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flow augmentation and reservoir drawdown - strategies for recovery for ESA 

 listed stocks in the Snake River Basin and (3) ocean carrying capacity. The 

 purpose of the work is to anticipate the scope and content of the NMFS Plan 

 and prepare BPA to integrate the plan in our operations when appropriate. We 

 consider the Technical Analysis an internal working document but we are 

 seeking input from recognized experts and have contracted for portions of the 

 Technical Analysis. The cost of the contracted portion of the work is 

 approximately SSOO,000. 



Question 8: How much has BPA budgeted for the squawfish program in VY 1994? Of this 



amount how much will go directly for the payment of bounties to fishermen? 

 Please describe the status and results of research on the effectiveness of the 

 squawfish program. 



Answer: For FY 1994 BPA is currently budgeting $8.4 million for the squawfish 



management program. Approximately 9 percent of this budget ($750,000) is 

 allocated to rewards associated with the sport-reward fishery. 



The squawfish management program is an experimental effort to significantly 

 reduce losses of juvenile salmonids to northern squawfish predation. It is also 

 a regional effort, implemented through a multi-agency team of state and federal 

 fishery agencies, Indian Tribes, universities, and the private sector. The cost 

 for the program Ms into five categories: (1) squawfish harvest (includes the 

 cost of rewards), (2) biological evaluation, (3) socio-economic evaluation, (4) 

 disposition/utilization, and (S) research. 



Over the three years of the program, 1990 through 1992, approximately 

 450,000 squawfish have been harvested. At this time, it is too early to draw 



