FISHERMEN'S
CORNER
Here we meet the
fishermen! How do they feel? How are
they impacted? To what do they attribute the
Klamath River fish concerns? We share with
you their input and related articles.
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Fishy definitions,
compiled by Julie Smithson, 11/15/06. For anyone hoping
to make sense of scientific reports or fishery data,
this information is essential. Smithson defines terms
like 'Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act, Habitat Effectiveness Index (HEI), etc
to help us understand technical reports. Thank you
Julie. |
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FULL NAS report:
Delayed upwelling alters nearshore coastal ocean ecosystems in the
northern California currents, Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science March 2007.
HERE for summary,
"We
devote a large amount of our resources for salmon recovery to
in-stream habitat restoration ... but should also be focusing some
resources on learning more about the oceanic conditions that
effect salmon population health as well." |
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Emails about the book
The Great Salmon Hoax by James
Buchal have been circulating in the
midst of Klamath dam destruction
schemes. Dams, mismanagement,
Endangered Species Act, ..."This
book is written to begin debunking
these myths and provide a
comprehensive summary of the best
available scientific evidence on the
prospects for salmon recovery. It
also tells the many stories of how
these myths arose, who is promoting
them, and how the promoters have
overcome both science and law.
Myth #1: Columbia Basin Salmon Are
in Danger of Extinction." |
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McKinney fire kills scores of fish in Klamath River,
LA Times 8/10/22. “...the dissolved
oxygen in the river plummeted to zero...It looks like
probably everything in the river died.
KBC NOTE: In 2002, during the Biscuit
Fire, there was a fish kill on the Klamath River.
At a science
forum in 2004 in Klamath Falls, "Tamara Wood, USGS, studied water
quality--the dissolved oxygen dynamics in UKL. She
studied wind speed, temperature and oxygen. They
found that in 2002 the oxygen into the lake was turned
off by the weeks of heavy smoke from the forest fires."
However, in 2002, the Tribes, environmental groups and
government agencies have blamed Klamath farmers for the
fish dieoff. That lie has been used to downsize
agriculture, shut off our irrigation water, help
convince FERC to allow hydroelectric dam destruction,
put more than historical amounts of our stored water
into Klamath River, force irrigators into making
compromises of our water rights.
BOR News Release - Reclamation initiating Klamath River
flushing flow to promote salmon health, 4/14/22.
"Beginning
April 15, flows below Iron Gate Dam will increase from
approximately 1,325 cubic feet per second up to 4,500
cfs. Increased releases out of Upper Klamath Lake
through the Link River Dam will occur simultaneously.
The highest releases, of up to approximately 4,500 cfs,
will be reduced to about 3,200 cfs on Saturday, April
16. A high peak of 4,200 cfs will occur on Sunday April
17. Flows will start ramping down the morning of Monday,
April 18..."
Fishermen, Tribes brace for another abysmal salmon
season, H&N 4/17/21.
Glen Spain, the Northwest
regional director for the Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s Associations, has sued the Klamath Basin
irrigators against our water quality, against us keeping
our affordable power rate, and against us in the takings
case saying we should not be compensated for the
government taking our deeded water appurtenant to our
land.
HERE
is a letter...2005, from Spain to Oregon trollers and
Oregon fishing industry leader blasting Klamath
irrigators for fishery closures:
"...the
leadership of the Klamath Water User's Association (KWUA)
do not care about fish -- they care about making sure
they have all the irrigation water they want, and the
fish be damned..." This was written as the coastal
fishermen and Klamath Basin irrigators were meeting
regularly to find solutions. All the fish leaders we met
had nothing but contempt for Glen Spain and said he did
not represent them.
Here is our
Fishermen and Farmer page, including letters and
articles.
Frankie Meyers, Vice Chairman of the Yurok Tribe, is
quoted in this Herald and News article above. In this
10-minute video he explains why the Klamath Irrigators
should give all their land to the tribes:
https://www.facebook.com/frankie.myers.14/videos/4455720501123904
Saving
salmon to feed orcas? Capital Press editorial 10/9/2020. "...Among the reasons they give for
wanting the dams removed is to increase the number of
native-run salmon — so orcas can eat them."
Klamath salmon not a distinct population, H&N by
Jerry Jones, Chiloquin 9/9/2020. "Dam
removal is not about salmon restoration. Any salmon species that
existed in the Upper Klamath river basin have been extinct soon
after the first Copco dam was built in 1920."
Salmon parasites not a problem caused by Project
irrigators, by KWUA Deputy Director Mark Johnson,
10/7/2020.
CA Department Of Fish And Wildlife Commissioner Wants To
Close Sportfishing Season Due To COVID-19
4/7/20.
After Klamath River flushes, C. shasta spores spike,
surprising scientists, H&N online
5/14/19. "the
number of spores actually spiked three or four weeks
after the river flushing was completed earlier this
spring." "The
JC Boyle Dam in Klamath County, Ore., is one of four
slated to be removed from the Klamath River under a
Memorandum of Understanding between the Klamath
County Commission and the Klamath River Renewal
Corp."
Salmon-eating sea lions targeted at Columbia River dam,
H&N 5/5/19.
