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THE NEXT STEPS? 



SASSI is the "whcre-we-are- now" assesment of a 

 three-step recovery process. Fisheries specialists, with 

 the assistance and Input of a variety of concerned 

 Individuals, will develop the "where-we-want-to-go" 

 and the "how-we-get-there" phases. An effective 

 partnership with local governments, landowners, 

 commercial and recreational fishers and the scientific 

 community Is required to reverse downward trends. 



"How-we-get-there" will be the most difficult pan, 

 requiring that managers develop workable recovery 

 strategies that have sufficient public support to proceed 

 with Implementation. Essential to a successful recovery 

 effort is broad, public backing for solving wild stock 

 problems- 

 Over the next several months, fisheries specialists 

 will be assessing the public's response and concerns to 

 this inventory. The listings of critical and depressed 

 stocks and their habitat needs will be further refined to 

 determine priority stocks and/or watersheds. Existing 

 federal and International management processes will be 

 factored Into establishing priorities and in developing 



approaches. Current habitat, harvest and hatcliery 

 management objectives and strategies will be critically 

 reviewed. Public review and involvement is a key 

 ingredient to success. 



The short time schedule did not permit Including 

 an assessment of hatchery stocks in the Inventory. 

 This, and a more detailed evaluation of hatchery and 

 wild stock Interactions, will be completed during 1993. 



Much recovery work Is already underway, and 

 additional wild stock recovery programs for priority 

 stocks and habitats will begin soon. Specific restora- 

 tion actions may Include habitat restoration, modifica- 

 tion of hatchery practices, captive broodstock projects 

 and new harvest management strategies. The coopera- 

 tion of local governments (under the Growth Manage- 

 ment Act) to strengthen watershed and riparian protec- 

 tion is mandatory. 



Regardless of which specific habitat, harvest and 

 hatchery strategies are used for a given recovery plan, 

 an effective evaluation will be required. Managers 

 must determine if the medicine Is helping or hurting. 



WHAT WAS FOUND? 



This inventory Identified a total of 435 stocks of salmon and steelhead in Washington. Of these. 187 

 stocks (43%) were judged to be healthy, although production levels or genetic health may still be a concern 

 Twelve were determined to be in critical shape, needing Immediate attention. 122 were depressed and the 

 status of 1 1 3 stocks is unknown. „-™_„™, 



HEALTHY DEPRESSED CRITICAL UNKNOWN 

 35 5 14 



3 2 18 

 34 1 18 



2 2 2 



4 1 1 

 44 1 60 



122 12 U3 1 



Chinook 



Chum 



Coho 



Pink 



Sockeye 



Steelhead 



TOTAL 



54 



48 



37 



9 



3 



36 

 187 



EXTINCT 



1 



TOTAL 



108 

 72 

 90 

 15 

 9 

 141 

 435 



WASHINQTONS SALMON AND STEELHEAD STOCK STATUS 



Critical 12 

 2.6% 



Unknown 113 



26 0% 



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