t h e operators
DFW
o p e r a t o r sfor
p
o r t i o n of
p r o j e c t s , related
portion
r e c o v e r yo
off tagged
o f our
o u r projects,
r e l a t e d tto
o the
t h e recovery
tag
t a g g e dfish
f i s h and
a n d tag
S
p r o c e s s i n gbbased
p r o p o r t i o n of
year
processing
a s e d oon
t h e proportion
n the
o f tagged
t a g g e dfish
f i s h each
e a c hreleased
r e l e a s e dthe
t h e year
p r i o r . Other
r o j e c t s uundertaken
prior.
projects
ODFW
which
0ther p
ndertakeb
nby
e l a t e tto
yO
DFW
w
h i c h rrelate
o aa specific
s p e c i f i c PSH
P S Hare
are
p e r mtit e e .
billed
b
i I I e d to
t o that
t h a t permittee.
Fi
Fish
sh Sur
Survival
vival
rivate h
Coho
n i t i a l l y rreturned
private
hatcheries
att a
C
o h oaadults
d u l t s iinitially
e t u r n e dtto
o tthe
he p
a t c h e r i e sa
a lower
l o w e r rate
r a 'lt e.y
( Cum m
i 1985
gener al
Creek.
'latcher y (Cummings
ngs
Survival
C re e k lHatchery
1985).
Sur
vival generally
).
improved
ass size
i m p r o v e da
w a sincreased.
s j z e at
a t release
r e l e a s ewas
i n c r e a s e d . PSH
P S Hoperators
h a v ereleased
r e l e a s e dfar
o p e r a t o r shave
far
y e a r than
more
a c c o m m o d ain
in
t etheir
m o r ecoho
i n aa year
t h a nthey
t h e ycould
c o u ' l daccommodate
t h e i r facilities
f a c i l i t i e s at
c o h oin
a t one
one
e r i o d tthan
time.
d o this
r e l e a s e ccoho
Too do
over
period
bee done
t'ime. T
t h j s they
t h e y release
o h oo
v e r a ' llonger
onger p
h a n ccan
an b
d o n eby
by
ODFW
with
w i t h its
i t s freshwater
f r e s h w a t efacilities.
rf a c i l i t i e s .
0DFW
than
s ' Fall
F a lI
t h a n tto
o ODFW's
0D F l .l
i s h they
m u s t also
The
T h e size
o f the
t h e ffish
t h e y release
i n c r e a s eas
s i z e of
r e l e a s e must
a l s o increase
a s tthe
h e season
season
p
r o g r e s s e s . Even
progresses.
l a r g e r size
a t release
r e l e a s efor
E v e nwith
w i t h larger
s i z e at
f o r both
b o t hzero
z e r oage
a g ecoho
c o h osrnolts
smolts
( a c c e l e r a t e dggrowth
e a r instead
r o w t htto
n the
e a c h tthe
(accelerated
h e ssmolt
f i r s t yyear
i n s t e a dooff tthe
o rreach
m o l t sstage
t a g e iin
t h e first
he
( 1 6 to
e a r of
g r o w t hto
second
s e c o n dyyear
l ' i f e ) and
f u l l term
h a t c h e r ygrowth
o f life)
a n dfull
t e r mcoho
t o 18
1 8 months
r n o n t hof
s f hatchery
to
c o h o(16
o
attain
a t t a i n the
t h e smolt
r e t u r n ' i n gfrom
s m o l t stage),
s t a g e ) , the
t h e adults
a d u l t s returning
f r o mJuly
a n dAugust
A u g u sreleases
tr e l e a s e s
J u l y and
g e n e r a l l ysmaller
p e r pound
p o u n dor
are
a r e generally
s m a l l e rthan
t h a n are
t h o s ereleased
r e l e a s e dat
a t 15
a r e those
1 5 per
o r larger
l a r g e r before
before
the
t h e end
e n dof
o f June.
June.
( l o n g e rthan
i n c h e s )to
Prior
P r i o r to
t o 1985
1 9 8 5we
w eused
u s e donly
o n l y adult
a d u l t coho
c o h o(longer
t h a n20
2 0inches)
t o estimate
estjmate
gave
catch
r e t u r n . Because
c a t c hand
a n dtotal
t o t a l return.
B e c a u ssome
i n size
seo m ecoho
c o h oadults
a d r r l t swere
w e r esmall
s m a l lin
s j z e this
t h i s gave
j a c k s in
i n f l a t e d number
an
a n inflated
n u n t b eof
i n the
r e c o r d sof
r e t u r n s . JJacks
orf jacks
t h e records
a n dsmall
s m a l l adults
adults
o f returns.
a c k sand
are
by
a
r e now
n o wseparated
b y scale
f o r biological
separated
a n a l y s i srather
r a t h e r than
b i o l o g i c a ' consideralc o n s i d e r a s c a l e analysis
t h a nsize
s i z e for
t r l ealso
tions.
t i o n s . We
d a t a . This
a l s o used
u s e dthis
m e t h o to
dt o revise
r e v i s eearlier
T h i s changed
T
t h i s method
e a r l i e r data.
c h a n g eTable
d a b l e66
( C u ' n r n i n g1982,
p a s t reports
i n some
n u r n b eof
from
f r o m those
t h o s e in
s o m epast
r e p o r t s (Cummings,
i n that
t h a t the
or f
1s9, 8 2 ,1983)
1 9 8 3 )in
t h e number
j a c k s shown
jacks
l e s s . Small
n o wincluded
a d u l t s are
a r e now
i n c l u d e dwith
o t h e r adults
s h o w is
n ' i sless.
S m a l lcoho
c o h oadults
w i t h the
t h e other
adults
jn m
Returns
i m p r o v e slightly
ds l i g h t l y
fish. R
e t u r n sin
. i n1984
in
most
off numbers
o s t calculations
n u m b e rof
os f fish.
1 9 8 4improved
c a l c r l l a t ' i o n so
- 16-16-
S
S
5
5
o
O
p o o rEl
e a r of
over
E l Wino
N i n oyyear
p r o b a b ' ldue
yd u eto
o v e r the
t h e poor
o f 1983
1 9 8 3probably
t o aa shortened
s h o r t e n efishing
df i s h i n g season
season
p r o t e c t natural
n
e e d e dto
t o protect
needed
n a t u r a l spawners.
s p a w n e r s .Survival
S u r v i v a l to
t o returning
r e t u r n i n gcoho
a d u l t s in
i n 1985
c o h oadults
1985
w a sover
years.
