Governors of California, Oregon and
Washington Urge President Bush to
Provide Critical Funding to Fishing
Families and Businesses, posted
6/27/08, Letter by Governors to
President Bush.
Feedback: BiOp Challenge And Best
Available Science, CB Bulletin
6/27/08. "So
the radical environmental groups are
suing once again to prevent the Federal
dam operators from using the best
available science to protect the
Columbia River salmon. Between them and
Judge Redden, they are the second most
deadly force to the salmon in the
region. Only the predacious birds, fish,
seals, and sea lions kill more juvenile
salmon each year."
Tribes Start Commercial Chinook,
Steelhead Fishery And Direct Sales To
Public, Columbia Basin Bulletin
6/20/08. "Sales
are cash only."
Salmon Fishing Opens On Upper Salmon
River First Time In 30 Years, CB
Bulletin 6/20/08
Klamath
allocation of chinook looks good, Triplicate
7/11/08. "Larry
Hanson, a senior biologist with California
Department of Fish and Game, speaking from his
office in Redding. 'This is the second-largest
(fishing) allocation on the Klamath in the last
30 years....The commission has approved a catch
allotment of 22,500 fall chinook salmon, and
11,250 of those would go to sport anglers in the
Klamath below Weitchipec. The Klamath above
Weitchipec is allowed about 3,800 salmon, and
the upper and lower segments of the Trinity
River will each get about 3,700 fish. The tribal
allocation will be 27,000 salmon.' "
KBC NOTE:
Huh? According to 26 groups supporting
downsizing ag and dam removal, including tribal
leaders, enviros, and gov't agencies, the dams
and algae and farmers and commercial fishermen
have killed most all the fish on the Klamath,
driving them to extinction. What's this "2nd
largest fishing allocation" all about?????
Lawmakers from Western states protest
proposed $70 million cut, H&N,
6/12/08.(Farm Bill $ for fishermen)
NOAA plans to implement annual catch
limits to stem overfishing, Eureka
Reporter, posted to KBC 6/9/08
County decides to postpone ramp repair,
May
31, 2008
by Nicholas Grube, Daily Triplicate: "They
are actually looking forward to this
season to get out of debt," Crandall
said of some Klamath area business
owners.
"They've
been handed a tremendous opportunity
that nobody else in California has—fish,
they got fish."
ODFW to blame for salmon decline,
Myrtle Point , posted to KBC 5/31/08,
Coos Bay World.
"Now
they are ... starting at 1 million in
1996 trickling down to 640,00 this past
year. You could have at least 1 million
smolt every year. Now ODFW wants 200,000
of these smolts ventral fin clipped.
This is proven to equate a 20-percent
morality rate. These people do not seem
to care how many of the fish are
killed."
New BiOp Based On Best Science And
Better Collaboration, Say Feds, NW
Fishletter, posted to KBC 5/30/08
Low West Coast salmon returns; why the
variations, CB Bulletin, posted to
KBC 5/20/08. "In 2005 a southward
shift in the jet stream, delayed
favorable winds and upwelling for the
California Current, which normally
begins in spring. The winds instead
arrived in mid-July, causing high
surface water temperatures and very low
nutrient production within the nearshore
marine ecosystem."
Salmon Population Declines In
California, West Coast, Science
Daily, posted to KBC 5/20/08. "Both
hatchery and naturally produced fish
have been negatively affected, and
returns of coastal stocks in Oregon, in
the Columbia River, and in British
Columbia were all low in 2007. The
decline seems to be a coastwide
phenomenon, probably related to ocean
conditions."
Salmon closure hits Winchester Bay hard,
Oregonian, posted to KBC 5/13/08
Out-of-court agreement reached in sea
lion case, posted 5/7/08. "The
Humane Society of the United States has
reached agreement with state and federal
governments that blocks killing or
permanent removal of sea lions in the
Columbia River until early 2009."
Pinniped numbers below Bonneville hit
new record; reported sightings above
dam, CB Bulletin, posted 5/7/08.
"From
Jan. 11 through April 20 researchers
have seen sea lions consume 1,791
chinook and 258 steelhead, with the
peaks of the upriver run likely yet to
arrive. Another 541 unidentified fish
have been taken below the dam."
Oregon, Washington get nod to kill sea
lions at Bonneville Dam, Oregonian,
posted to KBC 3/20/08.
"Federal fisheries managers are giving the go-ahead today
for Oregon and Washington officials to trap and, if
necessary, kill sea lions that wolf down thousands of
salmon at Bonneville Dam every year."
Feds' fish aid plans pending;
Headlight-Herald Staff 5/6/08.
"If the $500,000 in aid to be
distributed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski's
office didn't sound like much to Oregon
salmon fishers who have been left
without a season, the figure $45 million
may be more appealing."
Commerce
Secretary Declares West Coast Fishery
Failure; Opens Door for Disaster Relief.
May 02,
2008, Columbia Basin FWS Bulletin
Salmon closure worst in history, H&N
5/2/08.
"Spain, who helped negotiate the
proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, said the West Coast
closure is not related to ongoing fisheries problems in the
Klamath River Basin."
(KBC NOTE: This article quotes Glen
Spain, PCFFA spokesman and Eugene attorney. Spain has initiated
numerous lawsuits against Klamath irrigators...)
Council OKs salmon
fishing on Klamath; DFG vote next, The Record-Stockton, 4/30/08. "But
Chinook salmon fishing on the Klamath River will be open as usual, with a
larger than normal quota (22,500 fish) allocated for the 2008 season. The
Klamath Tribal allocation is 27,000 fish." (KBC NOTE: Fishing in the
Pacific Ocean is shut down this season decimating the fishing industry and
economies, Tribes want the Klamath dams out because they say it is causing
the fish to go extinct, and the fish run on the Klamath is
exceptional...?)
Foes of dams
to confront Buffet again, Times-Standard posted 4/30/08
Salmon ban takes toll
in Fort Bragg, Modesto Bee, posted 4/30/08
Looters
Limit Out on BPA Salmon Dollars, James Buchal, posted to KBC 4/30/08
ODFW to Study Reintroduction of Salmon into Upper Klamath Basin,
Columbia Basin Bulletin 4/18/08
Judge: harm to salmon
justifies Columbia River sea lion removal, 4/18/07, Columbia Basin
Bulletin.
Schwarzenegger commended for quick response to fisheries closure,
Eureka Reporter, posted to KBC 4/13/08. (KBC Question for anyone who
knows: Is any money going to the PEOPLE and communities being devastated
by the closure, or is it only going to "restoration projects?")
ODFW announces limited ocean coho salmon
season, ODFW, posted to KBC 4/13/08
Toxins found in Klamath fish,
Study commissioned by (Karuk) tribe on
river finds risk to public health,
H&N, posted to KBC 4/13/08. Craig
Tucker, Karuk spokesman, was previously
activist with 'Friends of the River', an
international dam removal group, and
presently 'Riverkeeper.' Karuks along
with Bobby Kennedy, President of
Waterkeepers,
filed a lawsuit against PacifiCorp
to get the dams removed because of
algae. A quote from Tucker 7/4/07: "I
