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

 single action 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 will 

 be disappointing. 



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

 Team's recommendations to the NaUonal Marine Fisheries Service overlap in many 

 instances. That, in fact is the case and, in what follows, 1 will comment on many 

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

 of our diflferlng 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 deUsting 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 Council targets 



Spring/ summer Chinook 

 Council 



50,000 Spring/20,000 Summer 



Recovery Team 



26.200 



Sockeye 



Council 



No goal: emergency breeding program 



Recovery Team 



1 ,000 in emy one lake 



