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Record Steelhead Catch, Columbia River
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On August 24, 2011, Joe Hymer, WDFW, stated: “The estimated 9,800 hatchery summer steelhead kept so far this month (thru Aug. 22) is an all time record not just for August but any month since at least 1969. Last month was the previous record at 8,549 fish!”
Buoy 10 recreational chinook and coho catches, through August 21st, can be viewed by clicking here.
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Skokomish Tribe Accused Of Hindering Tarboo Creek Salmon Recovery
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Tarboo Creek is at the north end of Hood Canal’s Dabob Bay. Please see Reference #1, a map of the area (click here).
An article in the Kitsap Sun (Reference #2, click here) discusses a letter sent to the Skokomish Tribal Council, opposing their tribal fishing close to the mouth of Tarboo Creek. The letter was written by Peter Bahls of the Northwest Watershed Instutite.
The Kitsap Sun article mentions that in the North of Falcon process, a no-fishing area was established for waters north of Broad Spit (see the spit in refrence #1), and that the Port Gamble S’Klallam and Jamestown S’Klallam tribes adopted the plan for their members. The area is also closed to sport salmon fishing.
On Facebook, a Skokomish tribal representative responded to the Kitsap Sun article, and said that “no tribal fisheries are conducted within nearly 1.5 miles of the mouth of Tarboo Creek.” Read Reference #3, that Facebook post, here.
Please note that the “1.5 mile mark” is near the end of Long Spit, shown in reference #1, and that the North of Falcon line at Broad Spit is 3.5 miles south of the mouth of Tarboo Creek.
The Kitsap Sun article says that the Skokomish turned down an offer from Mr. Bahls to pay for a test fishery, using a tribal fishing boat to catch, examine, tag, and release salmon from the area. A purpose of the test would be to determine if salmon were strays from the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery, or were wild Tarboo Creek salmon.
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Report Your Crab Catch Info Before September 30th (Can use on-line method)
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WDFW has established an internet site for reporting your Puget Sound Dungeness Crab Catch Record information. Even if you bought a Crab Endorsement and didn’t use it, or didn’t catch Dungeness crab, please report your information anyway.
The WDFW reporting site is:
https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/WA/Crabreport/Custsearch
Crabbers can also submit catch record cards to WDFW by mail at CRC Unit, 600 Capitol Way N., Olympia, WA 98501-1091
Reporting this information is essential for WDFW managers to reopen a winter Dungeness Crab fishery. CCA does not want this valuable resource to be either over or under-utilized and by reporting your crab CRC the data can be compiled and a future season determined. Please do not think that non-reporting is a way to get more crabs for recreational opportunity. By not reporting we would be playing into the commercial argument that recreational harvesters are failing to report and we are only hurt by non-reporting. Additionally, there is a $10 penalty should you fail to report. |
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Chapter Notes
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PSA Donates Fishing Trip to North Sound CCA
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The San Juan Island chapter of Puget Sound Anglers donated a fishing trip for auction at the CCA North Sound chapter banquet. Kevin Klein, PSA and CCA member, describes the fun trip; click here to read his report.
Thanks to Kevin, boat owner Jim Lawson, and their PSA chapter for their support of CCA!
(Story and photo submitted by Marcus Schumacher, President, North Sound CCA.)
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Nooksack River Nutrient Enhancement Project
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After two years of working with WDFW staff and the assistance of Nello Picinich, Assistant Director of CCA Washington, the North Sound Chapter of CCA got that call from WDFW staff they have been waiting for. The Department had approximately 150 fish available to them for kicking off their inaugural event of enhancing nutrients in the upper reaches of the North Fork of the Nooksack River.
Five volunteers rushed at the opportunity to spend a few hours driving to local creeks feeding into the Nooksack River that have showed limited or slightly improving spawner surveys for wild steelhead. The goal of this new project is to enhance nutrients in a few north fork creeks in the Nooksack River using those salmon carcasses.
An astoundingly wide variety of creatures rely on the flesh of dead adult salmon to survive, including newly spawned juvenile salmon and steelhead. Because many of the streams in which salmon and steelhead spawn and rear are nutrient deficient, nutrient enhancement projects are critical to the survival of juvenile salmon and steelhead and recovery of those populations.
Scientific studies have highlighted the importance of nutrient input to the aquatic ecosystems. Salmon carcasses are the ideal delivery system, as they decay slowly and provide a direct carbon transfer to the ecosystem.
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September 15, 2011
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Meeting Dates and Deadlines
WDFW Commission Meetings
October 7-8, 2011; Olympia
November 4-5, 2011; Olympia
Agenda and Updates here
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Volunteers Needed!
The work of CCA is dependent upon volunteers. Please volunter to help. No experience is needed. To volunteer in any way, a little or a lot, go to our website here.
Thank you!
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Feedback and Comments
CCA Washington is interested in hearing from you. Visit our website here to submit comments and questions you may have. Thanks!
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