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A WEEKLY QUOTA OF FISHERY SHORTS CAUGHT AND
LANDED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES
AND THE PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S
ASSOCIATIONS
VOL. 08, NO. 08 22 AUGUST 2003
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"George Bush taking credit for increased salmon populations is like a
sailor taking credit for the tides."....... US Senator Joseph Lieberman
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IN THIS ISSUE.......
Bush Visits Northwest, Claims Responsibility for Increased
for Salmon Restoration. 8:08/01.
U.S. Congress Puts Pacific Salmon Treaty in Jeopardy. 8:08/02.
BOR Releasing Trinity Water Back into Trinity, Tries
to Prevent Another Fish Kill. 8:08/03.
Fisheries Funding Now Going to Homeland Security. 8:08/10.
Support Sublegals! Make a Donation Online Today! 8:08/08.
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8:08/01. PRESIDENT BUSH PUSHES HIS SALMON RECORD IN
NORTHWEST VISIT: U.S. President George W. Bush visited the
Pacific Northwest 21-22 August, for a series of fundraisers and to tout
his Administration's record on west coast salmon restoration. Making an
appearance at Ice Harbor Dam, one of the four mainstem Snake River
dams that block salmon migration in the Columbia Basin, he told an
audience that recent high salmon returns prove that his Administration's
plan to keep the four Snake River dams in place is a success, and
pledged to continue to oppose their removal.
Ironically, even as he was speaking at Ice Harbor Dam, water
temperatures at Ice Harbor reservoir exceeded maximum allowed
temperatures for the 39th straight day, and juvenile salmon were dying
by the thousands just below his podium. Also, the non-breaching
Columbia River salmon plan the President touted was also invalided on
7 May by federal court Judge James A. Redden as "arbitrary and
capricious" and must be rewritten (see Sublegals, 7:19/04). Thus far the
Administration has come up with no alternative plan to Snake River dam
decommissioning that has been proven either biologically or legally
sufficient to protect Columbia River salmon. Nearly every run of
Columbia River salmon and steelhead are now federally protected under
the Endangered Species Act (ESA), with dam mortality by far the single
largest factor in these declines.
The Administration was also taking credit recent high salmon returns.
Fishery scientists, however, attribute the increased returns to extremely
favorable ocean conditions, not any changes in the Columbia River.
Salmon have a 3 to 7-year return cycle so nothing done during this
Administration could as yet have resulted in improved adult returns.
Likewise the "high returns" cited are still only a very small fraction of
historic baselines, with many wild runs still seriously depressed.
Current favorable ocean conditions are also highly unusual, and could be
quickly reversed, plunging salmon runs again to extinction levels unless
steps are taken to reverse fundamental problems of habitat loss and
dams.
The Bush Administration's salmon record to date includes:
* Failed restoration plans in the Columbia and the Klamath, both of
which have been tossed out by federal judges as legally inadequate to
protect salmon (see Sublegals, 8:03/01; 7:26/91; 7:19/04);
* A massive salmon kill, the worst in western U.S. history (more than
34,000 adult salmon), in the Klamath Basin during September 2002, as a
direct result of water policies that ignored or suppressed science for
political reasons to benefit federally subsidized Klamath Project
irrigators (see Sublegals, 8:06/01; 6:15/01; 6:14/01; 6:13/01).
* Weakening of the Clean Water Act, Northwest Forest Plan Aquatic
Conservation Strategy, the Endangered Species Act and other federal
laws that help protect and to restore commercially important salmon
runs;
* Pushed through "free trade agreements" that would open up more U.S.
markets to a flood of low-quality farmed salmon products from Chile
and other countries, which puts U.S. salmon fishermen out of business
(see Sublegals, 7:18/02; 6:19/04; 4:17/03);
* Defunding of the Pacific Salmon Commission, an important element
of the Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada (see 8:08/02 below);
* Backed severe cutbacks in the juvenile spill program in the Columbia
(i.e., flushing water over dams to carry juvenile fish away from turbines
and out to sea faster, which increases their chances of survival) during
2001 and 2002, which resulted in some of the highest juvenile fish kills
in that river on record (see Sublegals, 4:15/04; 3:24/04; 3:11/04). In
another irony, even as President Bush was speaking, the Bonneville
Power Administration (BPA), part of the U.S. Department of Energy,
was considering ending this year's spill program early, in spite of the
damage that such a move would do to this year's juvenile salmon
outmigration.
"Regardless of what the President will tell you tomorrow, salmon
today are not returning because of his Administration, but rather -
despite it," said commercial salmon fisherman Jeremy Brown, a
Washington Trollers Association (WTA) board member, at a 21 August
Seattle press event during the President's visit. "Rather than setting up
the region to take advantage of these increased returns, this
Administration has done the opposite.... In doing so, he commits the
region to continued conflict and gridlock. He commits taxpayers to
spending millions of dollars on ineffective programs. And he shows his
preference for divisive politics, not lasting solutions for our fishing,
faming, and tribal communities."
For press coverage of President Bush's Pacific Northwest visit, see
the 22 August Seattle Times at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/
136401_bush23.html, and the 22 August Knight-Ridder report at:
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/
6596477.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp. Also see the 21
August Oregonian editorial, "The View from Oregon" at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/
editorial/1061467122268820.xml. For information on: "Salmon and
energy", see:
http://www.wildsalmon.org/library_files/Energy_myths.pdf; "Economic
study of lower Snake River dam removal"
http://www.amrivers.org/snakeriver/econwstudy.htm;
"Salmon returns - fact sheet"
http://www.wildsalmon.org/library(under)files/Salmon_migration.pdf;
and "Grain transportation after lower Snake River dam removal,"
http://www.amrivers.org/snakeriver/graintransportation.htm.
