2013 Fishery Planning and Information Meeting

2013 Fishery Planning and Information Meeting

Montesano City Hall

14 March 2013 6 – 8 pm 1

Presentation Overview - Meeting agenda

• 2013 North of Falcon Schedule

• 2012 Harvest Data (included in handout)

• 2012 Disposition of Hatchery Surplus (included in handout)

• 2013 Preseason Forecasts

• Escapement - Review by System

• 2013 Fishery Issues

• 2013 Non-Treaty Harvest Sharing Plan

• Ideas and Fishery Considerations 2

2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule

Tomorrow North of Falcon #1 – Puget Sound Fisheries

9 am – 3 pm, Natural Resources Bldg Room 172,

Olympia, WA

Next Week

18 March Willapa Bay Fisheries Discussion

6 pm – 8 pm, Raymond Elks Club, Raymond, WA

19 March South Puget Sound Fisheries Discussion

6 pm – 8 pm, Natural Resource Bldg., Rm 172, Olympia

21 March Strait of Juan de Fuca Fisheries Discussion

6 pm – 8 pm, Trinity Church, Sequim, WA

3

2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule

23 March Puget Sound Recreational Discussion

10:30 am – noon, Region 4 Headquarters in Mill Creek

25 March Pacific Council Public Hearing - Ocean Salmon Options

7 pm, Chateau Westport, Westport, WA

28 March North of Falcon #2 – Puget Sound Fisheries

9 am – 5pm Lynnwood Embassy Suites, Lynnwood, WA

29 March Grays Harbor - Willapa Bay Fisheries

FINAL Decisional meeting

9am – 4pm, Natural Resources Bldg Rm 172, Olympia

Grays Harbor 9-noon; Willapa Bay 1-4pm

4

2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule Cont…

1 April Columbia River and Ocean Discussions

9 am – 2 pm Natural Resources Bldg Room 175Olympia, WA

6-11 April Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, ORPFMC adopts final recommendations for management of ocean salmon fisheries

9 April Public Hearing regarding Rules for salmon fishing in WB and GH commercial fisheries

10 – 11:30 am Region 6 Montesano Office

5

2013 GRAYS HARBOR FORECASTS

26

2013 Grays Harbor Fall Chinook Forecast

Forecast Escapement Goal

Chehalis R.

Wild 15,132 12,364

Hatchery 1,202 578

Humptulips R.

Wild 5,504 2,236

Hatchery 2,430 369

27

2013 Grays Harbor Coho Forecast

Forecast Escapement Goal

Chehalis River

Wild 168,993 28,506

Hatchery 51,525 2,850

Humptulips River

Wild 12,915 6,894

Hatchery 29,796 2,120

(Ocean Age 3)

28

2013 Grays Harbor Chum Forecast

Wild Hatchery

Forecast 30,176 3,110

Escapement Goal 21,000 500

29

2013 Grays Harbor Spring Chinook Forecast

Total

Forecast 2,247

Escapement Goal 1,400

30

Criteria for Un-Marked (Natural) Retention

CHINOOK- If escapement goal has been met:

• 8 of 10 years = 0 un-marked retention• 9 of 10 years = 1 un-marked retention• 10 of 10 years = 2 un-marked retention

31

Humptulips and lower Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Chinook Escapements 2003 – 2012

    Draft Draft  

 Goal 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

UM/natural in bag limit

Humptulips 2,236 3,760 5,453 6,328 4,883 2,070 3,505 2,165 5,761 5,284 3,799 0

Hoquiam 619 973 2,328 260 218 262 184 287 518 697 397 0

Wishkah 1,148 1,215 2,545 723 618 481 913 451 816 1,097 625 0

Wynoochee 1,951 1,724 4,006 2,140 2,198 1,535 2,348 867 1,567 2,107 1,200 0

Satsop 3,423 2,999 8,662 3,817 2,771 3,234 3,330 1,669 3,016 4,068 2,317 0

Tribs below Oakville

649 469 1,048 437 855 359 266 238 430 577 329 0

Black 1,203 598 671 582 147 153 239 432 580 330 1

Esc. Goal met: 8/10 yrs = 0 retention, 9/10 yrs = 1 retention

32

Upper Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Chinook Escapements 2003 – 2012

