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DRAFT 

 RECOMMENDATIONS 



Management fpaye 123) 



'Institute marine mammal (seal and sea lion) management" 



This is a vague and poorly thought out recommendation. While many would agree that 

 limited actions to reduce pinniped predation on certain depressed fish stocks at localized 

 sites would be desirable, the broader implications of the recommendation are not 

 supported by the data. There is no evidence presented in the OFIC report to support 

 the premise that population control or reduction of marine mammals would directly 

 result in any real or measurable increases in Oregon salmonid populations. 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 



Many of the previous comments concerning the presentation and interpretation of 

 literature citations are pertinent to this section of the report as much of the report is 

 repeated. For brevity, the Department has attempted to avoid repeating our comments 

 in this portion of the review, and refer the reader to previous discussions. 



Manaflcment Factors (p. 128-139) 

 Page 128, Historical Catch 



The following statement is inaccurate and unsubstantiated: 



Landings ofchinook salmon in southern Oregon ports doubled from a 

 mean of 56.000 fish from 1971 to 1978. to a 1979 high of 107.000 fish. 

 This was directly related to reduced spawner escapements of 47 percent 

 from 1978 to 1979 (Rankel. 1980) ' 



The second half of this statement is not supported by escapement records for the two 

 largest southern Oregon populations, the Rogue and Umpqua rivers (See Nicholas and 

 Hankin 1988). The source for this statement (Rankel 1980) is not listed in the 

 References. 



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