Curt Kraemer Presentation for September 3rd meeting

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Wild Steelhead Coalition Member Meeting
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003
7pm (6:30 Social)
Bothell American Legion Post
19213 Bothell Way NE, Bothell, WA

Guest Speaker: Curt Kraemer, WDFW Region 4 Freshwater Fisheries Program Manager

Title: "Fishing our way to recovery: Puget Sound's Comprehensive Chinook Fishery Management Plan"

Program:
Curt's presentation will describe the state-tribal co-manager's harvest management plan for Skykomish River chinook to illustrate methods currently used to plan salmon/steelhead fisheries while at the same time attempting to recover threatened salmon runs.

He will discuss
1) What the Fish Management Plan is;
2) How the allowable fishing rate or Recovery Expliotation Rate (RER) was developed for the Skykomish Chinook.
and
3) How that RER is used in determining fishing seasons.

Curt will also provide an update on North Puget Sound wild steelhead spawner escapements based on spring 2003 surveys.

Biography:
Curt has worked for the state of Washington for 30+ years and is currently freshwater fisheries program manager for Region 4 where he oversees all the freshwater fish management activities. He has worked in the North Puget Sound region since 1974. At one time or another he has had responisbility for steelhead management in the Nooksack, Samish, Skagit, Stillaguamish, and Snohomish basins. This will be Curt's 3rd presentation to the Wild Steelhead Coalition in the past 3 years.