Draft Draft

Goal 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012UM/natural in bag limit

Mainstem below Oakville

< RM 47.0

475 205 125 * 395 399 463 144 259 349 199 0

Skookumchuck 531 1,430 2,019 1,505 1,658 1,010 948 625 1,130 1,519 865 1

Newaukum 1,080 1,932 1,697 1,608 1,035 924 1,222 568 1,026 1,380 786 0

South Fork Chehalis

641 280 400 295 396 317 356 159 287 391 223 0

Tribs above Oakville

156 234 209 131 78 289 169 64 115 232 132 0

Mainstem above Oakville >RM 47.0

1,677 2,995 2,683 1,584 1,429 1,413 1,435 882 1,594 2,077 1,185 0

Esc. Goal met: 8/10 yrs = 0 retention, 9/10 yrs = 1 retention

33

Criteria for Un-Marked (Natural) Retention

COHO - If escapement goal has been met:

• 4 of 6 years = 0 un-marked retention• 5 of 6 years = 1 un-marked retention• 6 of 6 years = 2 un-marked retention

34

Upper Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Coho Escapements 2007 - 2012

Draft Draft

Goal 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012UM/natural in bag limit

Black 341 1,695 4,276 7,220 9,693 4,853 4,996 2

Mid-Chehalis Tribs. --Scatter Cr. upstream to Hay Cr.

889 1,238 3,789 5,820 7,814 4,272 4,398 2

Upper Chehalis Tribs.-- Jones Cr. upstream to Fourth

Cr.

Included in Mid- Cheh

593 853 4,540 6,095 3,709 3,818 2

Skookumchuck 1,677 2,526 2,017 5,634 7,564 4,442 4,572 2

Newaukum 936 2,097 2,654 5,545 7,444 4,904 5,049 2

South Fork Chehalis 125 714 1,623 4,452 5,977 4,481 4,613 2

Upper Chehalis Mainstem 962 103 307 1,349 1,811 942 970 0

Esc. Goal met: 4/6 yrs = 0 retention, 5/6 yrs = 1 retention, 6/6 yrs = 2 retention

35

Lower Chehalis Natural Spawning Adult Coho Escapements 2007 – 2012

    DraftDraft

 Goal 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

UM/natural in bag limit

Hoquiam 1,788 710 459 2,723 3,656 3,254 3,350 0

Wishkah 2,788 542 577 2,829 3,798 3,453 3,555 0

Wynoochee 7,168 3,223 3,729 6,339 8,511 6,074 6,253 0

Satsop 8,628 5,143 5,852 10,252 13,764 11,963 12,315 0

Lower to Mid. Chehalis

Tribs3,204 4,114 5,506 8,814 11,832 8.039 8,276 2

Esc. Goal met: 4/6 yrs = 0 retention, 5/6 yrs = 1 retention, 6/6 yrs = 2 retention

36

Humptulips and South Bay Tributaries Spawning Adult Coho Escapements 2007 – 2012

    DraftDraft

 Goal 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

UM/natural in bag limit

Humptulips 6,894 1,714 960 2,811 12,082 5,284 2,097 0

Elk River 220 43 88 54 135 81 83 0

Johns River 743 581 1,184 728 1,791 1,076 1,108 0

Stafford Cr. to Alder Cr.

376 86 179 112 270 162 167 0

Total South Bay

1,339 710 1,451 894 2,196 1,319 1,358 0

Esc. Goal met: 4/6 yrs = 0 retention, 5/6 yrs = 1 retention, 6/6 yrs = 2 retention

37

Constraints and Opportunities

Chehalis River

Opportunities: Spring Chinook – forecast above goal Chum – harvest surplus

Constraints: Fall Chinook – use impacts while achieving

conservation objectives Coho (wild & hatchery) – harvest is limited by

Chinook conservation needs38

Constraints and Opportunities (cont.)

