Salmon Technical Team Klamath Subcommittee to Hold Work Session

Work Session Dates: December 6-7, 2007

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Technical Team Klamath Subcommittee (STTKS) will hold a meeting with members of the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes and additional agency personnel from the National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Game to continue development of a stock assessment for Klamath River fall Chinook. This meeting of the STTKS is open to the public.

When a salmon stock managed by the Council fails to meet its conservation objective for three consecutive years, an overfishing concern is triggered according to the terms of the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan (Salmon Plan). The Salmon Plan requires the Council to direct its Salmon Technical Team to work with relevant agency and tribal personnel to undertake an assessment of the status of the stock in question and determine if excessive harvest was responsible for the shortfall, if other factors were involved, and the significance of the stock depression with regard to achieving maximum sustainable yield.

The meeting will be held Thursday, December 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, December 7, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at:

California Department of Fish and Game
475 Aviation Blvd., Suite 130
Santa Rosa, California 95403
Telephone: (707) 576-2878

If you would like to be notified of future meetings via email, please contact Ms. Carrie Montgomery at (503) 820-2280 to provide your email address.

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

For more information on the December 6-7, 2007, Salmon Technical Team Klamath Subcommittee work session, please contact Mr. Chuck Tracy at (503) 820-2280 or toll free 1-866-806-7204.

PFMC
10/30/07