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This March 2019 photo was taken a few miles from the
mouth of the Klamath River by KBC News. From Google:
"Another
estimate, based on California sea lions' metabolic
needs, suggests that 100 animals feeding in that area
consume at least 13,000 salmon each spring."
Congress OKs bill to allow killing sea lions to help
salmon, H&N 12/12/18. "...sea
lions...dramatically increased from about 30,000 in the
1960s to about 300,000 following enactment of the 1972
Marine Mammal Protection Act."
Environmental, fishing groups sue Oregon over coho
salmon, Statesman Journal 6/13/18.
"...Poor logging practices by the Oregon Department of
Forestry is causing real harm to the Oregon coast coho
and commercial fishing families who depend on these
magnificent fish for their livelihoods," Glen Spain (PCFFA/IFR
attorney) said, the northwest regional director for the
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and
the Institute of Fisheries Resources, both plaintiffs in
the case..."
"Rather than seek out yet another unrelated
non-profit to funnel the money through, PCFFA
created a new organization..." IFR /
Institute for Fisheries Resources. KBC
NOTE: That link directs you to PCFFA/IFR page detailing
their many Earthjustice (partially funded by George
Soros) lawsuits against Klamath Irrigators in the
takings case, power rate case, shutting down suction
dredge mining, Klamath River water quality TMDL's,
essentially against timber harvest, farming, mining and
river dams.
Republican lawmakers are upset with a federal judge's
order to spill water that could be saved for other uses
from four Snake River dams to help speed migrating
salmon to the Pacific Ocean, US News 4/15/18. "The four dams, built in the 1960s and 1970s,
provide hydropower, flood control, navigation,
irrigation and recreation benefits, supporters say. But
the giant dams are also blamed for killing wild salmon,
an iconic species in the Northwest."
Species battle pits protected sea lions against fragile
fish, H&N 3/23/18. "
the mammals’ numbers dropped dramatically but have
rebounded from 30,000 in the late 1960s to about 300,000
today due to the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection
Act...Last winter, a record-low 512 wild winter
steelhead completed the journey, said Shaun Clements,
the state wildlife agency’s senior policy adviser. Less
than 30 years ago, that number was more than 15,000...Of
all the adults that are returning to the falls here, a
quarter of them are getting eaten.”
Klamath water users to attend pivotal court hearing,
Capital Press 4/6/18. "The
Yurok Tribe, Pacific
Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Institute
for Fisheries Resources,
Klamath
Riverkeeper and the
Hoopa Valley Tribe sought the injunction to protect
juvenile coho after several years of deadly C. shasta
outbreak.
Worst Klamath chinook run on record forecast, management
option could close vast swath of fishery, Oregonian 3/15/17
Federal agencies work to create water shortages
Commentary by Dennis Wyatt, CFBF Ag Alert, 3/8/17. "...As
the Army Corps of Engineers was busy trying to juggle
releases from Don Pedro not to have a repeat of the 1997
flooding south of Manteca, and 200,000 people were
fleeing for their lives when it looked like Oroville Dam
might be overwhelmed, the fine bureaucrats at the
National Marine Fisheries Service were busy working on
the next water shortage..."
Siskiyou County Water Users Association comments
regarding Long Term Plan to Protect Adult Salmon in the
Lower Klamath River 12/5/16
Klamath River Salmon Draft EIS comments by Werner Hoyt,
PE 11/8/16
BOR draft EIS Klamath Salmon Hearing 110916,
***
Comments Due EXTENDED TO 12/12/16
since their website was not working for a few days.
https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/eis/details?eisId=219169
OR
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22021
Reclamation Announces Increased Numbers of Lost
River and Shortnose Sucker Fish in the Klamath
Project, BOR 12/17/15. "Bureau
of Reclamation biologists found the largest
number of juvenile Lost River and shortnose
sucker fish since fish salvage operations began
on the Klamath Project...the
late 1990s"
NEWS RELEASE:
Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental
Document to Supplement Flows in the Lower
Klamath River with Trinity Reservoir Water
*
COMMENTS DUE Aug 7, 2015
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Long-Term
Plan To Protect Adult Salmon in the Lower
Klamath River, Humboldt County, California.
*Klamath
Falls meeting Aug 11
*COMMENTS
DUE Aug 20 (KBC received this link that
works on Aug 20th from the Bureau..the one in
their press release did not work)
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/docs/long-term_plan_protect_lower_klamath_04-2015.pdf
Oregon hatcheries releasing fish early due to
drought, H&N, 6/27/15. (KBC
Note: The controversial proposed
KBRA would eliminate hatcheries from the
Klamath River which produce millions of salmon.
Klamath and Siskiyou Counties, home of the dams,
oppose the KBRA agreements along with opponents
within the regional tribes.
