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Council reviews STT salmon alternatives, defers guidance to tomorrow; Colville Tribes urge shifting ocean fishing timing to boost Upper Columbia summer Chinook
Summary
The council reviewed a preliminary STT analysis of 2025 salmon management alternatives, heard a tribal request to shift ocean harvest timing to increase escapement for Upper Columbia summer Chinook, and deferred final guidance to the next meeting day while awaiting additional modeling inputs.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Saturday considered a supplemental Scientific and Technical Team (STT) report analyzing proposed 2025 salmon management alternatives and took no final guidance, instead pausing until further modeling inputs can be incorporated and reconvening for guidance the following morning.
Angela Forstall introduced the agenda item and said the STT report, recently released, summarizes analysis of management alternatives the Salmon Advisory Subpanel recommended. STT lead Dr. Michael O'Farrell said the packet contains preseason approximations for many fisheries and noted some values are preliminary because not all inputs are available for final modeling.
Tribal and public testimony highlighted concerns about very low returns of Upper Columbia summer Chinook…
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