8:08/02. LACK OF FUNDS FROM US CONGRESS PUTS
SALMON TREATY IN JEOPARDY: The Tacoma News-Tribune
reported 16 August that the Pacific Salmon Commission, which overseas
fishing off the coast of Canada and the United States, could close its
U.S. offices by mid-September because Congress so far has failed to
provide $1.1 million required under an international treaty between the
two countries. A spokesperson for the group reported that the
organization will start laying off staff and closing its Vancouver offices
if Congress doesn't provide the money quickly. The 1985 Treaty
between Canada and the U.S. was designed to regulate ocean fishing and
to help in the annual negotiations between the two countries over
fishing, and also provides for monitoring, assessments and research. The
Commission plays a critical role in efforts to restore runs of salmon in
Puget Sound and on the Columbia River. U.S. Representative Norm
Dicks (D-WA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a member of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, are working to restore funding. For more, go
to: http://www.tribnet.com/news/government/story/
3682074p-3714612c.html.
8:08/03. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION TO RELEASE TRINITY
WATER INTO TRINITY RIVER THAT WAS TO BE DIVERTED
FOR CENTRAL VALLEY AGRICULTURE AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced 22
August that it would make available 33,000 acre feet of "additional"
water from its Trinity Unit of the Central Valley Project into California's
Trinity River this fall to help prevent another Klamath River salmon kill.
"The additional water will come through an agreement this month
with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD),
that lets the federal Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) use 50,000 acre-feet
of the Los Angeles-based district's water. The water will be returned to
the district when it isn't needed for Northern California farmers or fish,"
said an Associated Press report by Don Thompson. "The 33,000
acre-feet is less than the 50,000 acre-feet a federal judge said the bureau
could release as needed to help salmon" (see Sublegals, 7:17/14).
Earlier this year, MWD made deals to buy 180,000 acre-feet of water
from the Sacramento Valley, mostly from rice farmers. Deliveries were
to be made through the separate federal and state water systems. As it
turned out, heavy spring rains meant MWD didn't need that water and
couldn't move it through the water system anyway. U.S. Federal District
Court Judge Oliver Wanger, in a 4 April ruling regarding the Trinity
River Record of Decision (ROD), ruled that the Bureau wasn't obligated
to put in more water in a dry year. But at its discretion, BOR could
release up to 50,000 acre-feet more if required to prevent another fish
kill. The Trinity is the major tributary of the Klamath River. For more
on BOR's flow decision, go to: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo. To see the
22 August article by Todd Kepple in the Klamath Falls Herald & News,
go to: http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2003/08/22/news/
top_stories/more.txt.
8:08/04. ALASKA FISHERMEN PETITION FOR TRADE
ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF IMPACT OF FARMED
FISH IMPORTS: On 20 August, United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA)
filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
qualify all Alaska salmon fishermen for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) through the federal Trade Assistance for Farmers program.
Petitions are due 31 August. If a petition is certified, individual
fishermen may apply for funds as part of the certified group. If the
group is certified, salmon fishermen who can verify an overall net
fishing income decline in 2002 from 2001 may be eligible, and would
have three months from the date of acceptance to apply for FY 2003
assistance funds. Payments would be made beginning in January 2004.
The opportunity to petition was granted by USDA in response to
efforts of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and a concerted effort
by UFA and other fishing organizations, including PCFFA. U.S. wild
salmon producers, particlularly Alaska's fishermen, have been
devastated by the influx of cheap farmed salmon imports and especially
those from Chile. Under the TAA, technical assistance and adjustment
payments can be provided to U.S. agricultural, livestock and
aquacultural producers, including qualified fishermen, if it is
demonstrated that increased imports of competitive commodities have
contributed importantly to a 20-percent or more price decline compared
to the average price over five preceding marketing years.
The Trade Act of 2002 established the Trade Adjustment Assistance
for Farmers program and authorized appropriations to carry out the
program not to exceed $90 million a year for fiscal years 2003 through
2007. Groups of agricultural/fish producers with complete marketing
year price information from marketing year 2002 or 2003, whichever is
the most recent available, are eligible to apply. A producer group or
their authorized representative must first file a petition with FAS to
establish group eligibility to apply for TAA, which is what UFA is
doing. For more information on the UFA petition, contact Mark Vinsel,
at (907)586-2820, or go to: http://www.ufa-fish.org/press.htm. For more
information on the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, go to:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/resource.htm.
8:08/05. SOUTHERN US SHRIMPERS DIVIDED OVER
PROTECTING DOMESTIC MARKETS: Citing inaction by a coalition
of shrimping industry groups from eight southern states, the Louisiana
Shrimpers Association (LSA) voted 6 August to initiate their own set of
allegations accusing some foreign countries of trying to undercut their
domestic shrimp markets (see Sublegals 8:04/01). The decision was
made after LSA fishermen stood in solidarity with members of the
regional Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) during a day of protest against
the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on 26
July. On that day shrimpers convened in New Orleans to participate in a
march protesting secret CAFTA negotiations to be held there the
following week. In other southern states, shrimpers displayed banners
protesting the environmental impacts of aquaculture in developing
nations.
