207 

 DRAFT 



APPENDIX A 



Technical Review Comments Concerning Information 

 Presented in the OFIC Sponsored Report. 



This appendix provides specific comments on the report compiled by Oregon 

 Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) staff. These comments provided the 

 basis for the discussion presented in the ODFW review of this report. The appendix is 

 organized in a manner consistent with the format of the OFIC report and, where 

 possible, direct references to pages and tables of the report are specified. 



MANAGEMENT FACTORS 



Section 1.1 Harvest 



Page 5, 1.1.1. Fisheries Resources 



This section provides a general discussion of anadromous salmonid populations in 

 Oregon. The following statements were inaccurate or misleading: 



"...all salmonid populations in Oregon are depressed (see 

 Table 1.1-1),...' 



Table 1.1-1 only provides a list of Columbia River populations and does not reflect the 

 status of '...all salmonid populations in Oregon... ' In reality, many Oregon salmonid 

 populations are currently healthy, such as north coast fall chinook (primarily wild), 

 upriver bright (Columbia River) fall chinook (primarily wild), Columbia River sockeye 

 (all wild with very large runs in the 1980s), and upriver summer steelhead (Columbia 

 River). 



'. . . Chum, pink, and sockeye salmon populations are so low that they 

 occur in the fishery only as inciderual catches... " 



Pink salmon are not present in Oregon streams but are harvested in ocean fisheries: 

 these fish are believed to be Puget Sound stocks. Occasional pink salmon are also 

 harvested in the Columbia River, but these are believed to be strays from Washington 

 or British Columbia streams. The average sockeye escapement is presently near the 

 75,000 fish goal, but recent runs were of such strength 1983-88 fisheries were allowed. 

 Several recreational chum salmon fisheries exist on north coastal streams. 



A- 1 