Humptulips River

Fall Chinook (wild & hatchery)

- harvestable surplus

Coho – limited wild impacts

- harvestable surplus of hatchery fish

Chum – harvestable surplus

39

Natural Chinook Harvest Sharing Plan: Chehalis River

Harvestable non-treaty share = 1,384 Tier 2 (619 – 2,965)

Management Objectives:• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals Recreational Fisheries:• Limited Chinook directed fishery

• As numbers of harvestable non-treaty Chinook increase through this tier, retention opportunities for Chinook will increase.

• Provide equitable marine sport and freshwater sport opportunity.

• Marine Area 2-2 – open no later than Sept.16 (1-Chinook in a 2 daily limit).

• Freshwater Areas – open mainstem Chehalis R. (to Porter Bridge) no later than Oct. 1 with 1 adult Chinook as part of the salmon daily limit. Open other appropriate areas no later than Oct. 1 and release adult Chinook but may consider limited retention if warranted. 

40

Natural Chinook Harvest Sharing Plan: Chehalis River

 Commercial Fisheries: Maintain and increase Tier 1 opportunities as follows:

• Increase Chinook impacts as needed to provide for a directed chum fishery without reducing Tier 2 sport fisheries (above).

• Increase Chinook impacts as needed to provide for a directed coho fishery without reducing Tier 2 sport fisheries (above).

• Use non-selective and/or selective fishery techniques (including the use of recovery boxes and limited soak times) as appropriate, in directed chum and coho fisheries.

• No directed fishing on ‘late’ coho.

41

Natural Coho Harvest Sharing Plan: Chehalis River

Harvestable non-treaty share = 70,244 Tier 4 (above 8,050)

Management Objectives:• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals• Increase directed coho harvest opportunities

Recreational Fisheries:• Full recreational opportunity on coho through an allocation equaling a harvest rate of approx. 10% of the wild runsize• Marine Area 2-2 – open no later than Sept 16, retain wild coho• Freshwater Areas – open appropriate areas no later than October 1 retain wild adult coho; except require release of ‘late’ wild adult coho Commercial Fisheries: • Provide directed coho harvest that results in harvest rates on wild coho equal to or greater than 10%• No directed fishing on ‘late’ coho

42

Natural Chinook Harvest Sharing Plan: Humptulips River

Harvestable non-treaty share = 1,634 Tier 4 (above 918)

Management Objectives:

• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals • Increase commercial Chinook harvest while maintaining and increasing Chinook directed sport opportunity  

43

Natural Coho Harvest Sharing Plan: Humptulips River

Harvestable non-treaty share = 3,011 Tier 4 (above 1,951)

Management Objectives:• Manage fisheries to meet spawning escapement goals• Increase directed coho harvest opportunities. Recreational Fisheries:• Full recreational opportunity on coho through an allocation equaling a harvest rate of approx. 10% of the wild runsize• Marine Area 2-2 – open no later than Sept 16, retain wild coho• Freshwater Areas – open appropriate areas no later than October 1 and retain wild adult coho; except require release of ‘late’ wild adult coho

Commercial Fisheries: • Provide directed coho harvest opportunities that result in harvest rates on wild coho that are equal to or greater than 10%.• No directed fishing on ‘late’ coho.

44

Grays Harbor Chum

• No sharing plan has been developed for sport commercial

• Achieve conservation objectives

45

Ideas and Fishery Suggestions

received to date

46

Marine Area 2.2

• Aug. 16 – 31: Marine Area 2C Sport Fishery – allow 1 adult daily bag; release wild Chinook.