Since then tempers have flared over strategies for petitioning the
federal government to impose tariffs on imported shrimp. LSA board
member Dean Blanchard said shrimpers in his association couldn't
afford to wait any longer. "We've got to do something.... We pay $100,
$120 a man to work for us, and they pay $2 a day. We have to have a
level playing field." Two days later, on 8 August, the SSA voted to
begin its own anti-dumping petitioning process. The American Shrimp
Processors Association followed that decision with a unanimous vote on
21 August to support the SSA's petition effort with 100,000 dollars.
Each petition will cost the respective groups millions of dollars
depending on how many countries they decide to accuse. For more on
the CAFTA protests see the 26 July Associated Press article at:
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/6392388.htm. For more on
the shrimpers' tariff petitions see the Baton Rouge Advocate articles at:
http://2theadvocate.com/stories/080903/bus_shrimp001.shtml and
http://2theadvocate.com/stories/080803/bus_shrimp001.shtml or the 22
August Associated Press article at:
http://abc26.trb.com/wgno-shrimperssanctioned082203,0,2087854.story
?coll=wgno-home-1.
8:08/06. BOOK RELEASE ON FREE TRADE ON EVE OF WTO
MINISTERIAL IN CANCUN: On the eve of the 5th Ministerial of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) that will take place 10-14 September
in Cancun, Mexico, a new book has been released, Shafted - Free Trade
and America's Working Poor, with papers from different authors on
"free" trade impacts. The book contains a forward by U.S.
Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). An open house will be held in
San Francisco for the release of the book and will include PCFFA's
Pietro Parravano and Zeke Grader as panelists discussing fishery
impacts. The open house will be held Tuesday, 2 September, at New
College Theater, 777 Valencia Street in San Francisco, from 1900-2100
HRS. For information surrounding the food issues with the WTO go to:
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/wto/background.html. For
more on the negotiations, go to:
http://www.twnside.org.sg/trade_11.htm. For information on food
security issues surrounding the WTO, contact: foodnews@ca.inter.net.
In addition, the New York Times has recently run a series of exposes of
the negative impacts on poor farmers in the global South of U.S. and
European agricultural policies. Topics range from sugar, to African
cotton, to Vietnamese catfish, and agriculture in the Philippines. These
are available at
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/wto/update.html.
8:08/08. SUBLEGALS NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT: Sublegals staff
are working hard to bring you the latest fisheries news every week, but
times are tough and we need your support to continue this service.
Please help by donating (tax deductible!) online at
http://www.ifrfish.org/forms/form.html or sending a check to IFR at Box
29196, San Francisco, CA 94129. Thanks from all the staff here at IFR
and PCFFA.
8:08/09. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR NATIONAL FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: The "first-ever" U.S. fisheries
management conference, co-sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and the eight regional fishery management councils,
will be held 13-15 November at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel &
Conference Center in Washington, D.C. This conference, Managing Our
Nation's Marine Fisheries - Past, Present, and Future," aims to "educate
the public, policy makers, and media on the fishery management
process; highlight successful management by region and current
management and research initiatives; help bridge the gap between
perception and reality regarding fisheries management; and provide a
forum for information exchange and soliciting a wide range of
perspectives on future management and marine research directions."
The conference is aimed at fishermen, conservationists, policymakers
and reporters examining issues surrounding the reauthorization of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act. Agenda
topics include Individual Fisheries Quotas (IFQs) and rights-based
management, habitat and protected species considerations, by-catch and
protecting community interests. Registration is now open, as are calls
for abstracts. Online registration is at www.managingfisheries.org.
8:08/10. US SPENDING ON FISHERIES WILL DECREASE TO
PAY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY, WAR; ARTICLE PROPOSES
TRUST FUND TO PAY FOR FISHERY RESEARCH: U.S. spending
on fishery, coastal and ocean activities will fall to $9.7 billion for FY
2004, according to an Intrafish report. According to the latest report of
the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), ocean and coastal spending
fell for half of the 14 agencies involved in water-related activities,
including the Department of Commerce (which oversees the National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), the Department of Defense,
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Department.
Pacific salmon restoration and research will also be impacted in 2004.
Pacific salmon recovery and Pacific Salmon Treaty funding will fall, as
will funding for anadromous hatchery programs, and it's uncertain what
will happen to the Pacific Salmon Commission (see 8:08/02 above).
Aquaculture research and operations will also be cut back in 2004. The
Marine Aquaculture arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
(USDA) Agricultural Research Service will have its budget cut from
$7.2 million to $3.6 million. The National Marine Fisheries Service's
(NMFS) Marine Aquaculture Program will be cut to $2.6 million.
The August 2003 issue of the Fishermen's News carries an article by
PCFFA's Pietro Parravano, IFR's Ky Russell and Paul Siri, former
Assistant Director of the University of California's Bodega Marine
Laboratory, proposing a national trust fund to provide an on-going and
stable source of funding for fisheries research. The article,
"PLANNING AND PAYING FOR FUTURE FISHERIES RESEARCH
- Fish Stocks and Fishing Communities Depend on Good Data,"
(pp.18-20) is also available on the PCFFA website at:
http://www.pcffa.org/fn-aug03.htm.
8:08/11. SNOWE-KERRY BILL INTRODUCED TO CREATE
NATIONAL OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM: U.S. Senators
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John Kerry (D-MA) have introduced
legislation, S.1400, the "Ocean Observation & Coastal Systems Act,"
aimed at helping fishermen, environmentalists, Coast Guard, Navy,
scientists, shippers and educators increase knowledge of the oceans. The
bill, which was introduced on Bastille Day, is intended to provide
real-time ocean data, and is co-sponsored by a bi-partisan group of
Senators, including John McCain (R-AZ), Ernest Hollings (D-SC),
Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Breaux (D-LA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA).
