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  1. WEBPAGE
    Jun 13, 2024

    Hatcheries and Artificial Production

    Hatcheries and Artificial Production Through its Fish and Wildlife Program, the Council is committed to supporting a common vision that supports abundant, healthy wild fish and effective fish hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin. Overview Quick-read...
  2. WEBPAGE
    Jun 18, 2024

    Hatcheries: Overview

    Hatcheries: Overview
  3. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    B_fish_propogation_hatchery_programs

    B_fish_propogation_hatchery_programs Strategy Use hatchery programs as tools to help meet the mitigation requirements of the Northwest Power Act. Rationale Hatcheries and other propagation measures are operated for multiple purposes: to provide...
  4. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    2_use_of_hatcheries_for_reintroduction

    2_use_of_hatcheries_for_reintroduction Strategy The purpose of reintroduction is to return lost salmon and steelhead into blocked areas, or to re-establish populations in watersheds accessible for anadromy but where the native population had been...
  5. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Hatcheries

    Hatcheries A hatchery is a fish farm, and fish farming in the Columbia River Basin has been utilized since the late 1800s to provide salmon and steelhead for harvest, particularly commercial harvest, and to compensate for fish losses caused by human...
  6. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Informal Hatchery Workgroup

    Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meetings January 2024 February 2022 September 2021 May 2021 December 2020 September 2020 March 2020 (DRAFT Story Map) October 2019 June 2019 (development of mission statement) May 2019
  7. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Update on the Draft Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy: Viable Salmonid Population Criteria and Subset of Tributary Habitat and Hatchery Effectiveness

    Update on the Draft Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy: Viable Salmonid Population Criteria and Subset of Tributary Habitat and Hatchery Effectiveness During 2009 a series of subregional and regional workshops were convened by NOAA, CBFWA, BPA, and...
  8. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Hatchery reviews referenced by the Program

    Hatchery reviews referenced by the Program Over the last 25 years, salmon propagation practices have undergone extensive reviews by the Council, state and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and independent science panels, with particular attention following...
  9. REPORT
    Feb 17, 1999
    99-2

    Artificial Production Policy Statement on Columbia Basin Hatcheries: A Program in Transition

    Artificial Production Policy Statement on Columbia Basin Hatcheries: A Program in Transition also see Facilitator's report 1. INTRODUCTION Congress, in 1997, directed the Northwest Power Planning Council, with the assistance of the Independent...
  10. REPORT
    Jul 15, 2004
    2004-8

    Artificial Production Review and Evaluation Issue Paper

    Artificial Production Review and Evaluation Issue Paper This paper represents the latest step in the region's efforts to update and change hatchery policies in the Columbia River Basin. The paper articulates hatchery reform recommendations based on the...
  11. REPORT
    Apr 02, 1998
    98-5

    Artificial Production Review Committee Meeting

    Artificial Production Review Committee Meeting (Notes from this meeting were archived as a Council document) NWPPC Conference Room, Portland, Oregon The Production Review Committee discussed an outline and draft chapter for its report on artificial...
  12. REPORT
    Aug 12, 2004
    2004-9

    Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Master Plan issue paper

    Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Master Plan issue paper In December 2001, as part of the solicitation associated with the Columbia Cascade Province, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Colville Tribes) submitted a series of proposals to address...
  13. REPORT
    Apr 09, 2003
    2003-3

    Coeur d'Alene Tribe Trout Production Facility Master Plan

    Coeur d'Alene Tribe Trout Production Facility Master Plan In 1995, the Council adopted the recommendations of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to improve the reservation fishery. One of these recommendations included a proposal to design, construct, operate and...
  14. REPORT
    Dec 10, 1997
    97-17

    Draft scoping document for the Columbia Basin Artificial Production Review

    Draft scoping document for the Columbia Basin Artificial Production Review Introduction Over the last year, the Council and others in the region have discussed the concept of a Columbia basinwide review of artificial production. The Council's 1994...
  15. REPORT
    Jun 07, 2000
    2000-8

