Native Wild Fish Conservation Policy Criteria
Adopt legal and science based standards for the protection and health of native fish populations to include the following:
á Define the conservation management unit as the population by watershed
á Prevent the depletion of indigenous species in their native habitats by managing for the protection and recovery of every population
á Maintain and protect the life history and genetic diversity of populations by species and watershed
á Maintain and recover the adaptive and productive capacity of each population by species and its supporting habitats recognizing that managing for diversity will maximize production and species resiliency
á Protect and restore habitats capacity to support life history diversity of populations
á Prevent interbreeding and ecological interactions between hatchery and wild fish
á Establish research program to support management and increase knowledge of indigenous fish
á Develop and fund a monitoring and evaluation program to determine the efficacy of management program
á Inventory biological diversity and establish a biological baseline for each population including life history and genetic attributes
á Determine smolt to adult survival and smolts per female for each population by population and establish standards
á Establish reference watersheds and populations for long-term monitoring and evaluation
á Establish long term data base on life history and the biodiversity of populations and species
á Establish optimum freshwater, estuary, and marine habitat conditions for each life history stage by species and set standards.
á Establish a life history and genetic diversity benchmark per population by species
á Research will strive to validate management assumptions
á Present program plan to public and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission
á Impanel an independent scientific body to evaluate biological objectives, management plans and research
á Panel will identify research needs and identify critical uncertainties
á Meet annually and make findings available to public
á Fund monitoring, evaluation and research at beginning of process
á Establish legal and science based standards for hatchery operations consistent with native, wild fish conservation
á Provide a cost effective product for harvest
á Reduce domestication selection
á Reduce stray rates to less than 5%
á Manage for maximum number of families
á Manage for maximum effective breeding size
á Support the wild fish management goals
á Smolt to adult survival rate per release group
á Cost per adult per release group
á Contribution to catch and to ecosystem criteria achieved?
á Was domestication selection minimized?
á Were stray rates within standards?
á Were life history and genetic diversity criteria achieved?
á Were the maximum number of families criteria achieved?
á Was the production cost effective?
á Was the maximum effective breeding size criteria achieved?
á Was the hatchery operation supportive of native wild fish management goals and was there any harm to the ecosystem?
á Establish a legal and science based standards for harvest so that it supports native, wild fish conservation standards
á Harvest fish at sustainable levels while causing no harm to the ecosystem
á Harvest rate on native wild populations is less than 15%
á Support native wild fish management goals
á Establish and achieve spawner abundance goals by species per population in each watershed
á Support rebuilding goals by species and population
á Harvest shall be cost effective
á Establish spawner abundance goals by species and stock in each stream
á Establish spawner abundance criteria to fully seed habitat by species
á Establish nutrient enrichment criteria from salmonid carcasses by species and watershed
á Maintain the natural distribution and abundance for each population in streams
á Maintain life history and genetic characteristics by species and population
á Support rebuilding and recovery actions for declining populations
á Provide a public review of harvest evaluation relative to these criteria.
á Were the harvest management goals achieved by species and population in watersheds?
á Was harvest consistent with native wild fish management goals?
á Were spawner abundance goals achieved?
á Were standards and criteria achieved?