Based on the Gulf of Maine's successful Ocean Observing System,
S.1400 would:
* Develop and maintain an integrated marine data monitoring and
management system for comprehensive and continuous ocean and
coastal observations;
* Implement a research and development program to enhance security at
U.S. ports;
* Coordinate state agencies' regional ocean observing system efforts
regarding data measurement requirements, standards and protocols for
quality control, and data management and planning activities;
* Establish a Joint Operations Center to manage data and buoy
technologies, carry out the deployment of the system and provide
technical support for observing plans as well as include a national data
system to document global trends, link regional and global data, and
collect information in a uniform manner, and;
* Establish a research and development program to study the
relationship between ocean conditions and human activities, develop
new observation technologies, and improve public education. To date,
Senator Snowe has secured $9 million over the past three years for the
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, which includes participation of
the Maine Lobstermen's Association, along with other research
institutions and government agencies. For more information on S. 1400,
contact Andrew Minkiewicz at the Senate Commerce Committee's
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere & Fisheries at (202) 224-8172
or: andrew.minkiewicz@mail.senate.gov.
8:08/12. CALIFORNIA FISH & GAME COMMISSION TO MEET
IN SANTA ROSA; SETTING OF HERRING SEASON MAJOR
AGENDA ITEM: The California Fish & Game Commission will meet
28-29 August in Santa Rosa; the first day will be at the Flamingo Resort
Hotel and the second day at the Santa Rosa City Council Chambers. The
main agenda item for Thursday's meeting is a report on the recovery
plan for coho salmon followed by a tour of the Dry Creek Fish Hatchery
on the Russian River that is to be used as a conservation facility for a
coho salmon captive broodstock program. On Friday, the Commission
will take up the setting of the 2003-2004 herring roe season. One of the
options being considered is a closure of the San Francisco Bay fishery,
because of some concerns raised about the skewed year classes in the
population that resulted from the 1998 El Nino and the adoption of
larger gill-net mesh sizes in San Francisco Bay (see Sublegals, 7:21/07).
For more information on the meeting, go to:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fg_comm.
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PAYING ATTENTION? President Bush, during his visit to the Pacific
Northwest this past week, claimed what?
A) At the Boeing Center in Washington State, the President said his
Administration has brought Mars the closest it's been to the Earth in the
past 60,000 years to help make a manned mission to the red planet
possible.
B) At a reception of natural resource economists at Oregon State
University in Corvallis, the President said the federal budget could be
balanced by eliminating taxes on wealthy Americans.
C) Speaking to a crowd at Ice Harbor Dam, near Burbank, Washington,
the President said his Administration was responsible for the recovery of
salmon without taking down any dams.
D) Before a reception of Microsoft executives in Renton, Washington,
the President said that it was he, not Al Gore, that invented the Internet.
E-Mail your answer to "Editor" at: sublegals@ifrfish.org. One winner is
drawn each week from a list of those submitting the correct answer.
And the Winner is............ JOHN KOSTYACK, who correctly answered,
"A) The Bush Administration has refused to allocate more funds for the
study to be completed," to the question of, "Why is the crucial Klamath
River 'Hardy Phase II Flow Study,' 21 months late in being released?"
He will receive an "Order of the Fringehead" certificate and a Sublegals
shirt.
NEWS, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS: Submit your news items,
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sublegals@ifrfish.org, or call the IFR/PCFFA office with the news and a
source at either: (415) 561-FISH (Southwest Office) or (541) 689-2000
(Northwest Office).
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IN THIS ISSUE.......<BR>
<BR>
Bush Visits Northwest, Claims Responsibility for Increased <BR>
for Salmon Restoration. 8:08/01.<BR>
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U.S. Congress Puts Pacific Salmon Treaty in Jeopardy. 8:08/02.<BR>
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BOR Releasing Trinity Water Back into Trinity, Tries <BR>
to Prevent Another Fish Kill. 8:08/03.<BR>
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Fisheries Funding Now Going to Homeland Security. 8:08/10. <BR>
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Support Sublegals! Make a Donation Online Today! 8:08/08.<BR>
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8:08/01. PRESIDENT BUSH PUSHES HIS SALMON REC=
ORD IN<BR>
NORTHWEST VISIT: U.S. President George W. Bush visited the<BR>
Pacific Northwest 21-22 August, for a series of fundraisers and to tout<BR>
his Administration's record on west coast salmon restoration. Making a=
n<BR>
appearance at Ice Harbor Dam, one of the four mainstem Snake River<BR>
dams that block salmon migration in the Columbia Basin, he told an<BR>
audience that recent high salmon returns prove that his Administration's<BR>
plan to keep the four Snake River dams in place is a success, and<BR>
pledged to continue to oppose their removal.<BR>
<BR>
Ironically, even as he was speaking at Ice Harbor D=
am, water<BR>
temperatures at Ice Harbor reservoir exceeded maximum allowed<BR>
temperatures for the 39th straight day, and juvenile salmon were dying<BR>
by the thousands just below his podium. Also, the non-breaching<BR>
Columbia River salmon plan the President touted was also invalided on<BR>
7 May by federal court Judge James A. Redden as "arbitrary and<BR>
