Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 500 - FISH MANAGEMENT PLANS › Section 635-500-1664 - Objectives

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following objectives of the Department apply to spring
				Chinook in the Mainstem Willamette River: Manage the escapement of wild spring
				Chinook into the Willamette River to meet the desired status of independent
				populations in Willamette River subbasins, as described in the Upper Willamette
				River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead (OAR
				635-500-6600):
(1) Increase the average annual run size to
			 100,000 Willamette spring Chinook (adults and jacks) entering the Columbia
			 River.
(2) The escapement goals for
			 Willamette River hatchery origin spring Chinook are as follows:
(a) If the preseason forecasted Willamette
			 hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia River is fewer than 40,000
			 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after fisheries is 23,000 hatchery fish with
			 20,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and 3,000 fish entering the Clackamas
			 River.
(b) If the preseason
			 forecasted Willamette hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia River is
			 40,000 to fewer than 50,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after fisheries
			 is 25,300 hatchery fish with 22,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and 3,300
			 fish entering the Clackamas River.
(c) If the preseason forecasted Willamette
			 hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia River is 50,000 to fewer than
			 60,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after fisheries is 27,600 hatchery
			 fish with 24,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and 3,600 fish entering the
			 Clackamas River.
(d) If the
			 preseason forecasted Willamette hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia
			 River is 60,000 to fewer than 70,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after
			 fisheries is 30,500 hatchery fish with 26,500 fish passing Willamette Falls and
			 4,000 fish entering the Clackamas River.
(e) If the preseason forecasted Willamette
			 hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia River is 70,000 to fewer than
			 80,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after fisheries is 33,400 hatchery
			 fish with 29,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and 4,400 fish entering the
			 Clackamas River.
(f) If the
			 preseason forecasted Willamette hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia
			 River is 80,000 to fewer than 90,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after
			 fisheries is 36,900 hatchery fish with 32,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and
			 4,900 fish entering the Clackamas River.
(g) If the preseason forecasted Willamette
			 hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia River is 90,000 to fewer than
			 100,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after fisheries is 40,400 hatchery
			 fish with 35,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and 5,400 fish entering the
			 Clackamas River.
(h) If the
			 preseason forecasted Willamette hatchery spring Chinook run into the Columbia
			 River is greater than 100,000 hatchery fish, the escapement goal after
			 fisheries is 45,000 hatchery fish with 39,000 fish passing Willamette Falls and
			 6,000 fish entering the Clackamas River.