5 % ,some
was
o v e r 5%,
s o m e10
1 0times
t i m e sthe
t h e rate
r a t e of
o f earlier
e a r l i e r years.
DEVELOPMENTS
DEYELOilE}ITS
o
o
o
o
C h u msalmon
sa l mo neggs
w e re not
Chum
Creek
e g g s were
|^lhiskey
in 1986.
n ot available
availab' lefrom
fr om Whiskey
Cr eekin
1986. The
T he
facility w
a s operated
o p e r a t e dby
facility
was
minor
support
from
ODFW.
b y OSU
O S Uwith
w i t h some
s o m em i n o r s u p p o r tf r o m 0 D F W .The
UniverT h eUniverpotential b
s i t y hopes
h o p e sto
sity
t o make
m a k ethis
brood
t h i s potential
s t o c k facility
f a c i l i t y self-dependent
r o o d stock
s e l f - d e p e n d e nby
bt y
j
u
s
t
s
e
l
l
i
n
g
produce
c
a
r
c
a
s
s
e
s
a
n
d
s u r p ' l u seggs,
i t e m ssuch
selling carcasses and surplus
e g g s ,just as
a s they
t h e y do
d o with
w j t h items
s u c has
a s produce
g r a i n at
a t many
or
o r grain
They
m a n yof
o f their
t h e i r other
e x p e r i m e n t afarms
fla r m sor
facjlities.
T h e ydid
o t h e rexperimental
o r facilities.
did
n
o t recover
not
all
of
their
expenses
in
1986.
r e c o v e ra l l o f t h e i r e x p e n s e isn 1 9 8 6 .
A n a d r o m o uccontinued
so n t i n u e d o
Anadromous
operations
and
s i n g ccontract
p e r a t i o n s uusing
earing a
n d their
o n t r a c t rrearing
t h e i r own
own
s u p p o r tfacility
f a c i l i t y at
F o r t Creek
support
County.
a t Fort
C r e e kin
i n Kiamath
Although
Klamath
County. A
l t h o u g hreturns
r e t u r n s of
o f coho
coho
p
r o d u c e da
b o u t aa 6.4%
6 . 4 %return
produced
about
r e t u r n on
o n aa release
r e l e a s eof
o f some
som3
e3 million
m i l l i o n coho,
Anadromous
c o h o ,Anadromous
p l a n s to
i t h plans
c o n t i n u e dw
r e d u c ereleases
continued
with
t o reduce
r e l e a s e sto
t o about
s m o l t sin
i n 1987.
a b o u t525,000
5 2 5 , 0 0coho
0c o h osmolts
1987.
p ' l a nto
T h e y plan
They
t o release
r e l e a s eover
o v e r 5 million
m i l l i o n spring
s p r i n g chinook
h o w e v e r . The
T h echinook,
c h i n o o khowever.
chinook,
year, b
w
h i c h can
which
c a n be
b e rreared
e a r e d to
t o ssmolts
m o l t s in
i n one
f i t the
better
o n e year,
e t t e r fit
t h e facilities
facilitjes
A n a d r o mo u
s
Anadromous
now
operates.
n o vlo p e ra te s. We
l ,{eare
ar e continuing
continuingto
to look
look at
the Coos
Systemabove
at the
CoosSystem
abov e
the A
n a d r o m o rrecapture
uesc a p t u r essite
the
Anadromous
and
att adjacent
ite a
i n an
nda
a d j a c e n tstreams
s t r e a m sin
a n effort
e f f o r t to
t o discern
discern
t h e effect
i mp a ctsof
e f f e c t of
o f any
a n y impacts
the
Anadr omous
operations
o f the
the Anadromous
thosestreams.
oper ationson
on those
str eam s.
ps' l a n n e dreleases
0 r e g o nAqua-Foods
A q u a - F o o dplanned
r e l e a s e so
Oregon
off approximately
approximatel4
y million
m i l l i o n coho
c o h o and
and
p r o g r a mfor
4.5
million
4
.5 m
They
i l l i o n spring
s p r i n g chinook
i n 1987.
h e yare
c h i n o o kin
1987. T
a r e terminating
t e r m i n a t i n gtheir
t h e i r program
for
fall
f a l l chinook.
e t u r n so
chinook. R
a t about
Returns
off coho
c o h oat
a b o u tthe
t h e 5%
i n 1986
1 9 8 6contributed
5 7rate
,r a t e in
c o n t r i b u t e dto
t o an
an
i n c o m ew
h i c h they
income
which
more
t h e y reported
r e p o r t e dm
o r ethan
t h a n covered
t h e i r annual
o f operations
c o v e r e dtheir
a n n u a lcost
c o s t of
operations
y e a r . Included
for
f o r the
t h e year.
I n c l u d e din
i n their
p r o d u c i n gactivities
producing
t h e i r income
income
w e r econtract
a c t i v i t i e s were
contract
j u v e n j l e sfor
p, r o d u c t i o nof
pan-size
f o r other
g r o w e r s ,pan-size
r e a r i n g for
f o r growers,
rearing
o t h e r companies,
c o m p a n i e sproduction
o f juveniles
fish,
f i s h , and
a n degg
e g gsales.
sales.
o
o
w
a s challenged
i n 1986
O
DFW
c h a l l e n g e din
O r e g o Wildlife
nW j l d l i f e Federation
ODFW
was
1 9 8 6by
b y the
F e d e r a t i o nas
t h e Oregon
why
a s to
t o why
w e had
h a dnot
n o t restricted
r e s t r i c t e d rreleases
e l e a s e so
we
off coho
of
c o h oby
b y OAF
O A Fbecause
because
s u s p e c t e impacts
dj m p a c t son
o f suspected
on
j n the
r o d u c t i o nin
n
atural p
t h e stream
natural
production
wild
s t r e a mabove
a b o v ethe
t h e hatchery
h a t c h e r yand
t h e i r capture
a n d their
c a p t u r eof
of w
ild
infor mation and
fish
att the
fi sh a
th e hatchery.
h a tch e ry. We
We examined
the
examned
i
the available
avajI able 'information
and the
the
C
o m m i s s i oheld
hne l d aa hearing
h e a r i n gto
Commission
t o consider
w e r econtinued
c o n s i d e rthose
t h o s ematters.
H e a r i n g swere
m a t t e r s . Hearings
continued
w i t h additional
with
a d d i t i o n a levidence
solicited
evidence
s o l i c i t e d into
A s aa result
r e s u l t of
i n t o 1987.