capricious" and must be rewritten (see Sublegals, 7:19/04). Thus far t=
he<BR>
Administration has come up with no alternative plan to Snake River dam<BR>
decommissioning that has been proven either biologically or legally<BR>
sufficient to protect Columbia River salmon. Nearly every run of<BR>
Columbia River salmon and steelhead are now federally protected under<BR>
the Endangered Species Act (ESA), with dam mortality by far the single<BR>
largest factor in these declines. <BR>
<BR>
The Administration was also taking credit recent hi=
gh salmon returns.<BR>
Fishery scientists, however, attribute the increased returns to extremely<BR=
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favorable ocean conditions, not any changes in the Columbia River. <BR>
Salmon have a 3 to 7-year return cycle so nothing done during this<BR>
Administration could as yet have resulted in improved adult returns. <BR>
Likewise the "high returns" cited are still only a very small fraction of<BR=
>
historic baselines, with many wild runs still seriously depressed. <BR>
Current favorable ocean conditions are also highly unusual, and could be<BR>
quickly reversed, plunging salmon runs again to extinction levels unless<BR>
steps are taken to reverse fundamental problems of habitat loss and<BR>
dams. <BR>
<BR>
The Bush Administration's salmon record to date inc=
ludes: <BR>
<BR>
* Failed restoration plans in the Columbia and the Klamath, both of<BR>
which have been tossed out by federal judges as legally inadequate to<BR>
protect salmon (see Sublegals, 8:03/01; 7:26/91; 7:19/04);<BR>
* A massive salmon kill, the worst in western U.S. history (more than<BR>
34,000 adult salmon), in the Klamath Basin during September 2002, as a<BR>
direct result of water policies that ignored or suppressed science for<BR>
political reasons to benefit federally subsidized Klamath Project<BR>
irrigators (see Sublegals, 8:06/01; 6:15/01; 6:14/01; 6:13/01). <BR>
* Weakening of the Clean Water Act, Northwest Forest Plan Aquatic<BR>
Conservation Strategy, the Endangered Species Act and other federal<BR>
laws that help protect and to restore commercially important salmon<BR>
runs;<BR>
* Pushed through "free trade agreements" that would open up more U.S.<BR>
markets to a flood of low-quality farmed salmon products from Chile<BR>
and other countries, which puts U.S. salmon fishermen out of business<BR>
(see Sublegals, 7:18/02; 6:19/04; 4:17/03);<BR>
* Defunding of the Pacific Salmon Commission, an important element<BR>
of the Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada (see 8:08/02 below);<BR>
* Backed severe cutbacks in the juvenile spill program in the Columbia<BR>
(i.e., flushing water over dams to carry juvenile fish away from turbines<BR=
>
and out to sea faster, which increases their chances of survival) during<BR>
2001 and 2002, which resulted in some of the highest juvenile fish kills<BR>
in that river on record (see Sublegals, 4:15/04; 3:24/04; 3:11/04).&nb=
sp; In<BR>
another irony, even as President Bush was speaking, the Bonneville<BR>
Power Administration (BPA), part of the U.S. Department of Energy,<BR>
was considering ending this year's spill program early, in spite of the<BR>
damage that such a move would do to this year's juvenile salmon<BR>
outmigration.<BR>
<BR>
"Regardless of what the President will tell you tom=
orrow, salmon<BR>
today are not returning because of his Administration, but rather -<BR>
despite it," said commercial salmon fisherman Jeremy Brown, a<BR>
Washington Trollers Association (WTA) board member, at a 21 August<BR>
Seattle press event during the President's visit. "Rather than setting up<BR=
>
the region to take advantage of these increased returns, this<BR>
Administration has done the opposite.... In doing so, he commits the<BR>
region to continued conflict and gridlock. He commits taxpayers to<BR>
spending millions of dollars on ineffective programs. And he shows his=
<BR>
preference for divisive politics, not lasting solutions for our fishing,<BR>
faming, and tribal communities." <BR>
<BR>
For press coverage of President Bush's Pacific Nort=
hwest visit, see<BR>
the 22 August Seattle Times at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/<BR>
136401_bush23.html, and the 22 August Knight-Ridder report at:<BR>
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/<BR>
6596477.htm?template=3DcontentModules/printstory.jsp. Also see the 21<BR>
August Oregonian editorial, "The View from Oregon" at:<BR>
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/<BR>
editorial/1061467122268820.xml. For information on: "Salmon and<BR>
energy", see:<BR>
http://www.wildsalmon.org/library_files/Energy_myths.pdf; "Economic<BR>
study of lower Snake River dam removal"<BR>
http://www.amrivers.org/snakeriver/econwstudy.htm; <BR>
"Salmon returns - fact sheet"<BR>
http://www.wildsalmon.org/library(under)files/Salmon_migration.pdf;<BR>
and "Grain transportation after lower Snake River dam removal,"<BR>
http://www.amrivers.org/snakeriver/graintransportation.htm.<BR>
<BR>
8:08/02. LACK OF FUNDS FROM US CONGRESS PUTS<BR>
SALMON TREATY IN JEOPARDY: The Tacoma News-Tribune<BR>
reported 16 August that the Pacific Salmon Commission, which overseas<BR>
fishing off the coast of Canada and the United States, could close its<BR>
U.S. offices by mid-September because Congress so far has failed to<BR>
provide $1.1 million required under an international treaty between the<BR>
two countries. A spokesperson for the group reported that the<BR>
organization will start laying off staff and closing its Vancouver offices<B=
R>
if Congress doesn't provide the money quickly. The 1985 Treaty<BR>
between Canada and the U.S. was designed to regulate ocean fishing and<BR>
to help in the annual negotiations between the two countries over<BR>
fishing, and also provides for monitoring, assessments and research. The<BR>
Commission plays a critical role in efforts to restore runs of salmon in<BR>
Puget Sound and on the Columbia River. U.S. Representative Norm<BR>
