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is patience. We need to put a plan in place and leave it alone long enough to let it work. 

 And while the plan is in place, we need good monitoring and evaluation. 



The Recovery Team's Plan takes into account a comprehensive, broad-based approach 

 and covers the "4-Hs" -- Habitat^ Harvest, Hatcheries and Hydro. Any credible and 

 effective plan must have these elements which address each life stage of the salmon. 

 Both the Recovery Team's recommendations and the Council's Program include them and 

 the final recovery plan should meld the key components of the two plans. 



PNUCC cannot ignore the long-term economic impacts. We are currently spending $350 

 million a year on fish recovery and any recovery plan will be far more expensive. So as 

 we implement the Recovery Plan we need to figure out just what are the long-term 

 impacts and what can be done to abate them. One suggestion from us is to redirect 

 existing money now being spent on lower priority fish and wildlife activities and re-invest 

 it on sound Recovery Plan measures. This will require a detailed and "hard-nosed" review 

 of our existing Fish and Wildlife expenditures. 



One thing that can be done immediately is for NMFS to adopt the Recovery Plan's 

 recommendation to form a Scientific Oversight Committee. We have a recent example of 

 NMFS doing just this and it was a success. NMFS formed an international panel of 

 experts to resolve a controversial issue of fish mortality caused by nitrogen 

 supersaturation levels from spill. These scientists reviewed up-to-the-minute monitoring 

 reports and recommended actions to NMFS based on their conclusions. This is a good 

 example for the future. 



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