1 9 8 7 . As
t h e information
information
o f the
p
r e s e n t e dat
p e r i o dof
a t the
h e a r i n g sand
t h e hearings
a n dduring
presented
d u r i n gaa period
l i m e that
t h a t the
r e c o r dwas
w a sheld
o f time
t h e record
held
open
f o r additional
a d d i t i o n a lLomments,
o
p e nfor
C o n r m j s s idirected
o inr e c t e dthe
f o 1 ' l o w i nactions:
g
u o m r e n t sthe
t,h e Commission
d
t h e following
actions:
1.
D e v e l o pimplementation
gnu i d e l i n e sfor
i m p l e m e n t a t i oguidelines
Develop
Fish
Policy
f o r the
l.^ljld
F i s h Management
Manageme
t h e Wild
Pnot l i c yand
and
bring
b r i n g recommendations
r e c o m n e n d a t i o nto
s the
a l l of
by
Fall
to
t h e Commission
Cornm'issio
bny the
the F
of 1
1987,
9 8 7 , for
for
p r o m u ' l g a t i oof
promulgation
Any
A
n y changes
i n species
onf rules.
rules.
s p e c i e sor
o r stream
c h a n l r e sin
s t r e a mmanagement
management
p
l a n s , including
qujdelines.
i n c l u d i n gthe
Y a q u i n awill
, i l l he
t h e Yaquina,
w
plans,
guidelines.
b e based
b a s e don
o n the
adopted
t h e adopted
2.
w o r k with
w it h OAF
p r o d u c toi n of
C o n t i n u eto
t o work
Continue
O A Fto
t o develop
d e v eol p aa stock
s l o c k and
a n dproduction
f " is h that
o f fish
that
w iI I improve
i m p r o v etheir
t h e ir contribution
will
c o n t r j b u t i o nto
0 r ' e g ofisheries.
n
fi sheries.
t o Oregon
3.
W o r kw
ith O
Work
with
OAF
A Fto
t o define
d e f i n e the
s t r a y i n g and
t h e extent
e x t e n t of
c l f out-system
a n d to
' t , odevelop
o u t - s y s t e mstraying
deve'lop
jn
a
c c e p t a b l em
n i n i m i z etthe
e t h o d o l o gtto
yo rninimize
acceptable
methodology
occurrence
off OAF
he o
c c u r r e n c eo
O A Fcoho
a d u l t s in
c o h oadults
sstreams
t r e a r n soutside
o u t s id e the
t h e Yaquina
Y a q uni a ssystem.
F u r t h e r , the
t h e staff
w i I I report
report
y s t e m . Further,
s t a f f will
p r o g r e s smade
a
n n u a l l ytto
o this
t h i s Commission
C o m m i s s i oo
nn the
annually
on
t h e progress
m a d etoward
t o w a r dminimizing
r n i n i m i z i n such
gs u c h
sstraying.
t r a y in g .
IInn consideration
c o n sd
i e r a t io n of
expressed
o f concern
concern e
x p r e s s e dby
b y OAF,
O A F , their
t h e ir
1.
o
2.
3.
o
o
-17 -
LI
c o n s u l t a n t s ,and
a n d others
o t h e r s about
a b o u tthe
t h e data
d a t a base
b a s eused
consultants,
we,e direct
u s e dby
b y ODFW,
O D F Ww
d i r e c t staff
staff
rk w
i th OA
tto
o wo
e si gn and
and conduct
work
with
OAFFto
to d
design
conduct the necessary
to improve
necessar ystudies
studies to
impr ov e
tthe
h e data
b a s estarting
s t a r t i n g in
d a t a base
i n the
F a l l of
t h e Fall
o f 1987,
L 9 8 7using
,u s i n gconsultants
f u n d e dby
c o n s u l t a n t sfunded
by
O
AF
a
n
d
a
cce
p
ta
b
l
e
to both
b o th staff
staff and
OAF and acceptable to
andOAF.
0AF.
4.
4.
T
h e sta
ill w
ff w
o rk w
i th OAF
plan for
The
staff
will
work
with
OAF and
otherss to develop
plan
and other
developaa management
m anagement
for
tthe
h e Yaquina
Y a q u i n aRiver
R i v e r by
p r o d u c t i o nfor
b y 1989
1 9 8 9that
t h a t defines
d e f i n e sthe
t h e habitat
h a b i t a tproduction
f o r coho.
coho.
T
h is w
iI I include
p 'la n for
i n clu d e aa plan
for increasing
pr oduction of
i ncr easing the
This
will
the natural
natur a' lproduction
of coho.
coho.
O
A
F
w
i
l
l
s u p p l yup
u p to
t o 50,000
5 0 , 0 0 0sinolts
s m o ' l t sooff tthe
OAF will supply
appropriate
he a
p p r o p r i a t estock
s t o c k annually
a n n u a l l yto
to
n the
a
s s i s t iin
rebuilding o
t h e rebuilding
r u n of
assist
off the
t h e run
o f late
l a t e spawning
s p a w n i ncoho.
g
T h estaff,
c o h o . The
staff,
w i t h OAF's
O A F ' sfinancial
f j n a n c i a l assistance,
with
a s s i s t a n c e will
,w i l l monitor
m o n i t o r changes
i n the
t h e natural
natural
c h a n g e sin
p
r o du cti o n of
production
coho
o f co
h o in
fn the
the Yaquina
Yaquina system
system and
and rreport
epor t these
these changes
changes
a n n u a1l y .
annually.
5.
T h e staff
w i l l monitor,
s t a f f will
m o n i t o r ,with
w i t h OAF's
The
O A F ' financial
sf i n a n c i a l assistance,
a s s i s t a n c ethe
,t h e occurrence
occurrence
o f naturally
n a t u r a l l y rreared
e a r e d ccoho
i n the
o h o in
r e t u r n s to
of
Bay
t h e returns
t o their
t h e i r facility
f a c i l i t y at
Yaquina
Bay
a t Yaquina
t o assure
a s s u r ethat
t h a t the
t h e number
to
small.
n u m b eremain
rre m a i n
s m a l l . Again,
A g a i n ,consultants
c o n s u ' l t a n tacceptable
s c c e p t a b ' to
a
lteo
sstaff
t a ff a
n d OAF
OA Fand
and
a n d funded
fu n dedby
OAF should
by OAF
should design
design the
needed sampling
sampl i ng
the needed
5.
p r o gra ms.
programs.