Dicks (D-WA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and<BR>
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a member of the Senate<BR>
Appropriations Committee, are working to restore funding. For more, go<BR>
to: http://www.tribnet.com/news/government/story/<BR>
3682074p-3714612c.html.<BR>
<BR>
8:08/03. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION TO RELEASE TRINITY<B=
R>
WATER INTO TRINITY RIVER THAT WAS TO BE DIVERTED<BR>
FOR CENTRAL VALLEY AGRICULTURE AND SOUTHERN<BR>
CALIFORNIA: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced 22<BR>
August that it would make available 33,000 acre feet of "additional"<BR>
water from its Trinity Unit of the Central Valley Project into California's<=
BR>
Trinity River this fall to help prevent another Klamath River salmon kill.<B=
R>
<BR>
"The additional water will come through an agreemen=
t this month<BR>
with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD),<BR>
that lets the federal Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) use 50,000 acre-feet<BR>
of the Los Angeles-based district's water. The water will be returned to<BR>
the district when it isn't needed for Northern California farmers or fish,"<=
BR>
said an Associated Press report by Don Thompson. "The 33,000<BR>
acre-feet is less than the 50,000 acre-feet a federal judge said the bureau<=
BR>
could release as needed to help salmon" (see Sublegals, 7:17/14). <BR>
Earlier this year, MWD made deals to buy 180,000 acre-feet of water<BR>
from the Sacramento Valley, mostly from rice farmers. Deliveries were<BR>
to be made through the separate federal and state water systems. As it<BR>
turned out, heavy spring rains meant MWD didn't need that water and<BR>
couldn't move it through the water system anyway. U.S. Federal District<BR>
Court Judge Oliver Wanger, in a 4 April ruling regarding the Trinity<BR>
River Record of Decision (ROD), ruled that the Bureau wasn't obligated<BR>
to put in more water in a dry year. But at its discretion, BOR could<BR>
release up to 50,000 acre-feet more if required to prevent another fish<BR>
kill. The Trinity is the major tributary of the Klamath River. For more<BR>
on BOR's flow decision, go to: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo. To see the<BR>
22 August article by Todd Kepple in the Klamath Falls Herald & News,<BR>
go to: http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2003/08/22/news/<BR>
top_stories/more.txt.<BR>
<BR>
8:08/04. ALASKA FISHERMEN PETITION FOR TRADE<BR>
ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF IMPACT OF FARMED<BR>
FISH IMPORTS: On 20 August, United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA)<BR>
filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to<BR>
qualify all Alaska salmon fishermen for Trade Adjustment Assistance<BR>
(TAA) through the federal Trade Assistance for Farmers program.<BR>
Petitions are due 31 August. If a petition is certified, individual<BR>
fishermen may apply for funds as part of the certified group. If the<B=
R>
group is certified, salmon fishermen who can verify an overall net<BR>
fishing income decline in 2002 from 2001 may be eligible, and would<BR>
have three months from the date of acceptance to apply for FY 2003<BR>
assistance funds. Payments would be made beginning in January 2004. <BR>
<BR>
The opportunity to petition was granted by USDA in=20=
response to<BR>
efforts of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and a concerted effort<BR>
by UFA and other fishing organizations, including PCFFA. U.S. wild<BR>
salmon producers, particlularly Alaska's fishermen, have been<BR>
devastated by the influx of cheap farmed salmon imports and especially<BR>
those from Chile. Under the TAA, technical assistance and adjustment<BR>
payments can be provided to U.S. agricultural, livestock and<BR>
aquacultural producers, including qualified fishermen, if it is<BR>
demonstrated that increased imports of competitive commodities have<BR>
contributed importantly to a 20-percent or more price decline compared<BR>
to the average price over five preceding marketing years. <BR>
<BR>
The Trade Act of 2002 established the Trade Adjustm=
ent Assistance<BR>
for Farmers program and authorized appropriations to carry out the<BR>
program not to exceed $90 million a year for fiscal years 2003 through<BR>
2007. Groups of agricultural/fish producers with complete marketing<BR>
year price information from marketing year 2002 or 2003, whichever is<BR>
the most recent available, are eligible to apply. A producer group or<BR>
their authorized representative must first file a petition with FAS to<BR>
establish group eligibility to apply for TAA, which is what UFA is<BR>
doing. For more information on the UFA petition, contact Mark Vinsel,<BR>
at (907)586-2820, or go to: http://www.ufa-fish.org/press.htm. For more<BR>
information on the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, go to:<BR>
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/resource.htm. <BR>
<BR>
8:08/05. SOUTHERN US SHRIMPERS DIVIDED OVER<BR>
PROTECTING DOMESTIC MARKETS: Citing inaction by a coalition<BR>
of shrimping industry groups from eight southern states, the Louisiana<BR>
Shrimpers Association (LSA) voted 6 August to initiate their own set of<BR>
allegations accusing some foreign countries of trying to undercut their<BR>
domestic shrimp markets (see Sublegals 8:04/01). The decision was<BR>
made after LSA fishermen stood in solidarity with members of the<BR>
regional Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) during a day of protest against<BR>
the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on 26<BR>
July. On that day shrimpers convened in New Orleans to participate in=20=
a<BR>
march protesting secret CAFTA negotiations to be held there the<BR>
following week. In other southern states, shrimpers displayed banners<=
BR>
protesting the environmental impacts of aquaculture in developing<BR>