$700M spent on habitat restoration -
Efforts focus on
projects in the Columbia River Basin,
H&N 6/21/15. " ...I’m
not going to say it’s a qualified success,
because not every project has a qualified
benefit,” said Chris Jordan, a NOAA research
scientist who oversees the largest research and
monitoring project under the plan...So even if
you put a lot of money into restoring an aspect
of habitat, you sometimes don’t see any fish
response"
Ocean salmon look plentiful off the Southern
Oregon coast this year, but next year's a
different story, Medford Mail Tribune,
3/27/15. "Preseason
estimates of chinook and fin-clipped coho
salmon in the ocean are high enough that
salmon anglers are on the cusp of seeing a
summer saltwater salmon season nearly
identical to 2014, when Brookings regained
its spot as the top chinook port after a
one-year hiatus...'The season, of course,
depends upon how the ocean sets up," says
Richard Heap, a Brookings angler who
represents Oregon anglers in federal
salmon-season discussions...' "
Fish die-off
averted;
Salmon run going strong. About 2,300
chinook have entered the Trinity River
Hatchery, H&N, 11/5/14. "The
Shasta River chinook salmon run is already
the second largest since 2001...current
estimate for the entire run exceeds all but
three years since 1978."
Going for launch with the salmon cannon,
H&N 9/25/14. "Salmon
may soon have a faster way to make it around
dams. There’s a new technology that’s
helping to transport hatchery fish in
Washington. It’s called the salmon cannon.."
Klamath salmon in danger;
additional
flows intended to prevent fish die-off,
H&N, posted to KBC 9/21/14.
"The
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) began releasing
additional flows from Trinity Reservoir via
the Lewiston Dam Tuesday....We
must, however, take all reasonable measures
to prevent a recurrence of the fish losses
experienced in 2002"
KBC NOTE:
Water was shut off to Klamath Basin family
farms the summer of 2001. After irrigation
was restored to irrigators in later, tribes,
U.S. Dept of Fish and Game, and
environmental groups focused on obliterating
farming in the Klamath Basin, blamed Klamath
Farmers for fish dying in 2002, 170 miles
downstream.
Fish
Scientist David Vogel (see #'s 19, 22,
23 and 29) explained why sending high flows
of warm water from Iron Gate dam was lethal
for salmon in the already warm river.
According to a Scientist conference in
Klamath Falls in 2004, effects of the 2002,
500,000-acre Biscuit Fire smoke were never
studied in relation to fish dying that fall.
Neither were considered effects of drainoff
from
drug labs on the Klamath River.
Calif. drought has migrating salmon
hitching truck rides, H&N 3/26/14.
"California
began hauling 30 million young Chinook
salmon hundreds of miles toward the
Pacific Ocean in tanker trucks to save
the fishing industry after a record
drought left rivers too low for
migration... The hatchery fish that
typically migrate through the Sacramento
River Delta to the sea are key to the
state’s $1.5 billion commercial and
recreational fishing industry, according
to the Nature Conservancy" KBC
NOTE: In Klamath, the Dept of
Interior wants the Klamath hydroelectric
dams destroyed which provide water for
70,000 homes, water storage, and fish
hatcheries. They refuse to haul the
fish. Here for their KBRA /
Klamath
Basin Restoration
Agreement. The
DOI
fired the Bureau of Reclamation's top
ethics scientist Dr. Houser because
he was a whistleblower, stating that the
science does not support dam and
hatchery destruction
Hatchery
Salmon -
Progress seen in
Hood River's spring chinook run; Starting to
build a self-sustaining program,
H&N, posted to KBC 11/23/13. "Beginning
in the early 1990s, the tribes and the
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
started stocking the river with hatchery
bred spring chinook, taken from Deschutes
River stocks, to try to resurrect the wild
run. Under the “supplementation” approach,
when the hatchery fish return to the river,
they’re allowed onto wild spawning grounds.
When their offspring return, they’re counted
as wild....We’re looking for a middle
ground, where we can have both fish and
farmers.”
Slow start to salmon spawn;
Trinity runoff stabilized river, fish
kill averted,
H&N, posted to KBC 11/17/13. "The
average Klamath River salmon run is
122,000...Scientists
predict the 2013 run could be as large
as 272,000...Winter storms this year
filled the mouth of the Klamath River
with silt and kept fish from entering
the river, she said. The added sediment
also created sandbars along the mouth,
which allowed more sport fishing and
increased ocean harvests. 'Around Labor
Day weekend there were probably about
1,000 people fishing down there,' "
A new method against
genetically modified salmon: Get retailers to refuse to sell it,
Washington Post 10/18/13. KBC NOTE: Obama bailed this GM salmon
company, made Monsanto attorney his FDA food czar, created Monsanto
Protection Act, and his administration stated they want the Klamath
Hydroelectric dams to be destroyed, which destroys the Klamath fish
hatcheries producing millions of salmon, claiming to want only "wild salmon"
in the rivers for health reasons....?
HERE for Frankenfish table of contents.
Columbia
and Klamath River Dam Facts, Senator Doug Whitsett 9/27/13. "...Advocates
have long stated that the dams must come out in order to reestablish
previous salmon numbers. Yet 2012 saw one of the largest, if not the largest
Chinook salmon run ever recorded on the Klamath River. This year, salmon
numbers are shaping up to surpass that record. The dams are still in the
River and the water quality in the River has not changed.
.."
"Our abundant and varied (Klamath) fisheries appear to contradict the need
for massive aquatic restoration projects" by Senator Doug Whitsett
8/8/13.
Quality water: Waterways, anglers in Klamath among best in nation, H&N, posted to KBC 8/9/13.
