2013 Fishery Planning and Information Meeting

1. 2013 Fishery Planning and Information Meeting Montesano City Hall 14 March 2013 6 – 8 pm

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 2013 North of Falcon Public Meeting Schedule Cont… 1 April Columbia River and Ocean Discussions 9 am – 2 pm Natural Resources Bldg Room 175 Olympia, WA 6-11 April Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, OR PFMC adopts final recommendations for management of ocean salmon fisheries 9 AprilPublic Hearing regarding Rules for salmon fishing in WB and GH commercial fisheries 10 – 11:30 am Region 6 Montesano Office

6. 2013 GRAYS HARBOR FORECASTS

7. 2013 Grays Harbor Fall Chinook Forecast

8. (Ocean Age 3) 2013 Grays Harbor Coho Forecast

9. 2013 Grays Harbor Chum Forecast

10. 2013 Grays Harbor Spring Chinook Forecast

11. 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

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

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

14. 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

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

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

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

18. 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 needs

19. Constraints and Opportunities (cont.) Humptulips River • Fall Chinook (wild & hatchery) - harvestable surplus • Coho – limited wild impacts - harvestable surplus of hatchery fish • Chum – harvestable surplus

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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.

25. Grays Harbor Chum • No sharing plan has been developed for sport commercial • Achieve conservation objectives

26. Ideas and Fishery Suggestions received to date

27. 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

28. Freshwater CHEHALIS 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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.

32. 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

33. Thank you for participating!!