opportunities among Indian tribes and non-Indian fishermen. The negotiators also are 

 attempting to coordinate harvest and production throughout the migratory range of 

 Columbia River salmon and steelhead, including the ocean. 



Ratification of the Pacific Salmon Treaty has brought an increasing awareness of how 

 the actions of managers in one jurisdiction can undermine or enhance the efforts in other 

 jurisdictions. This awareness has allowed the fishery agencies and tribes to make real 

 progress in planning so that management actions can be coordinated. This progress is 



evident in the planning under way as part of the United States v. Oregon settlement 



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 negotiations. The Council remains interested in cooperating in these efforts, and in relying 



on them as a starting point for its own planning and decision-making process, which 



includes participation by the Bonneville Power Administration, the hydropower project 



operators and regulators, water and land management agencies, and the public, as well as 



the fishery agencies and tribes. 



The rebuilding effort may be large, but the extent of what can and should be 

 undertaken, and how fast it should occur, needs to be addressed in a production planning 

 process. As Congress has said. Improved management and enhancement planning and 

 coordination among salmon and steelhead managers will help prevent a further decline of 

 salmon and steelhead stocks and will assist in increasing the supply of these stocks. 

 [Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act. 16 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.] 



5./ United States et al. v. State of Oregon et al. Civil No. 68-513 (D. Ore.). Parties include: 

 Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Confederated Tribes 

 and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

 Reservation, Nez Perce Tribe, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe, the States of Oregon. 

 Washington, and Idaho, and the United States. 



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