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disso>v«d gas in tlTfl r}9X3 few weeks we sJTOold obtain as much irrfermatJon as 

 po&sibte to rgsofv© t)T« uncertainty^ for planning future monitonng. 



Transport 



The NMFS decision to reiy primarlty on the cxjUection and transportation 

 systems to get mo« of tfie smote past tt>€ dams and the reservoirs, uotrt irvrivef 

 migration has oeen paiv^n as a better option, is a wis« choics in our view. 



Harvest 



Much of the harvest Section of th© draft Racov«/y Plan is very wefl done. 

 The Harvest section shouW poHit out th^ since reductions in Harvest can have 

 immadlaie effect on returning adults It Is impftrative that actiond de initiabod as 

 quickiy as pcssiUe. This wlU irntiate the recovery process unt9 other measurBs 

 tiegtn tc taice effect 



The draft Plan should specify that phaang out of tfie tower river ^net 

 fle« is required because of intermingling of Snake Rrver fan Chinook with 

 heatthy up-rtvw brigWs and hatchery stocks. The Team is <*«tufbed thai sooie 

 han/est attematives have been removed from the latest NMFS Propose 

 Specificafly the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PPMC) and the Pacific 

 Salmon Commissioo (PSC) are given the responsibility of recovering Snake 

 River Saimon by oorrtroffing harvest. The P^dific Council does not fvofo a 

 ntanagenoent record that demcxistraJes a high oorcem for weak stocte. NMFS 

 saems to propose thai the Pacific Salmon Commission meet their Chinook 

 rebuitdng schec&jle that has not sf>own a trend tovvard rebuilding since rt w«s 

 started in 1 984. THs requires an assumjsion that the Commission wil change 

 their past harvest rules and ssjopt an imnnediate rebuikfr^ scheduie. The Team 

 does not believe that the Corrmissicn wffl adopt the changes necessary to 

 estabiah a netxJldng scheduie. in fact, the Commission has repeatedly ignored 

 its own bilaterai sciorttifkj reports rsoommending that chinook harvest be reduced 

 in order to fne« the rebuacSng schedule. The Team doubts th« the Commlaaion 

 will develop, adopt and implement a rebuikring schedule that wil me«t the needs 

 of coastwtde Chinook popuiatkxis in a timeiy fashion. 