T h e s eactions
a c t i o n shave
h a v ebeen
These
b e e nundertaken.
u n d e r t a k e n .lWe
^ l eare,
a r e , at
a t the
t h e time
writing,
t i r n eof
o f this
t h i s writing,
a w a i t i n g response
r e s p o n s efrom
f r o m OAF
proposed
awaiting
O A Fand
a n dtheir
i n the
t h e i r consultants
c o n s u l t a n t s in
f o r m of
t h e form
o f proposed
a c t i v i t i e s for
f o r tthis
h i s fall
f a l l tto
o m
e e ttthe
a r t ooff
h e rrequirements
e q u i r e m e n to
sf items
activities
meet
of
part
i t e m s 3,
ast p
3 , tthe
h e llast
4 , and
0DFW
4,
and 5
s t a f f is
i s implementing
i m p l e m e n t i nactivities
5..
agc t i v i t i e s to
t o accomplish
t h o s e items
ODFW
staff
those
accomplish
items
( 1 , 2,
w h i c hit
i t must
m u s thandle
h a n d l e(1,
p a r t of
a n dpart
which
2 , and
o f 4).
4).
OUTLOOK
OUTLOOK
p ro d u cti o nat
C
h u msalmon
sa l mo nproduction
Chum
a t this
this time
tim e centers
center s around
ar oundoperations
at Whiskey
l,lh i s k ey
oper ationsat
p r i v a t e sites.
C
r e e kby
b y OSU
O S Uand
Creek
a n dat
a t 33 private
s i t e s . Most
I ' l o s tof
o
f
t
h
e
a
c
t
i
v
i
t
y
i
s
the
activity
is
by
Nehalem
Land
N
e
h
a
lem
b
y
Land
' n ' Salmon
rinciplesw
a l m o npprinciples
h oaare
o r k i n gtto
'n' S
who
working
obtain
re w
o o
b t a i n any
a n y chum
c h u meggs
e g g ssurplus
s u r p l u sto
t o other
other
g r o w e r s . We
growers.
vJedo
d o not
n o t anticipate
a n ti ci p a te increased
incr easedactivity
activity by
by other
other operators.
oper ator s.
B
oth A
Both
n a d ro mo uaand
sn d Oregon
OregonAqua-Foods
Aqua- Foods
Anadromous
continue
with their
continue with
their intent
inten t to
to
p r o d u c t i o n ,reduce
e l i m i n a t e fall
f a l l chinook
c h i n o o kproduction,
r e d u c ethat
eliminate
t h a t for
f o r coho,
c o h o ,and
a n dconcentrate
c o n c e n t r a ton
eo n
sspring
p r i n g chinook.
c hi n o o k. Anadromous
A n a d ro mo ue
sxpectsto
to collect
fr om their
expects
collect eggs
eggs from
their own
r etur n s of
ownreturns
sspring
p r i n g cchinook
h i n o o kin
i n 1987
h i l e both
while
1 9 8 7w
b o t h Oregon
0 r e g o nAqua-Foods
A q u a - F o o dand
asn d Oregon-Pacific
O r e g o n - P a c i f iSalmon
S
c almon
R a n c hoperators
o p e r a t o r shave
h a v erequested
r e q u e s t e deggs
e g g sthat
t h a t may
Ranch
m a ybe
b e surplus
s u r p l u sto
t o ODFW's
0 D F W 'Cole
C
s o l eRivers
Rivers
H a t c h e r yneeds.
Hatchery
n e e d s.
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S T R CKLIN
ICKLIN
Chum
N E H A L E MLLANDN'
A N D ' NSALMON
'S A L M O NC O .
NEHALEM
Chum
Chum
H ARRIS&HUGIE
R R I S& H U G I E
Chum
T i l Iamo
lomo
K ETA
Chum
H A M PSON
PSON
HAM
Chum
Churn
R'
..ra R.
Htuoet
SI
O R E G O N AQUA
A Q U A FOODS
FOODS
OREGON
C o h o . Chinook.
C h i n o o k . Chum
Coho,
Chum
Newporl
Newport
S,lctt R.
SietP..
!ouina
A
C
E R A T O D UF
SI S H E R I E S
CERATODUS
FISHERIES
Chum
Chum
D
OMSEA
DOMSEA
C
o h o .C
h i n o o k .Chum
Coho.
Chinook.
Chum
SiLls,
S
S I U S I A WFISHERIES
FISHERIES
SIUSLAW
Chum
Chum
A
N A D R O M O U INC.
ISN. C .
ANADROMOUS.
C o h o .C
h i n o o kChurn
,C h u m
Coho.
Chinook.
Coos Boy
Boy
HECKAR
D
HECKARD
C
hum
Churn
J
(
coo
rm
0
SI
G o l d Beach
Gold
Beoch
S
PACIFIC
OREGON
OREGON
PACI
S A L M O NRANCH
RANCH
SALMON
Chinook
Chinook
.
F
i g u r e 1.
1.
Pi.gure
L o c a t , i o n of
o f Authorized
A u t h o r i z e d Private
P r r v a t e Salmon
i n Oregon.
Oregon.
Location
S a h n o nHatcheries
H a t c h e r i e s in
0
o
j
Table
T a b l e 1.
r l v a t e salmon
1 . Oregon
1987.
O r e g o npprivate
s a l m o nhatcheries,
h a t c h e r l e s , 3uly
987.
3uly 1
R e l e a s elimit
Release
l l m l t by
b ybrood
brood
(mtlllons)
and
a t d sspecies
p e c l e s (millions)
o
Nane ard
Name
andAddrcss
Addressof
of 0perator
Operator
Robert
Stricklin
Robert S
trickl ln
Route
R o u t e1,
1 , Box
B o x538
538
o
o
o
NehalemLand
Nehalem
Land n'
n' Salmon
Salmon
P.O.
P
. 0 . Box
B o x 54
54
Wheeler, OR
97147
Wheeler,
0R 97147
Vosberg
Cr.,
V o s b e r gC
r.,
Cecil
Ceeil Harris
Harrlsand
ardDon
DonHugle
Hugle
Dick
Cr.,
DtckC
r.,
1985
1985 Bayocean
Road,
NW
Bayocean
Nll
Road,
97141
T i l l a m o o k OR
, 0R 9
Tiliamook,
7141
Nehalem
NehalemBay
Bay
Tillamook
T l l l a m o o kBay
Bay
Keta,
K
e t a , Inc.
Inc.
1110NE
1130
NELakewood
Lakenoql
Newport,
Newport, OR
0R 97574
97574
Sand
Cr.,,
Sard Cr.