Scientist testifies against GE fish ban, label bill, Capital Press, posted to KBC 3/22/13. "They grow fast. They grow large. And they are aggressive, and they can outcompete for habitat," Holvey said of the GE fish. "This is too big a risk for us to take to watch the native species of Pacific salmon potentially get decimated."
Here for Frankenfish Page
The official Klamath River Pacific Fisheries Management Council's (PFMC) Chinook Salmon count is in! by Steve Rapalyea 3/17/13.
"With a 2012 return almost double the highest documented
pre dam return, it is obvious we must hurry and get the
dams removed on the Klamath to "restore" the runs to
their much smaller pre dam size!"
Prospects
Are Solid For Strong Season Of Chinook Fishing, Mail Tribune 3/9/13.
Another sad story:
Explosive Fed. Mandate Killing Thousands of Red Snapper, local15tv,
posted to KBC 3/4/13. " 'They tell us not to fish [red
snapper] but they’re blowing them up,' charter boat Captain Jason Domange
told Local 15, 'It’s a cryin’ shame.' "
Genetically modified ‘frankenfish’ to appear in US stores, RT.com, posted to KBC 1/12/13.
See KBC News FRANKENFISH PAGE
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), or
http://jisao.washington.edu/pdo/ 11/2012:
Study of ocean conditions and climate as related to fisheries.
Record
numbers
of
salmon
are
returning
to
the
Klamath
River,
Mt.
Shasta
News,
by
James
Finses,
Copco
Lake
10/19/12.
"...California
Fish
and
Game
estimates
380,000
fish
will
return
this
year.
An
estimated
140,000
salmon
go
to
the
tribes.
Guided
fishing
trips
are
scoring
heavily.
Bank
fishermen
are
doing
extremely
well.
Life
on
the
Klamath
River
is
the
best
it
has
ever
been.
But
wait.The
dams
that
were
decimating
all
salmon
runs
are
still
here.
The
tribes
haven't
yet
gotten
92,000
acres
of
prime
forest
land
in
the
deal.
The
salmon
hatchery
is
still
here.
Turning
off
water
for
farmers
was
wrong,
too.
The
release
of
fish
parts
by
the
hatchery
hurt
nothing."
Klamath
Tribes
get
share
of
record
salmon
run,
H&N,
posted
to
KBC
10/18/12.
Klamath
and
lots
of
chinook
make
national
news,
Pie
N
Politics,
posted
to
KBC
10/10/12.
MSNBC
video
says
the
projected
salmon
run
this
year
is
380,000
Chinook.
Pie
N
Politics
Q&A's:
"Question:
If
the
salmon
numbers
are
so
high
and
the
dams
are
still
in
the
Klamath
River,
why
do
they
need
to
be
destroyed?"
Coho
de-listing
petition
rejection,
Siskiyou
County
Water
Users
Association
coho
de-listing
petition
rejection
response,
Ridgecrest
Daily
Independent
by
Leo
Bergeron,
President
SCWUA,
Montague,
posted
to
KBC
October
10.
2012
Klamath
and
lots
of
chinook
make
national
news,
Pie
N
Politics,
posted
to
KBC
10/10/12.
MSNBC
video
says
the
projected
salmon
run
this
year
is
380,000
Chinook.
Pie
N
Politics
Q&A's:
"Question:
If
the
salmon
numbers
are
so
high
and
the
dams
are
still
in
the
Klamath
River,
why
do
they
need
to
be
destroyed?"
Fishing
the
North
Coast:
Kings
continue
to
run
up
the
Klamath,
My
Outdoor
Buddy
9/20/12.
Wild coho season on
coastal rivers opens Sept. 15, DFG, posted to KBC 9/17/12. "...almost
300,000 wild coho are expected to return to coastal rivers and lakes, and
that means anglers will be able to harvest even more fish than last
year...coastal coho continue to be listed under the federal Endangered
Species Act...On some rivers, like the Umpqua and Siuslaw, the quotas are
almost double what they were a year ago."
Reeling them in; record Klamath
salmon returns mean a good season
for local fishermen,
Times-Standard, posted to KBC
8/25/12.
”The salmon runs have been
phenomenal this year,” Sherry
Klassen said. “We have never
witnessed a season like this before.
Everyone is talking about it. It is
huge.”
A fisherman sues the
feds for acting like crooks, Washington Examiner, posted to KBC 8/22/12.
"The
Commerce Department's inspector general reviewed the NOAA's Asset Forfeiture
Fund -- where Yacubian's $430,000 fine went -- and found that "these funds
were used to purchase 'luxurious' undercover vessels, buy 202 vehicles for a
staff of 172 enforcement personnel, and take trips around the world....A
special investigative judge concluded there is 'credible evidence that money
was NOAA's motivating objective in this case.' There's also knowledgeable
belief that the NOAA's purpose is to eradicate the fishing industry."
**
Letter and documentation to
Irma Largomarcino, Supervisor National Marine Fishery Service
Arcata Area Office, and California Biodiversity Council, from Siskiyou
County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong regarding coho genetics in the Klamath,
8/14/12.
