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Wild fish don't need human help to spawn. Left alone, they 

 produce the hardiest offspring, and that reproductive process 

 doesn't cost the taxpayers a dime. Ideally, the best ways to 

 restore salmon are: 1) make sure that enough of them escape 

 fishery pressure to fill the available spawning habitat and, 2) 

 increase the amount of that habitat. Unfortunately, we're 

 several million people too late. Too much habitat has been 

 destroyed and too many wild salmon stocks need major help to 

 reach even minimum escapement numbers, let alone to produce 

 enough fish to maintain existing fisheries. 



This is where LLTK comes in. When LLTK was established in 1986 

 It was then the only private group in the Northwest given permits 

 to do "hands-on" work with wild salmon runs. As a result, we now 

 have six years' experience in: 



. wild salmon brood stocking --capturing wild 



adults to take their eggs, 

 . supplement at ion --rearing wild fish in 



captivity to increase their survival from egg to 



smolt and then releasing them back into their 



native river to increase the numbers of 



naturally spawning adults, 

 . habitat restoration -- opening up old gravel pits along 



rivers to provide new spawning areas for wild fish, 

 . techniques to maintain wild characteristics of 

 . fish in capt ivi ty --providing shade and hiding 



places, letting vegetation grow around ponds to 



provide natural feed and volitional release of 



fish so they migrate out on their schedule and 



not the hatchery manager's schedule. 



This work has gained LLTK credibility with fishery agencies, 

 tribes, fishermen, and helped lead to the passage of a state law 

 establishing 12 regional groups in Washington state to enhance 

 salmon runs. The program has a dedicated fund from surcharges on 

 sport and commercial fishing licenses that raises $700,00 

 annually. Many of these groups base their programs on techniques 

 developed by LLTK. 



While the development of restoration efforts was important six 

 years ago, today they've become critical ly important because of 

 the potential impact of the Endangered species Act. 



Long Live the Kings operates three problem-specific restoration 

 projects, all in cooperation with Native American tribes, state 

 and federal fish agencies and local community salmon enhancement 

 groups. 



. At Lilllwaup, on the Hood Canal, we are experimenting with 

 captive broodstocking--rearing depleted wild stocks to 

 sexual maturity in captivity. This technique holds on to 



