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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 14, 2024

    Hatcheries: Stories and Handouts

    Hatcheries: Stories and Handouts HATCHERY REVIEWS AND REFORMS Improving hatchery programs in the Columbia River Basin CHALLENGES FOR COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN HATCHERIES SALMON IN SCHOOLS Connecting students with salmon, science, and stewardship COUNCIL’S FISH...
  3. WEBPAGE
    Jun 18, 2024

    Hatcheries: Overview

    Hatcheries: Overview
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  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

    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
  9. 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...
  10. REPORT
    Jan 19, 2009
    ISRP 2009-2

    Response Requested — Step Two Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program (2003-023-00)

    Response Requested — Step Two Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program (2003-023-00) In November 2008, the Council requested that the ISRP assess the Colville Confederated Tribes' November 2008 response to the ISRP's March 7, 2008 preliminary Step...
  11. REPORT
    Sep 17, 2012
    ISRP 2012-13

    ISRP Review of the Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Salmon Hatchery Master Plan, 1988-115-25

    ISRP Review of the Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Salmon Hatchery Master Plan, 1988-115-25 At the Council’s July 24, 2012 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Master Plan titled Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook...
  12. REPORT
    Sep 07, 2012
    ISRP 2012-12

    ISRP Step 2 Review of the Klickitat River Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan (project 1988-115-35)

    ISRP Step 2 Review of the Klickitat River Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan (project 1988-115-35) At the Council’s July 24, 2012 request, the ISRP conducted a Step Two review of the Yakama Nation’s Klickitat River Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan (project...
  13. REPORT
    Jun 14, 2012
    ISRP 2012-8

    Response Review Crystal Springs Fish Hatchery Program 2008-906-00

    Response Review Crystal Springs Fish Hatchery Program 2008-906-00 Council Members, At the Council’s April 16, 2012 request, the ISRP reviewed responses from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (hereafter Tribes) to the ISRP’s Step 1 review of the Master Plan...
  14. REPORT
    May 23, 2012
    ISRP 2012-7

    Snake River Sockeye Springfield Hatchery Step 2/Step 3 Review (project #200740200)

    Snake River Sockeye Springfield Hatchery Step 2/Step 3 Review (project #200740200) In response to the Council’s April 27, 2012 request, the ISRP reviewed Step 2/ Step 3 documents for Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s (IDFG) Springfield Hatchery project...
  15. REPORT
    Jan 06, 2010
    ISRP 2010-1

    Step-Three Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, Project #2003-023-00, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

    Step-Three Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, Project #2003-023-00, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan At the Council’s November 17, 2009 request, the ISRP reviewed the Colville Confederated Tribes’ monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans for...
  16. REPORT
    Dec 30, 2014

    B. Fish Propagation Including Hatchery Programs

    B. Fish Propagation Including 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:...
  17. REPORT
    Feb 23, 2000
    ISAB 2000-2

    Review of the Draft Performance Standards and Indicators for Artificial Production in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Artificial Production Review

    Review of the Draft Performance Standards and Indicators for Artificial Production in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Artificial Production Review In the ISAB’s letter of January 20, 2000 to the Council, we proposed to address the Council’s...
  18. REPORT
    Jul 14, 2000
    ISAB 2000-3

    Consistency of the Council’s Artificial Production Policies and Implementation Strategies with Multi-Species Framework Principles and Scientific Review Team Guidelines

    Consistency of the Council’s Artificial Production Policies and Implementation Strategies with Multi-Species Framework Principles and Scientific Review Team Guidelines In July 1997, Congress directed the Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) to...
  19. REPORT
    Oct 03, 2000
    ISAB 2000-4

    Recommendations for the Design of Hatchery Monitoring Programs and the Organization of Data Systems

    Recommendations for the Design of Hatchery Monitoring Programs and the Organization of Data Systems This report completes the ISAB's three-part response to your request for a review of the draft performance standards and indicators attached to the...
  20. REPORT
    Apr 16, 2001
    ISAB 2001-3

    Hatchery Surplus Review

    Hatchery Surplus Review This letter is the ISAB's response to your January 29, 2001 request for our review of several questions pertaining to the disposition of "surplus" hatchery-reared adult salmon. Since salmon are beginning their seasonal migration...
  21. REPORT
    Jan 13, 1997
    ISAB 97-2

    Review of a Research Proposal for Inclusion in the 1997 Smolt Monitoring Program: Comparative Survival Rate Study of Hatchery PIT Tagged Chinook

    Review of a Research Proposal for Inclusion in the 1997 Smolt Monitoring Program: Comparative Survival Rate Study of Hatchery PIT Tagged Chinook Estimates of the effects of the hydroelectric system on the health of salmon populations are essential to...
  22. REPORT
    Jan 06, 1998
    ISAB 98-1

    Review of Comparative Survival Rate Study of Hatchery PIT Tagged Chinook

    Review of Comparative Survival Rate Study of Hatchery PIT Tagged Chinook Findings * The number of PIT tags to be applied is appropriate to the purposes of the study. * The utility of PIT tagging now and in the future goes beyond the immediate...
  23. REPORT
    May 01, 2009
    IEAB 2009-2

    Integrated Hatchery Operations: Fish and Wildlife Program Costs and Other Economic Effects Phase 1

    Integrated Hatchery Operations: Fish and Wildlife Program Costs and Other Economic Effects Phase 1 This report documents a preliminary investigation of the economic effects of implementing the Hatchery Scientific Review Group (HSRG) draft...
  24. 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...
  25. 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...
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