(3) Known-Stock Fishery Demonstration Programs 



Bonneville shall fund known-stock fishery neiT^cnstration programs where it can be shown 

 these programs are consistent with the system policies and subbasin plans adopted by the 

 Council, incluOing protection of wild stocks of salmon and steelhead 



Background. The development of known-stock fisnenes has the potential tor allowing the fish and 

 wildlife program goate system policies and subbasin plans to be achieved m a more timely and 

 cost-effective manner Programs using new and existing tecnmques to demonstrate the 

 effectiveness of known-stock fisheries on Columbia River Basin stocks are m the ratepayers' 

 interest [Source Council staff] 



(e) Ocean Plume Research 



(1) Bonneville will fund research on the influence of oceanographic factors (temoerature. salinity, 

 currents, upwellmg) in the nearshore Columbia River plume area on the distribution survival and 

 growth of juvenile Columbia River salmon. Proposals will be in accord with the research ob)ectwes- 

 estabtehed-pufsuant4o-sect*Gn-^4 04{c){4fand monitoring needs identified by the Council's 

 system monitoring and evaluation work group. (See section 205(c).) 



Background. Early ocean growth and survival play a vital role i-" ""? I'timate abu'^dance of adult 

 Columbia River saimonids Small changes m survival during tne first twc to three months in the 

 nearshore ocean environment can result m large differences in adult abundance The Columbia 

 River plume, the freshwater extrusion from the mouth of the Columbia, is a major element of the 



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