Aif rod Hampson
Alfred
Hampson
Sand
Sarrl Cr.,
P . 0 . Box
B o x726
P.O.
726
St. Helena,
Helena,CA
94574
CA 94574
88700Maccola
88700
MarcolaRoad
Rod
o
Unnamel
U n n a m dTTrib.,
rlb.,
Skipanon
S
k l p a n o nR.
R.
PermI t
Permit
Date
Date
Coho
Coho
Chinook
Chlnook
Chum
@
o
,lo4176
03/04/76
5.0
5.0
o
) 104176
03/04/76
5.0
5.0
08lzt172
08/23/72
0.1
0.1
1 21 0 11 7 1
12/01/71
5.0
5
.0
1 0t ) 1 t 7 )
10/31/73
t5.0
.0
97146
Warrenton,
Warrenton,OR
0R 97146
Oregon
Aqua-Foods,
0regonA
q u a - F o o d sIInc.
,n c .
o
Location
LocatIon
of Hatchery
Hateherv
Sand
Sarrl Lake
Lake
Sand
Sard Lake
Lake
( w i t h Keta)
(with
Keta)
Manmade
M
a n m a dTeTrib.,
rlb.,
Yaqutna
Yaqulna Bay
Bay
1 1 1 01 7 2
11/01/72
03/19/74
o) 119174
20.0
20.0
9.5
9
.5
10.6
10.6
97477
7477
Springfield,
S p r l n g f l e l d ,OR
0R 9
lsherles
Ceratodus
Fisheries
C e r a t o d u sF
6523E
6523
East
a s t Street
Street
Springfield,
S p r l n g f l e l d ,OR
0 R 97477
97477
Divide
D l v l d e Cr.,
Cr.,
DonseaFarms,
Domsea
Farms, Inc.
Inc.
4398 West Old
Old Belfair
Belfal.rHwy.
Hwv.
M a n m a dTeTrib.,
Manmade
rlb. ,
Sluslaw
S l u s l a wBay
Bay
05105178
05/05/78
Sweet
Cr.,
S w e e tC
r.,
Siuslaw
S l u s l a wR.
R.
03/19/72
0f119172
Sluslaw
S l u s l a wR.
R.
5.0
5
.0
1 2| 1 8l 7 J
12/18/73
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
25.0
25.0
98310
Bremerton,
WA
Bremerton
,W A 9
8110
Siuslaw
S l u s l a wFFisheries,
l s h e r l e s , Inc.
Inc.
12047 Coburg
32047
Coburg Bottom Loop
ioop Rd.
M.
5.0
5.0
97401
Eugene,
OR
Errgene,
0R 97401
o
Anadromous,
A n a d r o m o u sTnc.a
I ,n c . a
500 SW
SlYMallson
MadisonStreet
Street
Manmade
Trib.,
llanmad
e Tr
lb. ,
07/30/76
0 7l r 0/ 7 6
Coos
CoosBay
Bay
1 .l
t11.3
9.4
9
.4
20.4
20.4
C o r v a lI l s , OR
Corvallis,
0 R 97333
97))t
Calvin
Calvln Heckard
HeckarrJ
1 2 8 1lWest
1281
Catching
Y e s tC
a t c h l n gSlough
S l o u g hRd.
Rd.
S
o
o
Unnamed
Trib.,
tlnnansl Tr
lb . ,
03la4176
03/04/76
CoosBay
Coos
Bay
5.0
5.0
Coos
CoosBay,
Bay,OR
0R 97420
97420
0reqon-Paclfie Salmon
Oregon-Pacific
Ranch
Sal.mon
Raneh
Inc.b
Inc.b
2 1 1 5 4U
1 0 1North
23154
U.S.
. S . Hwy.
H w y .101
North
B
r o o k l n g sOR
, 0 R 97415
Brookings,
97415
Burnt
Hill
Burnt H
l l I Cr.
Cr.
( D l r e c t ocean
(Direct
0 4| 2 5/ 7 8
o c e . r n 04/25/78
trlbutary)
tributary)
T
o t a l rrelease
Total
e l e a s e lheRs
lnlts
S____________________________-____
5.0
5.0
32.8
12.8
37.0
17.0
d
P e r m i t s transferred
t r a n s f e r r s tfrom
a Permits
Oregon
f ron
0regonAqua-Foods
s to An1romous
An.rrlromous effective
May1985.
Aqr.ra-Food
ef fect iveMay
1985.
b
h Permit
P e r m t t ttransferred
r a n s f e r r e i l to
t o Oregon
a c l f l e effective
0 r e q o n PPacific
1984.
M a r c . h1984.
e f f e e t i v e March
03-il/p
Dl-11/p
- {o t1-
100.5
100.5
_______
Pink
Plnk
2.
T
a b I e 2.
Table
p r l v a t e salmon
hatchery
N u m b e r so of
s a l m o nhatchery
l e a s e r l bby
y lindividual
r d l v l d u a l private
f ssalmon
a t r p n r ereleased
Numbers
l n thousands,
t h o u s a n d s 1972-%.
, 197?-86.
operators,
o
p e r a t o r s , in
Release
Year of Release
197?
1972
Spring chinook salmon:
@!
0regon
Oregon Aqua-Foocls,
Aqua-Foods,Inc.
Inc.
((Yaquina)
Yaqulna )
0regon Aqtra-Foods,
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
((Coos)
Coos)
Anadromous,
A n a d r o m o u sIInc.a
,n c . a
Salmon
Oregon-Paclflc
Oregon
-Pacific Salmon
Ranch,
Inc.b
R a n c h , Inc.h
197)
1973
--
--
--
--
_-
--
--
1974
1974
--
1975
1975
66
',1976
1977
1977
1978
1978
1979
1979
161
161
42
42
16
16
887
887
1976
--
--
--
--
31)
313
--
-_
--
-_
--
198
198
--
--
27
27
18
18
148
148
--
393
393
141
141
--
--
--
--
62
62
salmon:
F a l I chinook
c h l n ? o ksalmon:
Fall
0regon
Oregon Aqua-Foodsr
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
( Y a q u i n a)
(Yaqulna)
Domsea
DomseaFarmsr
Farms, Inc.
Inc.
Oregon
Oregon Aqua-Foods,
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
(Coos)
(Coos)
Analromous,Inc.
Anadromous,
Inc.
SaImon
Oregon-Paclflc
Oregon -Pacific Salmon
nc.
R a n c h , IInc.