nations.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Since then tempers have flared over strategies for=20=
petitioning the<BR>
federal government to impose tariffs on imported shrimp. LSA board<BR>
member Dean Blanchard said shrimpers in his association couldn't<BR>
afford to wait any longer. "We've got to do something.... We pay=
$100,<BR>
$120 a man to work for us, and they pay $2 a day. We have to have a<BR>
level playing field." Two days later, on 8 August, the SSA voted to<BR=
>
begin its own anti-dumping petitioning process. The American Shrimp<BR=
>
Processors Association followed that decision with a unanimous vote on<BR>
21 August to support the SSA's petition effort with 100,000 dollars. <BR>
Each petition will cost the respective groups millions of dollars<BR>
depending on how many countries they decide to accuse. For more on<BR>
the CAFTA protests see the 26 July Associated Press article at:<BR>
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/6392388.htm. For more on<BR>
the shrimpers' tariff petitions see the Baton Rouge Advocate articles at:<BR=
>
http://2theadvocate.com/stories/080903/bus_shrimp001.shtml and<BR>
http://2theadvocate.com/stories/080803/bus_shrimp001.shtml or the 22<BR>
August Associated Press article at:<BR>
http://abc26.trb.com/wgno-shrimperssanctioned082203,0,2087854.story<BR>
?coll=3Dwgno-home-1.<BR>
<BR>
8:08/06. BOOK RELEASE ON FREE TRADE ON EVE OF WTO<B=
R>
MINISTERIAL IN CANCUN: On the eve of the 5th Ministerial of the<BR>
World Trade Organization (WTO) that will take place 10-14 September<BR>
in Cancun, Mexico, a new book has been released, Shafted - Free Trade<BR>
and America's Working Poor, with papers from different authors on<BR>
"free" trade impacts. The book contains a forward by U.S.<BR>
Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). An open house will be held in<BR>
San Francisco for the release of the book and will include PCFFA's<BR>
Pietro Parravano and Zeke Grader as panelists discussing fishery<BR>
impacts. The open house will be held Tuesday, 2 September, at New<BR>
College Theater, 777 Valencia Street in San Francisco, from 1900-2100<BR>
HRS. For information surrounding the food issues with the WTO go to:<BR>
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/wto/background.html. For<BR>
more on the negotiations, go to:<BR>
http://www.twnside.org.sg/trade_11.htm. For information on food<BR>
security issues surrounding the WTO, contact: foodnews@ca.inter.net. <BR>
In addition, the New York Times has recently run a series of exposes of<BR>
the negative impacts on poor farmers in the global South of U.S. and<BR>
European agricultural policies. Topics range from sugar, to African<BR>
cotton, to Vietnamese catfish, and agriculture in the Philippines. These<BR>
are available at<BR>
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/wto/update.html. <BR>
<BR>
8:08/08. SUBLEGALS NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT: Sublegals st=
aff<BR>
are working hard to bring you the latest fisheries news every week, but<BR>
times are tough and we need your support to continue this service.<BR>
Please help by donating (tax deductible!) online at<BR>
http://www.ifrfish.org/forms/form.html or sending a check to IFR at Box<BR>
29196, San Francisco, CA 94129. Thanks from all the staff here at IFR<BR>
and PCFFA.<BR>
<BR>
8:08/09. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR NATIONAL FISHE=
RIES<BR>
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: The "first-ever" U.S. fisheries<BR>
management conference, co-sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries<BR>
Service (NMFS) and the eight regional fishery management councils,<BR>
will be held 13-15 November at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel &<BR>
Conference Center in Washington, D.C. This conference, Managing Our<BR>
Nation's Marine Fisheries - Past, Present, and Future," aims to "educate<BR>
the public, policy makers, and media on the fishery management<BR>
process; highlight successful management by region and current<BR>
management and research initiatives; help bridge the gap between<BR>
perception and reality regarding fisheries management; and provide a<BR>
forum for information exchange and soliciting a wide range of<BR>
perspectives on future management and marine research directions." <BR>
The conference is aimed at fishermen, conservationists, policymakers<BR>
and reporters examining issues surrounding the reauthorization of the<BR>
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act. Agenda<BR>
topics include Individual Fisheries Quotas (IFQs) and rights-based<BR>
management, habitat and protected species considerations, by-catch and<BR>
protecting community interests. Registration is now open, as are calls<BR>
for abstracts. Online registration is at www.managingfisheries.org.<BR=
>
<BR>
8:08/10. US SPENDING ON FISHERIES WILL DECREASE TO<=
BR>
PAY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY, WAR; ARTICLE PROPOSES<BR>
TRUST FUND TO PAY FOR FISHERY RESEARCH: U.S. spending<BR>
on fishery, coastal and ocean activities will fall to $9.7 billion for FY<BR=
>
2004, according to an Intrafish report. According to the latest report of<BR=
>
the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), ocean and coastal spending<BR>
fell for half of the 14 agencies involved in water-related activities,<BR>
including the Department of Commerce (which oversees the National<BR>
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), the Department of Defense,<BR>
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Department.<BR>
Pacific salmon restoration and research will also be impacted in 2004.<BR>
Pacific salmon recovery and Pacific Salmon Treaty funding will fall, as<BR>
will funding for anadromous hatchery programs, and it's uncertain what<BR>
will happen to the Pacific Salmon Commission (see 8:08/02 above). <BR>
Aquaculture research and operations will also be cut back in 2004. The<BR>
