April 27, 2011
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Tule Chinook Workgroup To Hold Work Session
The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Tule Chinook Workgroup (TCW) will hold a meeting to review initial work products and revise future work plans relative to developing an abundance-based harvest management approach for Columbia River natural tule Chinook. This meeting of the TCW is open to the public.
Eventually, TCW work products will be reviewed by the Council, and if approved, would be submitted to National Marine Fisheries Service for possible consideration in the next Lower Columbia River tule biological opinion for ocean salmon seasons in 2012 and beyond, and distributed to State and Federal recovery planning processes. In the event a usable approach emerges from this process, the Council may consider a fishery management plan (FMP) amendment process beginning after November 2011 to adopt the approach as a formal conservation objective in the Salmon FMP.
The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the following location:
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Region 5 Office
2108 Grand Boulevard
Vancouver, Washington, 98661
Telephone: 360-696-6211
For further information regarding the TCW work session, please contact Mr. Chuck Tracy at 503-820-2280 ext. 415; or toll free 1-866-806-7204.
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at 503-820-2280, at least five days prior to the meeting date.
