Yakima River Fall Chinook Salmon Program

Author : Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
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Download or read book Revised Master Plan for Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Chinook, Coho Salmon and Steelhead written by Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this Revised Master Plan, the Yakama Nation proposes to implement hatchery programs for Yakima Basin Coho and summer- and fall-run Chinook salmon, as well as a Wild Steelhead Kelt Reconditioning program. The primary purpose of the proposed Coho and Chinook programs is to increase harvest of Coho and Chinook salmon in the Zone 6 and Yakima River Basin fisheries. The programs will also help meet the cultural objectives of providing salmon for ceremonial and subsistence use. In addition, increasing the number of fish spawning naturally in the Yakima River basin will contribute to the Yakama Nation's cultural objective of seeing salmon complete their life cycle in the wild. The integrated Coho and summer/fall Chinook programs are also designed to meet the conservation objectives of reestablishing locally-adapted populations upstream of Prosser Dam and increasing the spatial and temporal diversity of the naturally spawning populations. The purpose of the Wild Steelhead Kelt Reconditioning program is to increase the number of repeat spawners in the Yakima River MPG populations and increase the overall number of naturally-spawning steelhead in the system. The program will also contribute to restoring opportunities for terminal harvest and providing fish for ceremonial and subsistence uses. All three programs will be components of the ongoing Yakima-Klickitat Fisheries Project (YKFP) under which the Yakama Nation and its partners are enhancing existing populations of anadromous fish in the Yakima and Klickitat river basins and reintroducing stocks formerly present in the subbasins. The YKFP is attempting to evaluate all stocks historically present in the Yakima Subbasin and apply a combination of habitat restoration and hatchery supplementation or reintroduction to restore the Yakima Subbasin ecosystem with sustainable and harvestable populations of salmon, steelhead and other at-risk species. The decline of the Yakima River Basin Chinook, Coho and steelhead populations has greatly reduced the Tribe's ability to exercise its Treaty-reserved fishing right. The proposed programs are intended to enhance fishing opportunities for Tribal members guaranteed by the Treaty of 1855 and confirmed by U.S. v Oregon."--Executive summary.