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there are few new Ideas for recovery. We reached a similar conclusion -- that no 

 single acUon would produce the results desired. In fact, we earnestly believe that 

 Improvements at all stages of the salmon life cycle are required or the results wall 

 be disappointing. 



For these reasons, it is logical to expect that our Strategy and the Recovery 

 Team's recommendaUons to the National Marine Fisheries Service overlap in many 

 instances. That, in fact, is the case and, in what follows, I will comment on many 

 of those similariUes and indicate some differences that appear to grow largely out 

 of our differing legal mandates and goals. 



Goals of the Recovery Plan and the Strategy 



The recovery plan identifies recovery goals for Snake River sockeye and 

 spring/summer and fall Chinook. We see no reason to differ with the Team's 

 conclusion that achieving the recommended levels of adult returns could satisfy 

 the delisting requirements of the Endangered Species Act. Of course, as you can 

 see from the table, the Council's goals for Snake River spring and summer 

 Chinook are substantially higher than the delisting goal of the Recovery Team. 



Recovery Team delisting criteria compared to Coun cU targets 



Spring/ summer chinook 



Council 



50,000 Spring/20,000 Summer 



Recovery Team 



26.200 



Fall Chinook 



Council 



1,000 



Recovery Team 



1,000 



Sockeye 



Council 



No goal: emergency breeding program 



Recovery Team 



1,000 in any one lake 