• 1 Chinook per season, in MA 2.2

• Retain first 2 or 3 fish regardless of species or mark status and stop fishing

• Allow barbed hooks

47

FreshwaterCHEHALIS RIVER

Spring Chinook: – May 1 – June 30 - 1 fish, same as last year– Mouth to Skookumchuck River (move upper boundary down to

Skookumchuck River instead of last year’s boundary of Adna)– May 16 – July 15 – move season 2 weeks later with the same

boundaries as last year

Fall salmon• Sept. 1: from mouth to Fuller Bridge• Same regulations as last year from Porter Bridge upstream• Through Jan. 31 and above Fuller Bridge: 3 fish daily bag, of which 3

may be a wild coho• 3 fish daily bag• Retain first 2-3 fish regardless of species or mark status and stop

fishing• Allow barbed hook 48

Freshwater cont…SATSOP RIVER• Same as last year

• Oct. 1 – 31: Retention of 1 marked/hatchery Chinook = Release wild Chinook

• Sept. 16 – Oct. 31: ? adult salmon daily bag, of which no more than 1 may be a hatchery Chinook. Release UM/wild Chinook

• 3 fish daily bag

• Allow wild retention (species was not specified)

WYNOOCHEE RIVER• Oct. 1- 31: 1 Chinook retention via tag purchase ($5-10) per year. Harvest

recorded on tag and turned in to Region 6 office.

• From White Bridge downstream – Bait allowed

• Oct. 1 – Jan. 31: 2 fish daily bag, of which only 1 may be a wild coho. Release Chinook.

• 2 fish bag, of which 1 may be a wild coho

• 2 fish bag, of which 2 may be a wild coho

– same boundaries as last year 49

Freshwater cont…HUMPTULIPS RIVER• bag limit alternatives to reduce fishing pressure

• Aug. 16 but no later than Sept. 16: 3 hatchery coho and 1 Chinook retention allowed

– Bait allowed

• Sept. 16 – Nov. 30: From mouth to confluence of the East and West forks – Min. size 14”, 6 salmon daily, 2 adult salmon in daily bag, no more than 1 may be Chinook and 1 may be a wild coho.

– Bait allowed

• 3 fish daily bag

SKOOKUMCHUCK and NEWAUKUM rivers• 3 fish daily bag

JOHNS, ELK, HOQUIAM, WISHKAH, and BLACK rivers• 2 fish bag, of which 1 may be a wild coho

JOE CREEK• Move mouth below Hwy 109 bridge

50

Freshwater cont…MISCELLANEOUS• Use every harvestable Chinook to maximize as many coho as possible• Close sport fishery when non-treaty commercial gillnets are fishing• Chum Retention throughout harbor FW rivers except Chehalis mainstem

– Of the bag limit, only 1 may be a chum• Same regulations as last year for MA 2.2 and FW rivers except

Wynoochee, Satsop and Humptulips with chum retention• 3 fish bag except for Johns, Black, Elk, Hoquiam, Wynoochee, and

Wishkah rivers. These exceptions should be 2 fish bag with 1 wild coho• Use barbed hooks in freshwater• Sport 80% and Commercial 20% split of NT portion(share) for all

species• ADA Access on Wishkah/Mayr Bros - 150 feet upstream to 150 feet

downstream of the Wishkah adult attraction channel / outfall structure within the posted fishing boundary.

51

Commercial• Restrict gillnet fishery to Area 2D = Close Area 2A (no gillnets above the

Hwy 101 Bridge in Aberdeen) – Move 2D lower boundary to end of the Bowerman Airport for entire

season• 2A & 2D (to Hoquiam River):

– Oct. 7 – 11, 14 – 18, 21 – 25: 10 hr days– Probably Release Chinook, live boxes and short soak times

• 2A, 2D, and 2B:– Nov. 11 – 15, 17 – 21: 24 hr days

• 2B:– Last week of Sept – First week of Oct. – 55 meshes and 6 ½ inch mesh – Daylight fishing

• 2C (Humptulips bay):– Aug. 19, 22, 26, 30, Oct. 5, 6, 19, 20, 26 – 28: 24 hr days– Probably Release wild coho, live boxes and short soak times

•  White Sturgeon fishery opportunity

52

Thank you for participating!!

53