Ranch,
Coho salmon:
&l.os"t'on.!
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
OregonAqua-Foodsr
((Yaqulna)
Yaqulna)
Domsea
DomseaFarms,
Farms, Inc.
Inc.
OregonAqua-Focls,
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
((Coos)
Coos)
Analromous,Inc.
Anadromous,
Inc.
Chumsalmon:
Chum
salmon:
tSalmonCo
NehalemLand
Co
Plehalem
Land rn
tntSalmon
Hugle
H a r r l s &{ Hugle
Harris
Ieta
KetaCorpd
Corpd
nc.
0 r e g o nA
q u a - F o o d sI,Inc.
Oregon
Aqua-Foods,
( Yaqutna)
(Yaqulna)
isheries
Ceratodus
Fisheries
C e r a t o d u sF
DomseaFarms,
Domsea
Farms, Inc.
Inc.
l s h e r i e s , Inc.
Inc.
S i u s l a w FFisheries,
Siuslaw
nc.
0
regonA
q u a - F o o d sIrInc.
Oregon
Aqua-Foods,
(Coos)
(Coos)
Heckard
Heckard
a
b
c
C
dd
e
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
991
991
--
--
129
129
19
19
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
88
88
142
142
--
--
--
--
1,171
1r17'l
--
--
242
242
610
610
937
937
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
;;
98
4;3
403
1,0;;
1,005
--
--
--
--
--
909
n9
--
-
--
';
-511
5
I
8
252
252
;;
10
311
311
9
1,160
1r160
l: .: '1
--
--
7
33
t)
)24
324
2a
15
2
--
-
--
500
500
--
--
--
--
- -
--
10
10
271
221
800
800
--
684
-88
--
-..
--
--
--
-
--
- -
- -
--
- -
- -
to
Riverlocatlon
location prlor
prior to
Coturtrla Rlver
1975 arrJ.
1976releases
weremade
male at
at Columbia
1975
and part
part of
of 1976
releases were
e r m l t bbeing
i v e r ppermit
A
n x l r o m o u s ooperated
t h e OreAqua
0reAqua
C o l u r b i a RRiver
e l n g terminated.
termlnated.
Anadromous
Columbia
p e r a t e d the
to
P
e r m i t s aand
l t e transferred
t r a n s f e r r e d to
1 9 8 1 and
l s h there.
Permits
a r r l rreleased
l ffish
r r i ssite
site
s l t e In
i n 1983
e l e a s e d a lall
there.
1985.
Anarlromorrs
Anadromous in
in 1985.
F
ormerly B
u r n t Hill
H i l l Salmon
R a n c h , Ltd.
Ltl.
Formerly
Burnt
S a l m o nRanch,
I n c l u r l e s smoits
s m o l t s released
r e l e a s s l ooffshore.
ffshore.
Includes
p e r m i t issued
A I f r o JHampson.
llampson.
t o Alfred
I n c l u l e s releases
m a l e on
o n permit
l s s u o J to
Inclules
r e t e a s e smade
P
r e I i m l n a r y data.
Preliminary
data.
-??-
3,89k
t1894
738
738
86
86
908
908
--
--
--
1 1 3 7 6 8,898
1,376
8,898
400
400
60
60
1,0)9
1,039
--
8,212
8r212
-
--
o
(contlnued)
Table
T a b l e 2 (continued)
o
a
o
Year of
Retease
of Release
1980
1980
1981
1981
--
89
89
1982
1982
1983c
l:ql"
1984c
e8:"
l1985C
l:gx"
1986ce
l&""
Spring
Sprinq chinook
chlnooksalmon:
salmon:
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
OregonAqua-Foods,
( Yaqulna )
(Yaquina)
Oregon Aqua-Foods,
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
Oregon
( C o o s)
(Coos)
Anadromous,
A n a d r o m o u sIInc.'
,n c . a
Oregon-Pacific Salmon
Salmon
0regon-Pacific
Ranch,
nc.b
R a n c h , IInc.b
--
55
55
354
154
312
J12
--
--
112
112
--
--
623
,;;
616
616
93
9)
92k
924
1,159
1 1159
427
427
598
598
635
6
5
939
939
258
258
1,006
1
,006
194
194
188
1
454
454
152
152
249
249
338
138
861
861
520
5?0
911
9
34
34
74
74
22?
2
--
--
--
Fall
FalI chinook
salmon:
chinooksalmon:
o
o
o
a
o
O
o
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
0regon Aqua-Foods,
( Yaqutna)
(Yaquina)
Domsea
Farms, Inc.
Inc.
DomseaFarns,
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
0regon Aqua-Foods,
((Coos)
Coos)
Anadromous, Inc.
Inc.
Analromous,
Oregon-Pacific
SaImon
0regon-PaclflcSalmon
nc.
Ranch,
R a n c h , IInc.
Coho
Coho salmon:
salmon:
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
0regon Aqua-Foodsr
(Yaquina)
(Yaquina)
Domsea
Farms, Inc.
Inc.
DomseaFarms,
Oregon
Aqua-Foods, Inc.
Inc.
0regon Aqua-Foods,
( C o o s)
(Coos)
Anadromous,
Inc.
Anarlromous,Inc.
Chum salmon:
salmon:
Chum
Nehalem
Land'n'Salmon
a n d ' n r S a I m oCo
C
no
N e h a l e mL
HugLe
Harris
H
a r r l s && Hugle
Keta
Keta Corpd
Cort'
Oregon
0
r e g o n AAqua-Foods,
q u a - F o o d s I,Inc.
nc.
( Yaqulna)
(Yaqulna)
isherles
Ceratodus
C
e r a t o d u sFFisheries
Domsea
a r m s r IInc.
DomseF
aFarms,
nc.
l s h e r l e s , Inc.
Stusiaw
Inc.
S l u s l a wFFisheries,
Oregon
Aqua-Foods,
q u a - F o o d sI,Inc.
nc.
