200753700 - Population specific in-season forecasts of Columbia River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) returns for allowing selective in-river fisheries
Sponsor: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Short description: We will make accurate in-season forecasts of Columbia River Chinook salmon population-specific returns to increase the resolution of in-river harvest selection between weak wild and healthy wild or hatchery populations.
Location: Mainstem/Systemwide province, Columbia Gorge subbasin
Budgets: FY08: $66,508 | FY09: $33,254
Primary species:
Anadromous: Chinook: All Populations
Objectives
| Objective | Description | Subbasin plan | Strategies |
| 1. In-river fishery selection | The ultimate objective is to protect and recover weak wild Chinook salmon populations and increase in-river harvest of hatchery and healthy wild populations. Objective 1a: Provide population-specific forecasts of Chinook salmon runs on a real-time basis for helping in-river harvest decisions. Objective 1b: Improve accuracy of in-season forecasts. Objective 1c: Help managers to make harvest decisions by presenting a forecast outcome with its uncertainty measurement as well as point value. | Columbia Gorge | |
| 2. Demonstration | Test the forecast model that we develop. | Columbia Gorge |
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Recommendations
- ISRP: Unranked
- Council: Not fundable
- BPA: Not fundable