Marine Aquaculture arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's<BR>
(USDA) Agricultural Research Service will have its budget cut from<BR>
$7.2 million to $3.6 million. The National Marine Fisheries Service's<BR>
(NMFS) Marine Aquaculture Program will be cut to $2.6 million.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
The August 2003 issue of the Fishermen's News carri=
es an article by<BR>
PCFFA's Pietro Parravano, IFR's Ky Russell and Paul Siri, former<BR>
Assistant Director of the University of California's Bodega Marine<BR>
Laboratory, proposing a national trust fund to provide an on-going and<BR>
stable source of funding for fisheries research. The article,<BR>
"PLANNING AND PAYING FOR FUTURE FISHERIES RESEARCH<BR>
- Fish Stocks and Fishing Communities Depend on Good Data,"<BR>
(pp.18-20) is also available on the PCFFA website at:<BR>
http://www.pcffa.org/fn-aug03.htm.<BR>
<BR>
8:08/11. SNOWE-KERRY BILL INTRODUCED TO CREAT=
E<BR>
NATIONAL OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM: U.S. Senators<BR>
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John Kerry (D-MA) have introduced<BR>
legislation, S.1400, the "Ocean Observation & Coastal Systems Act,"<BR>
aimed at helping fishermen, environmentalists, Coast Guard, Navy,<BR>
scientists, shippers and educators increase knowledge of the oceans. The<BR>
bill, which was introduced on Bastille Day, is intended to provide<BR>
real-time ocean data, and is co-sponsored by a bi-partisan group of<BR>
Senators, including John McCain (R-AZ), Ernest Hollings (D-SC),<BR>
Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Breaux (D-LA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA).<BR>
Based on the Gulf of Maine's successful Ocean Observing System,<BR>
S.1400 would:<BR>
<BR>
* Develop and maintain an integrated marine data monitoring and<BR>
management system for comprehensive and continuous ocean and<BR>
coastal observations;<BR>
* Implement a research and development program to enhance security at<BR>
U.S. ports; <BR>
* Coordinate state agencies' regional ocean observing system efforts<BR>
regarding data measurement requirements, standards and protocols for<BR>
quality control, and data management and planning activities;<BR>
* Establish a Joint Operations Center to manage data and buoy<BR>
technologies, carry out the deployment of the system and provide<BR>
technical support for observing plans as well as include a national data<BR>
system to document global trends, link regional and global data, and<BR>
collect information in a uniform manner, and;<BR>
* Establish a research and development program to study the<BR>
relationship between ocean conditions and human activities, develop<BR>
new observation technologies, and improve public education. To date,<BR>
Senator Snowe has secured $9 million over the past three years for the<BR>
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, which includes participation of<BR>
the Maine Lobstermen's Association, along with other research<BR>
institutions and government agencies. For more information on S. 1400,<BR>
contact Andrew Minkiewicz at the Senate Commerce Committee's<BR>
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere & Fisheries at (202) 224-8172<BR>
or: andrew.minkiewicz@mail.senate.gov. &n=
bsp; =
<BR>
&nbs=
p; <BR>
8:08/12. CALIFORNIA FISH & GAME COMMISSION TO M=
EET<BR>
IN SANTA ROSA; SETTING OF HERRING SEASON MAJOR<BR>
AGENDA ITEM: The California Fish & Game Commission will meet<BR>
28-29 August in Santa Rosa; the first day will be at the Flamingo Resort<BR>
Hotel and the second day at the Santa Rosa City Council Chambers. The<BR>
main agenda item for Thursday's meeting is a report on the recovery<BR>
plan for coho salmon followed by a tour of the Dry Creek Fish Hatchery<BR>
on the Russian River that is to be used as a conservation facility for a<BR>
coho salmon captive broodstock program. On Friday, the Commission<BR>
will take up the setting of the 2003-2004 herring roe season. One of t=
he<BR>
options being considered is a closure of the San Francisco Bay fishery,<BR>
because of some concerns raised about the skewed year classes in the<BR>
population that resulted from the 1998 El Nino and the adoption of<BR>
larger gill-net mesh sizes in San Francisco Bay (see Sublegals, 7:21/07). <B=
R>
For more information on the meeting, go to:<BR>
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fg_comm.<BR>
<BR>
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p; &n=
bsp; *****************=
**<BR>
PAYING ATTENTION? President Bush, during his visit to the Pacific<BR>
Northwest this past week, claimed what?<BR>
<BR>
A) At the Boeing Center in Washington State, the President said his<BR>
Administration has brought Mars the closest it's been to the Earth in the<BR=
>
past 60,000 years to help make a manned mission to the red planet<BR>
possible.<BR>
B) At a reception of natural resource economists at Oregon State<BR>
University in Corvallis, the President said the federal budget could be<BR>
balanced by eliminating taxes on wealthy Americans.<BR>
C) Speaking to a crowd at Ice Harbor Dam, near Burbank, Washington,<BR>
the President said his Administration was responsible for the recovery of<BR=
>
salmon without taking down any dams.<BR>
D) Before a reception of Microsoft executives in Renton, Washington,<BR>
the President said that it was he, not Al Gore, that invented the Internet.<=
BR>
<BR>
E-Mail your answer to "Editor" at: sublegals@ifrfish.org. One winner is<BR>
drawn each week from a list of those submitting the correct answer. <BR>
<BR>
And the Winner is............ JOHN KOSTYACK, who correctly answered,<BR>
"A) The Bush Administration has refused to allocate more funds for the<BR>
study to be completed," to the question of, "Why is the crucial Klamath<BR>
River 'Hardy Phase II Flow Study,' 21 months late in being released?"<BR>
He will receive an "Order of the Fringehead" certificate and a Sublegals<BR>
shirt.<BR>
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