O r e g o nA
(Coos
(Coos))
Heckard
Heckard
-
-
43
43
--
--
--
96
96
174
174
159
l;;
311
)11
815
815
99
99
--
59
59
--
8,647
8,647
11,925
11,925
158
158
20,589
20r
589
61
61
5,446
51446
1,546
1 r546
10,870
10,870
899
899
8
03
803
1,655
1,655
650
650
578
578
893
8
91
118
11 8
--
-
--
---
-1,341
1r'4*1
--
1,413
1
,411
770
770
1,190
1
,19Q
--
3,180
,rt::
244
244
2,958
2r958
::
-241
241
8I
176
176
58
58
110
110
-
--
.-
- -
-
D3-11/p
D
3-11/p
-?3-23-
-
--
--
1,039
1,019
-
75
75
100
100
--
4,337
4'))_7--
2,272
2r272
5,584
,rr:
--
--
t+r249
4,249
3,071
),071
275
275
394
)94
150
150
250
250
-
289
t::
914
,t-:
- -
- -
--
--
212
2
12
--
--
-
--
--
--
350
';;
140
1;;
1,136
1r1)6
-;
--
--
-
950
--
-
7,585
7
r58,
241
241
14,889
14r889
47
47
957
4
-
-
o
Table
T a b l e3.
3.
pr ivate salmon
Nu mb e rs
re
0r egonprivate
Numbers
off salmon
o
sa 1 moreleased
n l easedby
by Oregon
sa' lm on
hatchery
h a t c h e r yoperators,
t h o u s a n d s1972-86.
o p e r a t o n sin
,i n thousands,
L, 9 7 ? - 8 6 .
Year
Year
Coho
Coho
Spring
ng
Spri
Chinook
Chinook
Fall l
Fal'
Chinook
Chi
nook
Chum
Chum
51
51
1972
1972
276
?76
1973
1973
1974
1974
88
88
1975
1975
142
142
6
6
1,009
1,009
148
148
575
575
2,793
2,793
1980
1980
438
438
465
465
10,940
10,940
8
8
1981
1981
23,852
23,852
1,756
L,756
500
500
5,529
5,529
1982
t982
23,107
23,L07
16,277
L6,277
1984
1984
10,919
10,919
1985
1985
8,587
B,597
631
631
1,194
1 ,1 9 4
1,336
1 ,3 3 6
1,995
1
,9 9 5
1,649
1,649
1983
1983
3
51
351
1,985
1 ,9 8 5
1,707
L,707
758
758
1986
19864
8,655
8,655
1,044
1
,044
1,050
1,050
1,558
1
,5 5 8
1978
1978
1979
1979
o
2
2
9,908
9
,908
5,812
5 ,8 1 2
14,817
1 4 ,8 17
1977
t977
2,080
2,080
2,371
?,37t
27
27
161
1
61
42
42
16
16
1,397
1 ,3 9 7
1,269
L,269
1976
t976
o
120
120
522
52?
223
223
5,603
5,603
o
o
1,469
L,469
718
718
o
i ry data.
a Preliminary
a
Pr e l' i m na
d a ta .
D#3-llIp
nfi-tL/p
o
o
o
o
-?4-
o
o
..
a c i l i t i e s , Sites
Sites C
o m b i n e d1978-86
L,9 7 8 - 8 6
P r i v a t eF
R e t u r no
a l m o nto
t o Private
off S
Salmon
Facilities,
Combined,
T
a b l e4.
4 . Return
Table
o
o
o
Cohoa
Cohoa
Jack
Jack
Chum
Chum
B,069
8,069
38,903
38,903
6,557
6,557
15,736
15,736
539
539
4,84L
4,841
145
145
519
519
47,726
47,726
225,t05
225,105
1,445
1,445
2,224
2,224
14
14
110
110
752
752
9
,386
9,386
2
,642
2,642
7
7,179
,L79
27,745
27,745
145,614
145,614
15 , 6 3 9
15,639
3L,922
31,922
545
545
4,815
4,815
Numbers
Numbers
Po u n d s
Pounds
2 ,5 8 8
2,588
3
5,860
35,860
2,499
2,499
6,046
6,046
9
8,681
98,681
631,619
631,619
19,098
19,098
42,070
42,070
4,053
4,053
t982
1982
Numbers
Numbers
Po u n d s
Pounds
7
,644
7,644
8 7 ,6 5 4
87,654
4,439
4,439
1
3 ,6 5 7
13,657
1 65 ,0 3 4
165,034
932,
886
932,886
19,687
19,687
4
8,356
48,356
I,L32
1,132
9,133
9,133
Numbers
Numbers
P
Pounds
ounds
5,117
5
,117
5
4,441
54,441
974
974
2,452
2,052
L27,845
127,845
504,685
504,685
6,098
6,098
10,210
10,210
515
515
3,961
3,961
1984
1984
Numbers
Numbers
P
ounds
Pounds
3,571
3,571
5 5 ,1 9 6
55,196
2,728
2
,728
8,208
8,209
84,501
84,501
459,235
458,235
30,902
30,902
gg,363
89,363
821
821
7,56L
7,561
1
985
1985
Numbers
Numbers
P
ounds
Pounds
9,2B8
9,288
118,929
118,929
25,387
25,387
t13,B7B
113,878
288,488
288,488
1,631,704
1,631,704
43,564
43,564
101,986
1 0 1 9, 8 6
3,220
3,?24
21,470
2L,470
6 2 ,6 2 7
62,627
7 4 7 ,9 8 )
747,98
8,157
8,157
29,558
29,558
4
445,103
45,103
2,345,616
2,345,6L6
9,641
8,641
L5,328
15,328
C
h in o o k
Chinook
A d u tl
Adult
Chinooka
nooka
Chi
Jack
Jack
1
978
1978
Numbers
Numbers
Pounds
Pounds
2L3
213
3,952
3,952
31
31
23
23
1979
1979
Numbers
Numbers
Po u n d s
Pounds
2,872
2,872
1
980
1980
Numbers
Numbers
Po u n d s
Pounds
Year
Year
rreturn
eturn
27I
271
1
981
1981
o
o
o
o
a
1983
1983
1986b
1986b
N
umbers
Numbers
P o und s
Pounds
o
477
477
769
769
6 , 79 6
6,796
a
(ri n c l u d e schinook
adults
i n length
a n dcoho
c o h oa
dults
l e n g t h and
h a n 24"
2 4 " in
a d u l t s less
l e s s tthan
u m b e(includes
c h i n o o kadults
a N
Number
I e s s than
t h a n20").
2 0 ") .
less
b Preliminary
b
P r e l i m i n a r ydata.
data.
D3-11/p
D3-11/p
o
Coho
Coho
Adults
Adults
o
.1
5.
T
a b l e5.
