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Summary 



Snake River Salmon Recovery Team 



Final Recommendations to the National Marine Fisheries Service 



June 1994 



"No angle factor is rapoiisibU for thefiiB extent of the decGfte, and no single action will 

 restore them. No 'magic bullet' or single-purpose fix exists to restore the salmon populations 

 to their former levels of productivity and abundance...It u invariant to achieve recovery and 

 uMmatefy to reap the social, cultural, and economic benefits of restored salmon populadons. 

 But it is also iitq>or1ant to do so in an organized, sdent^tcally based, and economically 

 effident manner." 



— Snake River Salmon Recovery Team 



Snake-Columbia River Salmon Management and Oversight: 



"It is time to improve the management system for Columbia-Snake River anadromous 

 fish... The problems have been well defined, and seem to us obvious: jurisdictional chaos, no 

 one in charge, important decisions not based on science, and stifled science. " 



□ The Team recommends formation of an independent, five-member Salmon Oversight 

 Committee (SOC) to fill the critical decision-making void for science-based management. 



□ An organization is needed which will assume the task of properly managing the overall 

 Columbia-Snake River Basin anadromous fish resources. The most appropriate agency for 

 this responsibility is NMFS. 



CRA Position - The CRA agrees with the Bevan Plan— the Salmon Oversight Committee 

 is needed to promote decisions hosed on sound science. Due to the large number of 

 independent Northwest fishery agencies, a single, coordinated management approach is 

 needed 



Spawning and Rearing Habitat Improvement: 



"The Salmon Recovery Team believes that now is the time to establish a unified position with 

 respect to preventing further habitat degradation: any further exploitation of resources on 

 public lands should be precluded unless it can be shown that no further harm will befall 

 crucial salmon spawning and rearing habitats. " 



□ The Team recommends the habitat protection standards developed by PACFISH, 

 FEMAT, and the Eastside Forests Scientific Society Panel, which includes maintenance 



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