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Puget Sound Chum Salmon

What's New? Introduction Chum Salmon Tales Respect! Honne Names the Salmon Whatever It Takes Recipe Challenge Life History Timeline for Life History, Growth, and Survival Chum Salmon Ages Embryonic Stages Juvenile Stages Adult Stages Chum Salmon Ecosytems Ocean Climate Effects Identifying Chum Salmon Viewing Chum Salmon Kennedy Creek Clarks Creek Piper's Creek Chum Salmon Colors Puget Sound Chum Salmon Introduction Stock Status Summer Chum Recovery Plan Summer Chum Recovery Planning Update Chum Management Management Chronology Fisheries Data Coastal Chum Salmon Introduction Stock Status Chum Management Fisheries Data Columbia River Chum Salmon Introduction Stock Status Recovery Efforts Fisheries Technical Reports Databases Glossary

Puget Sound Chum Salmon Summer Chum Recovery Planning Update Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires development of a recovery plan for species listed as threatened or endangered under the act. In 2002, the Hood Canal Coordinating Council (HCCC) took the lead in development of the Hood Canal and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca Summer Chum Salmon Recovery Plan (SRP). The HCCC submitted its locally developed recovery plan for the Hood Canal summer chum ESU to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on November 15, 2005. The HCCC SRP incorporated the previous recovery planning work developed by the co-managers in the Summer Chum Salmon Conservation Initiative (SCSCI), and coordinated with local county staffs and Boards of County Commissioners in Kitsap, Mason, Jefferson and Clallam County to develop a strategic approach to protecting and restoring summer chum habitat. While the SCSCI concentrated on measures addressing harvest, hatchery, and ecological interaction factors, a key premise of the SCSCI is that “commensurate, timely improvements in the condition of habitat critical for summer chum salmon survival are necessary to recovery listed populations to healthy levels”. The HCCC SRP focused on the specific habitat factors which must also be addressed if Hood Canal summer chum salmon are to recover. When entities such as the HCCC develop plans intended to provide for ESA recovery, NMFS writes a “supplement” which summarizes the plan and notes any necessary additions or qualifications. The supplement then becomes part of the ESA recovery plan for the ESU. On May 24, 2007, NMFS announced that it was formally adopting a recovery plan for Hood Canal summer chum salmon consisting of the HCCC plan and the NMFS supplement to that plan. The HCCC plan, the NMFS supplement, and other information on salmon recovery planning can be found on the HCCC and NMFS website links below. NMFS Hood Canal Summer Chum ESA Recovery Plan Site HCCC Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovery Plan Site Puget Sound Chum Management