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Council—s salmon technical team reports model runs; states and enforcement consultants offer in-season guidance
Summary
The salmon technical team presented updated modeling that incorporated recent council guidance and identified multiple stocks and areas not meeting management objectives; Washington, Oregon and California offered specific modifications to commercial and recreational alternatives while enforcement consultants recommended regulatory language to harmonize possession rules in split Klamath Management Zone openings.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council received updated salmon model runs from its salmon technical team (STT) and heard region-by-region management guidance and enforcement recommendations for 2025 alternatives.
STT lead Mike O—Farrell summarized supplemental modeling that incorporated council guidance from the previous day. He highlighted areas where alternatives did not meet management objectives, including interior Fraser Thompson coho, Hood Canal stocks, Grays Harbor, and several Lower Columbia River components. He also corrected earlier table entries for Klamath and Sacramento river recreational shares and explained how river recreational impacts were calculated under different harvest-rate…
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