(House Natural
Resources Committee)
Chairman Hastings
Calls on Obama Admin. to Provide Transparent Answers to Outstanding Questions,
Disclose Documents on National Ocean Policy Prior to Imposing Final
Implementation Plan
8/15/12
The Bite is On!
Fishing for Salmon off California Coast is Best in Years, CDFG / Department
of Fish and Game, posted to KBC 8/9/12. “Thanks to the favorable ocean
conditions and plentiful food, all the reports we are receiving from the coast
are very positive,” said DFG Northern Regional Manager Neil Manji....Early
forecasts predicted 819,000 adult Sacramento River fall-run Chinook and 1.7
million Klamath River fall-run Chinook adults off the coast...."“In my 26 years
of working with salmon on the North Coast, I have never seen such a remarkable
beginning to a salmon season." KBC EDITOR:
6 years ago
government agencies and groups like PCFFA shut down salmon fisheries and
blamed Klamath dams and Klamath farmers for low count of Klamath salmon in the
ocean, NOT ocean conditions. HERE is the
Farmer-Fisherman Page from
2006-7. The Oregon Trollers claimed PCFFA / Glen Spain did not represent
them. Here is another letter about
Spain by Don Stevens, advisor to the Oregon Salmon Commission.They
bribed and sued and blackmailed farm leaders into agreeing to destroying the
hydro dams and downsizing ag, in an alliance with PCFFA and DFG. Summer
2012: dams are still in, farmers still farming, and DFG proclaims good salmon
run because of ocean conditions. Here for Glen
Spain/PCFFA Page.
Humboldt: Plan
for more water from Trinity dam to avoid massive Klamath fish kill,
Times-Standard 7/18/12
Here are scientific and other reports on the 2002 fish die off, and how the
extra lethally warm water sent down the Klamath was lethal to salmon:
Klamath Water Users updates written before the 2002
Klamath River fish die-off warning that more
warm water may harm fish, along with National
Research Council comments.
KBC Fish Die-Off page
Smashing
salmon season expected, starting today, Sacramento Bee, posted to KBC
7/18/12. "Is there any debate still about what caused the population
decline? Among federal and state fishery managers, there's a consensus that
it was ocean conditions – very poor ocean conditions – that did not produce
enough food for adult salmon."
*
Following is how the
federal government regulated many commercial fishermen out of business by
blaming them for low salmon runs, even in the Sacramento.
Farmers and fishermen have
Klamath solutions; Feds continue to regulate and
decimate both industries, KBC News 10/29/06.
"A fisherman said there are more fish in the
ocean now yet the government is regulating one run
of salmon on the Klamath. Sacramento had the
largest run in history but the feds would not
allow the fishermen to fish it because they might
catch a Klamath Chinook that was not spawned in a
hatchery because of a low estimated run."
The Klamath Farmers /
Fishermen Coalition existed before PCFFA/Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen, ecoterrorists and the tribes, hijacked the fisherman/farmer coalition
demanding dam removal, downsizing agriculture, and expanding tribal land and
tribal fishing in the KBRA / Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement.
Commission sets 2012 coastal coho, fall chinook salmon seasons, ODFW, posted to KBC 6/9/12. "...coastal coho were listed as threatened in 1998...Today we’re seeing the results of record returns in recent years..."
Salmon decreases explained, by Dr. Richard Gierak 5/31/12. "In the California Division of Fish and Game 1930 report, Bulletin #34, it states that in 1916 there were 35,000 salmon counted and in 1922, after the dam was built, they counted 90,000 salmon returning to the Klamath. This could be explained in that the reservoir allowed sediments to settle out, supplying cleaner water for spawning salmon."
Coho Hoax, by John Martinez, posted to KBC 4/14/12. Original article 2003. "
Ocean anglers get long salmon season; In Brookings, Gold Beach area it runs May 1 through Sept. 9, Mail Tribune 4/7/12. "The liberal seasons are possible because more than 1.6 million chinook are estimated to be headed toward Northern California's Klamath River, the highest number in more than 30 years."
National Marine Fisheries Service: ‘Chinook not endangered, Siskiyou Daily News, posted to KBC 4/7/12. "The agency says several studies have “found that spring-run and fall-run populations in the Salmon River were nearly indistinguishable genetically and that spring and fall-run populations in the South Fork Trinity were extremely similar to each other and to the Trinity River hatchery stocks.”
Obama's National Ocean's Policy:
Unilateral Action by the Obama
Administration; Imposes Ocean/Coastal
Zoning; Creates federally-dominated
Regional Planning Bodies with no
representation from the people being
regulated.) Sent by Siskiyou County
Supervisor Marcia Armstrong.
Bill introduced to ensure fisheries get
more funds, FIS 3/15/12. "US
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) this week
joined Senators John Kerry (D-MA),
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Jay Rockefeller
(D-WV) in introducing the Fisheries
Investment and Regulatory Relief Act (FIRRA).
...A
companion bill is expected in the House
by Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA)
and Frank Guinta (R-NH)..." Zeke Grader,
executive director of Pacific Coast
Federation of Fishermen's Associations.
"This bill finally provides a dedicated
funding source...."
