1. Defining Consistency with Recovery and Restoration of Indigenous Salmon Runs

2. Settlement Agreement
6.1.1 “The emphasis of this Agreement is …restoration and recovery of wild, indigenous salmon runs, including ESA-listed and unlisted stocks, to harvestable levels.”
“Maintenance of a recreational fishery is important… consistent with the priority objective to maximize the recovery of wild indigenous salmonid stock.”

3. Proposed Sources ESA (HGMP standards)
Lower Columbia River Salmon Recovery Plan (LCRSRP)
Addresses viability goals in the ESA context
HSRG Principles and Standards
Addresses the benefits and risks of hatchery programs to wild populations

4. The LCRSRP-Goals
Defines the Role of Each Population to Recovery of the ESU in terms of Population Designations:
Primary, Contributing, or Stabilizing
Identified Minimum Viability Goals for Each Population
Sets forth an “all H” Approach and Specifies the Percent Improvement Required for Each Population

5. LCSRP Recovery Goals

6. HSRG Standards Population Designation HSRG Standards
Segregated Hatchery
Integrated Hatchery
Primary
pHOS < 5%
PNI > 0.67
pHOS less than the smaller of pNOB/2 and 30%
Contributing
pHOS < 10%
PNI >0.5
pHOS less than the smaller of pNOB and 30%
Stabilizing
pHOS no higher than current levels
pHOS = proportion Hatchery Origin Spawners
pNOB = proportion Natural Origin hatchery Brood
PNI = pNOB/(pNOB+pHOS)

7. HSRG Standards Population Designation pHOS pNOB PNI L. Cow. Fall Chin,
Contributing
<30%
>30%
> 0.50
L. Cow. Win. Sthd
L. Cow. Coho
Primary
<10%
>20%
> 0.67
Up. Cow. Fall Chin.
Stabilizing --
Up. Cow. Sp. Chin.
>60%
>0.67
Up. Cow. Win. Sthd
Up. Cow. Coho
Cispus Sp. Chin.
Cispus Win. Sthd
Cispus Coho
Tilton Sp. Chin.
Tilton Win. Sthd
>0.50
Tilton Coho

8. Recommendation
Design and Evaluate Cowlitz Hatchery Programs based on their alignment and consistency with:
Salmon recovery goals
Population designations
Viability Goals, including Abundance
HSRG Standards based on population designations
Hatchery influence on natural spawning (pHOS, PNI)