Table
num ber s
hatcher iesand
and numbers
k en at
Viable
eggs
taken
at ODFW
ODFW coastal
coastal hatcheries
sa 1 mo e
n g g s ta
V i a b l e salmon
br ood s
p
ri
va
te
hatcher
y
salmonhatchery operators,
oper ator s, 1973-86
sold
0 re g o nprivate salmon
1973- 86broods
so l d to Oregon
i n thousands.
thousands.
in
o
Sp e cei s
Species
Eggs
Eggs
sold
sold
Coho
Coho
hinook
S p r i n gC
Spring
Chinook
h in o o k
F a ]I C
Fall
Chinook
Br o o d
Brood
year
year
Eg g s
Eggs
t ake n
taken
1973
1973
1974
1974
L97
19755
L L .7
5 1 l b 11.7
4
, 3 6 7 511b
4,367
00
0
0
2,422
2,422
7 2 6 20.8
20.8
3, 4 8 8 726
3,488
6
L97
1976
r977
1977
1
978
1978
1979
1979
1980
1980
437
437
3,832
3,832
3,2r4
3,214
3,857
3,857
3,135
3,135
1981
1981
t982
1982
1983
1983
1984
1984
1985
1985
?,780
2,780
4,264
4,264
4,733
4,733
4
,676
4,676
4
,8 3 0
4,830
1986C
4 2,2 7 2
1986c
42,272
%a
7a
Eggs
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taken
taken
Eggs
Eggs
sold
sold
%
00
0
0
Eggs
Eggs
taken
taken
Eggs
Eggs
so' ld
sold
%
9
9,613
,613
8,348
B ,3 4 9
5,668
5,668
509
509
75L
751
317
317
5.3
5.3
9.0
9.0
5.6
5.6
9
, 1 6 7 2,310
2,310
9,167
81
81
7,394
7,394
L2
12
6,223
6,223
5,867
2 2 , 6 6 9 5,867
22,668
2,847
1 9 , 8 3 6 2,847
19,836
25.2
25.2
2,069
2
,069
1,985
1,985
2 ,6 1 0
2,610
I25
125
308
308
6.3
6.3
11.8
11.8
2
62
262
209
209
2,151
2,151
1
,934
1,934
2,576
2,576
1 0 .L
10.1
7.L
7.1
I12.9
2.9
2,592
2,592
2,.949
2,949
4,845
4,845
4,839
4,839
5,548
6,548
44.4
44.4
40.2
40.2
3 9 .L
39.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,252
3,252
6,220
6,220
3,264
3,264
3
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3,626
5
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5,438
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412
3,720
3,720
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12,184
10,693
10,693
5, 586
5,586
1
16,820
5 ,8 2 0
14,075
L4,075
0
0
0
24,867
24,867
5,506
5,506
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22.1
34,043
34,043
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540
540
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0
395
395
406
406
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500
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1,301
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s l d : Percentages
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a ' l ea
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additional
were
ass v
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ass o
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e r e ttaken
s p e c i f i c a ' l 1 yffor
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d d i t i o n a l eeggs
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to
selling
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l
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s
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s
.
to
vestedfor
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i th the rremainder
b 27,000
ass smolts
with
harvested
for sa]e
sale as
as
re i e a se da
smo l tsw
2 7 , 0 0 0released
juveniles.
p a n - s i z ejuveniles.
pan-size
cC Preliminary
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d a ta
d Includes
( e g g sor
f r y only
285)
p
r
e
s m o l t s(eggs
o n l y == 285).
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d
presmolts
o r unfed
Includes
e Does
ivate salmon
at or s
salm onhatcher
e
eggs
other than
than pr
private
hatcheryyoper
operators
i n c1 u d ee
so l d to
to other
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n o t include
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o
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oper ator s, estim
p ri v ate salmon
salm onhatchery
Coho
released
byy private
hatchery operators,
estimated
'l e a se db
C
o h ore
of
by Year
combined
a l l sites
s i t e s combined
r etur n, all
catch
the
ocean,
by
year of
and return,
i n th
ce a n ,and
e o
ca
tch in
1978-86.
r e l e a s e ,1978-86.
release,
o
Year
Year
( N) a
(N)
Rel
eased
Released
o
.
o
Return
to
Return to
Hatchery
Hatchery
in
Catch
Catchin
Adults
theO
cean ru
Ocean
T h o u sa n d s the
Thousands
(
N
)
((N+1)a
N+1)a
(
N
+
l
)
a
Jacksc
(N)
(N+1)a
Releasedb
J
a
c
k
s
c
Ree
l a se d b
Return
and Return
Catch and
%
"LCatch
Hatchery
Hatchery
Totald
Totald
1
978
1978
1979
1979
1980
1980
9
,9 0 8
9,908
5 ,8 L 2
5,812
14,8L7
14,817
6 3 ,0 0 0
63,000
53,600
53,600
142,000
142,000
3 ,8 5 2
3,852
674
674
4,202
4,202
48,497
48,497
39,182
39,182
rrl,264
111,264
0
.53
0.53
0.69
0.69
0.78
0.78
1 .1 6
1.16
1
.61
1.61
1,.74
1.74
1981
1981
1982
1982
1983
1983
1984
1984
1985
1985
23,852
23,852
23,r07
23,107
L 6 ,2 7 7
16,277
1 0 ,9 19
10,919
B
,587
8,587
122,100
122,100
1L0,300
110,300
3
5,000
35,000
75,385
75,385
134,966
134,866
6 , 5 75
6,575
7
7,785
,785
835
835
490
490
L8,779
18,779
1
76,936
176,936
1
33,108
133,108
1
14,913
114,913
313,266
313,266
4 4 56
, 65
445,665
0.77
0.77
0.61
0.61
0.71
0.71
2.87
2.87
5
.41
5.41
I.28
1.28
1 .0 9
1.09
0.93
0.93
1986
1986
B,655
8,655
--
5,t?7
5,127
--
--
3 .s 6
3.56
5.98
6.98
--
o
o
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N + l is
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( i n c l u d i n gsummer
f a l l ) ; Ni-i
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a N
s u r n mand
earn dfall);
r e l e a s e d(including
i s yyear
N is
release
a f t e r release
f a l l after
fall
ear
b Includes
t h a t yyear
e a r l i n g and
e l e a s e dthat
o h orreleased
z e r o - a g eccoho
b
a n d zero-age
I n c l u d e syyearling
c
( s e p a i a t e dfrom
analysis)
s c a l eanalysis)
b y scale
f r o msmall
s m a l ladults
a d u l t sby
C Jacks
o n l y (separated
J a c k sonly
( y e aNi-i)
r N+L)
d Includes
( y e a rN)
j a c k s(year
N )and
a d u l t s(year
a n dadults
d
I n c l u d e sjacks
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