KBC NOTE: Zeke Grader was
instrumental in shutting down water to
farms in Central California to thousands
of farmers in the guise of saving a
little fish. PCFFA in Klamath Basin is a
voting member on the KBRA/Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement to destroy the
Klamath hydroelectric dams, petitioned
against Klamath farmers getting an
affordable power rate, sued to have
water quality mandates imposed on
Klamath irrigators, and are presently
suing Klamath irrigators alleging the
farmers have no property right to their
water, even though that right is
specified on their property deed.
SEE
PCFFA Page
Plenty of Chinook and Coho This Year,
KBND, posted to KBC 3/11/12. "Fishery
managers project 1.6 million adult
Chinook in the Klamath River this fall,
four times more than last year and 15
times than in 2006."
Some salmon policy very interesting, but
stupid, Times-Standard, letter to
editor by
Charles L. Ciancio, Eureka,
posted to KBC 3/11/12
Plentiful Salmon Drive Pacific
Fishery Management Council Options
for 2012 Season,
Pacific Fishery Management Council
3/8/12.
"In
the Klamath River, biologists are
forecasting four times more salmon
than last year and an astounding 15
times more than in 2006. The ocean
salmon population is estimated to be
1.6 million adult Klamath River fall
Chinook, compared to last year's
forecast of 371,100.
This estimate is based largely on
the 85,840 two-year-old salmon
(jacks) that returned to the Klamath
in 2011. This is the highest number
of jacks to return since at least
1978, when record keeping began."
Rex Cozzalio responds to
newest program to impregnate Shasta River with fertilized coho eggs —
preposterous, it is, PienPolitics 2/10/12
Oregon Wild sues to
secure Rogue water for coho; group also suing BOR for failing to adopt BO on how
agency will protect wild coho,
Mail Tribune, posted to KBC 2/10/12.
Oregon Wild Sues Bureau of
Reclamation,
KDRV,
posted 2/10/12. "...Talent Irrigation District ... relies heavily on water
from those reservoirs."
* Groups Petition FDA To Classify Genetically Engineered Salmon As Food Additive
For More Rigorous Review (Obama administration 'bailed out' GM salmon firm,
Campaigners say $500,000 grant was made to AquaBounty despite evidence that the firm could soon run out of cash, Guardian, UK, posted to KBC 11/14/11.)
* 2011 Fall Chinook Redd Survey In Lower Snake, Tributaries Produces Second
Highest Count On Record
Government Delay, Drought Prompts Renewed Push for Protection of Klamath River Chinook Salmon, Center for Biological Diversity 2/1/12, The Center for Biological Diversity, Oregon Wild, Environmental Protection Information Center and The Larch Company filed the notice of intent. CBD, Oregon Wild, and EPIC are all litigated or in coalition with Earth Justice, which is funded in part by billionaire George Soros. Soros
is blamed for the financial collapses of Thailand, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Japan, Russian and the Bank of England. He said he will take down the United States of
America next. Soros contributes greatly to Monsanto, who is involved in genetically modified salmon, convenient for when millions of tons of silt are released into Klamath River by dam and hatchery destruction. Andy Kerr is the Larch Company, and involved with dozens of other Soros-sponsored environmental groups including Earthjustice. "A professional conservationist for over three decades, he has been involved in the enactment of over 25 pieces of state and federal legislation, scores of lawsuits, dozens of endangered species listing petitions and countless administrative appeals of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management timber sales and other decisions."
Genetically-engineered salmon caught in tangled regulatory net, Farm Press, posted to KBC 1/23/12.
Fishing Report Lower Klamath - "The mouth of the Klamath has been sanding in and opening two to three times per week according to Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman's Guide Service. "There's still fresh fish entering the river and I would expect more to show with the big tides. With the mouth opening and closing, we should see some good surges of fish this weekend. I was on the river last Saturday and the fishing was still good. We had 10 solid hookups, landing fish to 35-pounds," Coopman said." The Times-Standard 10/27/11
San Diego Superior Court Upholds California Fish and Game Commission Regulations Pertaining to Marine Protected Areas, Rejects Arguments of Coastside Fishing Club, Somach Simmons and Dunn 10/25/11
Klamath River fishing report, Redding Record Searchlight, posted to KBC 10/12/11. "KLAMATH RIVER, Iron Gate Dam — "The river in the upper Klamath is stuffed with salmon..." 10/10/11. KBC NOTE: According to the Klamath River Tribes, government agencies, and environmental groups, the dams and algae and farmers and miners made the salmon almost extinct so we need to demolish 4 hydropower dams and downsize agriculture and they already ended gold mining because of that lie.
Columbia Basin Bulletin 9/16/11: Sea Lion removal, record salmon runs on Snake, strong Chinook and Coho, etc
Fishing for
wild coho opens Sept. 15 on coast, Statesman Journal, posted
to KBC 9/15/11. (KBC Note: $Millions have been spent on
"endangered" coho habitat, land and water acquisitions, ...)
Klamath River, Understanding Fall Chinook Salmon Allocations, by Ronnie M. Pierce 1998.
Columbia Basin Bulletin 3/4/11. ESA-Listed Steller Sea Lions Munching Away On Non-Listed White Sturgeon, States Seek Delisting Of Steller Sea Lions, "In 2002 the total EDPS population was estimated to number from 46,000 to 58,000. Much of the turnaround resulted from the near elimination of predator control kills and commercial harvest. A 2007 study concludes that the “population is now probably as high as it has been in the past century...”
