Or. Admin. Code § 635-500-0271 - Spring Chinook Salmon

Policy and objectives for wild and hatchery spring Chinook salmon management in the McKenzie River subbasin:

(1)

(a) Policy: Consistent with achieving the desired status for spring Chinook salmon identified in the Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead (OAR 635-500-6600), the McKenzie subbasin shall be managed for production of wild and hatchery spring Chinook.

(b) The area above Leaburg Dam shall be managed for the production of wild spring Chinook, and the area below Leaburg dam will be managed for production of wild and hatchery spring Chinook.

(2) Objectives:

(a) Achieve the desired status for spring Chinook salmon in the McKenzie subbasin identified in the Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead (OAR 635-500-6600);

(b) Achieve full mitigation for Willamette River spring Chinook populations reduced or extirpated due to dam construction and operations;

(c) Monitor the status of the spring Chinook run in the McKenzie River subbasin;

(d) Maintain the gene resources of wild McKenzie spring Chinook;

(e) Maintain hatchery fish genetic diversity, to assure that hatchery populations do not pose a risk to wild populations, meet the management objectives for which they are produced, and maintain their optimum biological and economic value;

(f) As consistent with desired status goals in the Recovery Plan, provide opportunity to catch 1,000 spring Chinook in the McKenzie River sport fishery.

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Or. Admin. Code § 635-500-0271

FWC 4-1988, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-88; DFW 16-1998, f. & cert. ef. 3-9-98; DFW 110-2011, f. & cert. ef. 8-9-11

Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.146 & 506.119

Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & 506.129