    Issue paper: Master plan for Northwest Oregon Hatchery Project

    Issue paper: Master plan for Northwest Oregon Hatchery Project Dear Interested Party: The Northeast Oregon Hatchery project was originally identified for funding in the Northwest Power Planning Council's (Council) 1987 Columbia River Basin Fish and...
  16. REPORT
    Mar 15, 2005
    2005-3

    Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan

    Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan Dear Interested Party: For Fiscal Year 2001, projects in the Columbia Gorge Province were subject to the in-depth province-based review. This province includes the Klickitat subbasin. The primary fish...
  17. REPORT
    Dec 01, 1998
    98-33

    Review of Artificial Production of Anadromous and Resident Fish in the Columbia River Basin

    Review of Artificial Production of Anadromous and Resident Fish in the Columbia River Basin [Introductory letter to Council Chair John Etchart, December 1, 1998] I am pleased to transmit to you the Scientific Review Team's (SRT) first report on the...
  18. REPORT
    Mar 16, 2016
    ISRP 2016-5

    White Sturgeon Hatchery Master Plan Step 1 Response Review

    White Sturgeon Hatchery Master Plan Step 1 Response Review At the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s request of December 18, 2015, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) reviewed a revised White Sturgeon Hatchery Master Plan: Lower...
  19. REPORT
    Feb 25, 2016
    ISRP 2016-3

    Review of Colville Hatchery Fisheries Management Plan (#1985-038-00)

    Review of Colville Hatchery Fisheries Management Plan (#1985-038-00) In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s December 14, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed the following documents provided by the Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT)...
  20. REPORT
    Apr 15, 2015
    ISRP 2015-3

    Step One Review of the White Sturgeon Hatchery Draft Master Plan: Lower Columbia and Snake River Impoundments – Response Requested

    Step One Review of the White Sturgeon Hatchery Draft Master Plan: Lower Columbia and Snake River Impoundments – Response Requested In response to the Council’s February 17, 2015 request, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) evaluated the White...
  21. REPORT
    Nov 02, 2018
    ISRP 2018-10

    ISRP Follow-up Step Review for the Klickitat River Spring Chinook Master Plan (Project #1988-115-35)

    ISRP Follow-up Step Review for the Klickitat River Spring Chinook Master Plan (Project #1988-115-35) On May 11, 2018, the ISRP completed a review of the Yakama Nation’s Klickitat River Spring Chinook Master Plan (2018 Master Plan) for project...
  22. REPORT
    Sep 06, 2019
    ISRP 2019-3

    ISRP 2019 Step Review of the Hood River Production Program

    ISRP 2019 Step Review of the Hood River Production Program In response to the Council’s June 20, 2019 request, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) reviewed the Addendum to the 2008 Revised Master Plan for the Hood River Production Program...
  23. REPORT
    Feb 13, 2020
    ISRP 2020-3

    Review of the Yakama Nation’s Revised Master Plan for Yakima Subbasin Summer- and Fall-run Chinook, Coho Salmon and Steelhead

    Review of the Yakama Nation’s Revised Master Plan for Yakima Subbasin Summer- and Fall-run Chinook, Coho Salmon and Steelhead In response to the Council's November 6, 2019 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Revised Master Plan for Yakima...
  24. REPORT
    May 07, 2020
    ISRP 2020-6

    ISRP Review of draft Kootenai Synthesis Report

    ISRP Review of draft Kootenai Synthesis Report In response to the Council’s February 18, 2020 request, the ISRP reviewed a draft report produced by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Kootenai Tribe of Idaho titled Kootenai Synthesis Report...
  25. REPORT
    Jun 30, 2020
    ISRP 2020-7

    ISRP Review of Zone 6 Fisheries CRITFC Accord Project (#2008-527-00)

    ISRP Review of Zone 6 Fisheries CRITFC Accord Project (#2008-527-00) In response to the Council’s June 2, 2020 request, the ISRP reviewed a proposal from the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) for the Zone 6 Fisheries CRITFC Accord...
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