Provide Mainstem Flows. " 



This objective also matches a key provision oi'trie Northwest- Power Act which calls for 

 program measures to provide "flows of sufficient quality and quantity between [hyoroeiectnc] 

 facilities to improve production, migration, and survival of [anadromous] fish as necessary to meet 

 sound biological objectives '■ 16USC 839B(h)(6)(E)(n) By proposing this set of action items, the 

 Council restates its commitment to the section 300 Water Budget measures as a keystone to 

 program success 



Increase Systemwide Production Capability Through a Selective Mix of 

 Offsite Enhancement Measures. 



These action items respond to Congressional direction to the Council to develop a 

 "systemwide" program which includes offsite enhancement as compensation for hydropower- 

 reiated losses (such as the loss of habitat above Grand Coulee Dam) It aiso would help avoid the 

 historical emphasis on lower river enhancement to the detriment of upriver fishing 



The primary ways to increase systemwide production capability are through 1 ) habitat and 

 passage restoration, to increase natural and wild production on major tributaries: 2) new hatchery 

 construction: 3) improvements at existing hatcheries by correcting problems, such as disease, 

 associated with hatcheries: and, 4) reprogrammmg lower nver hatcheries by changing the timing 

 and locations for release of hatchery-propagated fish imo rivers and streams especially m the 

 upper basin areas 



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