Supes seek salmon solution – in Yakima,
by Ric Costales, Siskiyou Daily News 3/2/11
Costly
Regulations Threaten Jobs and Access to Fishing,
PR
Newswire, posted to KBC 3/2/11
Historical salmon fisheries in the Pacific
Northwest, by Dr. Gierak 2/16/11, VIDEO.
"...it is clear that with the
introduction of dams on the Klamath river,
commercial salmon production has increased
significantly based on the historical
numbers."
Is Obama Swimming
Upstream With Campaign Against Salmon Bureaucracy?
Fox News, posted to KBC 2/5/11. "Joseph
Bogaard, of Save Our Wild Salmon, admits there is overlap and wasted funding.
Efforts to save salmon runs have cost the country $10 billion over the last 20
years. And yet, salmon runs still fluctuate wildly from year to year. 'We
are making decisions that are ineffective," Bogaard said "We're spending
billions of dollars on
programs
that aren't working, we're not restoring our salmon, and as a result we don't
have healthy, fishable populations.' " "
Obama's long-range plan is still to spend nearly $10 billion on salmon
protection over the next decade." Save Our Wild Salmon is the group
advocating removing dams on the Snake and
Columbia...board member
Glen Spain (and
voting member in the KBRA)
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Bulletin,
posted to KBC 2/6/11 (wild vs hatchery, steelhead, sea lions eating sturgeon,
water rights changes, ...)
Study predicts which salmon will
spawn, Genetics play role in deciding which fish will live to
reproduce, H&N 1/14/11
Columbia Basin Bulletin, including:
*
Alaska Salmon Harvest 11th Largest Since
Statehood; Best Value In 18 Years
*
BPA Proposes 8.5 Percent Wholesale Power Rate
Hike Beginning Oct.1 2011; Final Decision In
July,
CBB,
posted to KBC
11/26/10
Salmon facing new threat, "the
number of salmon in the North Pacific having
doubled in the past 50 years,
scientists are increasingly concerned there may
not be enough food to support them, and changing
ocean conditions could make it even worse," H&N,
11/26/10
Proposed marine reserve sites now posted
online, ODFW, posted to KBC 11/23/10
*
Appeals Court Rejects Lethal Removal Of
Salmon-Eating Sea Lions; Remands Issue Back
To NMFS, Columbia Basin Bulletin
11/23/10
Latest Forecast Predicts
Spring Chinook Return At 340,000 Fish; Second Best On
Record, Columbia Basin Bulletin 5/21/10
Suckers being moved from (Tulelake) refuge to
(Klamath) lake, H&N 5/13/10. "...We
think most, if not all, of these (fish) originated in
Upper Klamath Lake, so we’re just putting them back
where they came from...”
Columbia Basin Bulletin
2/26/10, "Sea Lions Snacking On Sturgeon, Last
Year's Huge Fall Chinook Jack Return Brings
Predictions Of Big Run This Year, Higher Return
Of Sacramento River Fall Chinook, Revise Critical
Habitat For Bull Trout, Northwest Tribes Receive $1.3
Million..."
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife
Bulletin, posted to KBC 1/10/10
* 'Early Bird' Basin Water Supply
Forecast For Spring, Summer Shows Below Average
* Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Program Showing Fish Returns
'Beyond Expectation'
* Refined Forecasts Show 2010 Could See Record Return Of Wild
Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook
* Increased Efforts To Reduce Bird Predation At Mid-Columbia
Dams Help Achieve Fish Survival Standards
Columbia Basin Bulletin, 12/11/09, including:
* Harvest Managers For 2010 Predict Largest Spring
Chinook Return On Record
* 2009 Fall Chinook Redd Counts In Snake River's Hells Canyon
Marks Another Record
Rebuilding the North Coast salmon run, Napa Valley
Register, posted 11/30/09. "Prosecute
illegal gill-netters and gill-netting techniques through the
enforcement of applicable federal and state laws. Currently,
Hoopa gill-netters are dropping nets that extend bank to bank,
which makes it virtually impossible for salmon to make it past
the nets. Also, I believe this tribe is fishing with gill nets
during the day and have continued to fish with gill nets after
their fish quota has been achieved. These practices are
illegal according to federal and state law and the Hoopa
Tribal Fishing Code."
Are gill nets decimating Klamath and Trinity salmon runs?,
Redding Record Searchlight 11/8/09. "Ferris,
now 57, says he catches as many as 700 salmon a year using
gill nets....
the Yurok and the Hoopa Valley tribes - report that they've
hauled in almost 28,000 fish, close to this year's
allotment, Huber and other guides said very few salmon are
making it past the tribal waters and into areas where they
can catch them...20,000
pounds of salmon - about 2,000 fish worth $60,000 - from the
Trinity caught by members of the Hoopa Valley Tribe ended up
for sale at the San Francisco fish market..."
"That is our river," Fletcher (Yurok) said. "Those are our
fish..."
Columbia Basin Bulletin posted to KBC 11/1/09
My
Opinion: Coho in the Klamath River.
