Lower Columbia River Salmon Fisheries Stakeholder Group Over the past several months, the Washington and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions have worked with their respective staff and the facilitation team to determine how best to move forward with efforts to engage stakeholders on specific issues associated with lower Columbia River salmon fishery management. Based on these efforts, the Commissions have agreed that convening a stakeholder group virtually identical to the one convened last year is appropriate; further, they have agreed upon a more clearly defined purpose statement for the new group as follows: The purpose of this stakeholder group is to develop recommendations regarding a lower Columbia River spring and summer salmon fishery management plan including future allocation of allowable harvests of salmon between the commercial and recreational fisheries. This purpose statement was developed in response to the expressed interest for clear guidance from the stakeholders involved in the prior process as well as a variety of concerns raised by stakeholders before, during, and subsequent to the recent allocation decisions.   Next Meeting The next meeting of the Lower Columbia River Salmon Fisheries Stakeholder Group will be May 19, 2008 at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Region 5 Office in Vancouver. March 28 Stakeholder Group Meeting Proposed Agenda January 9 Stakeholder Group Meeting Proposed Agenda January 8 meeting location and time: The third meeting of the Columbia River Salmon Fisheries Visioning Process stakeholder group will take place as scheduled on Tuesday, January 8th. The meeting will take place in Salem, Oregon at the ODFW Headquarters building (3406 Cherry Avenue, NE; Commission Room). We have slightly adjusted the time for the meeting to 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. December 5 Stakeholder Group Meeting Agenda Stakeholder Group Documents   Lower Columbia River Salmon Fisheries Stakeholder Group Purpose and Sideboards [PDF Format - 81 Kb]   Columbia River Hatchery Reform [PDF Format - 21 Kb]   Hypothetical Upriver Spring Chinook Sharing Agreements [For Discussion Purposes Only] [PDF Format - 22 Kb]   Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Conservation [PDF Format - 22 Kb]   WDFW Hatchery Reform (HSRG) Summary [PDF Format - 21 Kb]   Columbia River Salmon Fisheries Visioning Process Background [PDF Format - 348 Kb]   CRSF Visioning Process: Operating Principles [PDF Format - 140 Kb]   Management Framework and Review of 2001-2006 Seasons and Allocations [PDF Format - 146 Kb]   Tables [PDF Format - 58 Kb]   Columbia River Chum Salmon [PDF Format - 24 Kb]   Columbia River Sockeye Salmon [PDF Format - 25 Kb]   Columbia River Salmon Fisheries Map [PDF Format - 67 Kb]   Oregon State Fish and Wildlife Policies [PDF Format - 11 Kb]   Allocation of Spring Chinook Impacts to Fisheries Above McNary Dam and Select Areas [PDF Format - 20 Kb]   Fisheries Management and Evaluation for 2006 Willamette River Spring Chinook [PDF Format - 131 Kb]

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