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Testimony 



of 



ANNE R. KAPUSCINSKI, Ph.D. 



before the 



Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 



Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 



U.S. House of Representatives 



on 



Role of Hatcheries in the Recovery 



of Naturally-spawning Salmon Populations 



in the Pacific Northwest 



March 9, 1993 



The Honorable Gerry E. Studds, Chairman 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, my name is Anne 

 Kapuscinski. I am an Associate Professor of Fisheries and of Conservation 

 Biology in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and an Aquaculture 

 Extension Specialist with Minnesota Sea Grant and the Minnesota Extension 

 Service at the University of Minnesota. In addition to direct experience in 

 operation of salmon hatcheries. I have conducted research for 16 years on fish 

 culture and fish genetics with an emphasis on salmon and trout, and have been 

 involved in several Columbia River Basin efforts to improve genetic conservation 

 in hatchery programs. In 1991. 1 conducted a genetic analysis of hatchery 

 policies and guidelines used by fisheries management agencies in the Columbia 

 River Basin (Kapuscinski 1991 ). Currently. I am on a Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries 

 Project scientific team which is developing genetic hatchery guidelines, genetic 

 risk assessment protocols, and genetic monitoring tools for hatcheries used to 

 rebuild salmon populations. My comments below will apply to salmon and 

 steelhead trout populations; for brevity, the word "salmon" will refer to both 

 groups. 



Thr Itrpunmenii'l hthrnrMinJMiUhh i. //,< htmir Jrpiinmeni of the L'.S Fish and Wildlife Service. 

 Miniu-\*>ui I i-'i- ftiinr f-i\h anj )iildhlr Research Unit 