This report has been made by history research writer and
former and half-century resident of the Klamath River, Karuk
tribal member James
A. Waddell, in 2009
Coho returning
to Columbia in big numbers,
Capital Press 10/26/09. "About
700,000 coho were projected to return to the river system this
year -- at least 200,000 more than last year...They say ocean
conditions are mostly responsible."
Huge coho run will
help feed Oregon’s hungry, ODFG, posted to KBC 10/28/09
Fishermen contest plans for Calif. ocean reserves, Capital
Press, posted to KBC 10/28/09
No surprise:
Salmon most expensive endangered species, Oregonian,
posted to KBC 10/18/09.
"...the total spent on the 13 salmon and
steelhead species in the Columbia Basin since 1978 exceeds $12
billion."
NW Fishletter #267,
October 12, 2009
Analysis: Dam Breaching Made Simple
BiOp Plaintiffs File Same Old Complaints
Plaintiffs Want Docs From NOAA's 'Secret'
Science Panel
Juvenile Steelhead Survival Soars In
Hydro System
Huge Jack Count For Fall Run In The Snake
700 Sockeye Make It All The Way To
Redfish Lake
New Klamath Settlement Targets BuRec As
Likely Removal Entity
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife
Bulletin, 10/16/09 including:
*
Snake River Wild
Steelhead Return Breaks Record; Fall Chinook Jacks Four Times
Previous Record
* Fall Fish Returns Strong, Catch Rates High; Sport Coho Catch
Second Highest On Record
California
panel adds new marine sanctuary zone, Sacramento Bee
8/7/09. "The new preserves cover 153 square miles of ocean
between Half Moon Bay and Mendocino. Starting Jan. 1, fishing
will be permanently banned or restricted in the zones...The
Department of Fish and Game estimates "adequate" law
enforcement in the statewide preserve network would cost $27
million in the first year and $17 million annually thereafter.
It has nowhere near that level of funding." A Comment:
"We are adding
sanctuary zones to protect fish, but we are releasing 40K
prisoners on the general population of California to prey on
them."
Klamath’s fall run of chinook promising; Numbers slightly up
from recent years, Triplicate, posted to KBC 8/6/09.
"...a report...estimated the number of
2-year-old Klamath-spawned chinook in the ocean at about
500,000. “We are predicting 131,000 to 139,000 3-year-olds in
the Klamath,” "... this is a slightly higher run than normal.”
“We have a record level allocation for this season on the
Klamath. The in-river sport fishery has been allocated 30,800
fish and the tribes have been allocated 30,900.”
Forecast: Record
700,000 Coho Headed For Columbia, Strong Summer Steelhead, Fall
Chinook Run, CBB
July 24, 2009
Recreation
Report: Make plans for ocean coho fishing trip,
East
Oregonian 6/25/09. "SALEM
- The 2009 season managers have set the largest ocean coho quota
since 1992."
Commission approves coastal coho, fall chinook seasons,
ODFW 6/5/09
Sea Lions Avoid
Traps In Favor Of Dam's Concrete Pad; Stellers Taking More
Salmon, CBB May 8,
2009
Fall-run Chinook lags; coho run will be huge, Statesman
Journal, posted to KBC 4/12/09
PFMC
Again Recommends Closing Most Salmon Fishing Off California,
Southern Oregon Coast,
CBB 4/10/09
Ocean salmon seasons on brink of big changes, Oregonian,
posted to KBC 3/30/09. "Anglers
are looking forward to one of the best (predicted, anyway)
offshore salmon seasons in the memories of many; certainly the
best of this century...wait a minute...this millenium! At a
minimum, there appear to be enough coho salmon available to
fish through much, maybe most, of the summer."
Humane Society Arguments Open
Briefing In Appeals Court Sea Lion Removal Case,
CBB 3/27/09
Siskiyou Supervisors Trash Fishing and Cal Trout, by
Felice Pace, response by Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou
County Supervisor 3/21/09
Appeals Court Upholds NOAA's
Hatchery vs. Wild ESA Salmon Listing Policies,
CBB, posted to KBC 3/21/09.
Ocean
'Indicators' Help Develop Forecasts For Columbia River Salmon
Returns, CBB, posted to KBC 3/21/09. "The June 2008
trawls for chinook were 'the best that we've seen,' "
Ocean
Conditions, Lack Of Biodiversity Likely Caused Sacramento
River Chinook Collapse, CBB posted to KBC 3/21/09 3/20/09
Council
invites comment on options for 2009 ocean salmon seasons,
Ore. Dept of Fish and Wildlife 3/20/09. "In
meetings last week, the PFMC announced the strongest hatchery
coho abundance forecast since 2001, raising prospects of a
banner year for sport fishermen along the coast."
Pacific
Fishery Management Council releases salmon abundance forecasts
for 2009 fishing season, posted to KBC 3/13/09
(States Begin Trapping Salmon-Eating Sea Lions, CB Bulletin
3/13/09
Oregon) coho fishing holds promise; Chinook fishing likely to
be nil, Umpqua Post 3/10/09
Judge Denies Stay Request To
Halt Lethal Sea Lion Removal Below Bonneville Dam,
CB Bulletin 1/30/09
