| Sturgeon
survey set for The Dalles Reservoir
Portland, Oregon
- The Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), in cooperation with the Yakama
Nation, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife, will launch a white sturgeon population survey
in The Dalles Reservoir.
Tribal researchers will begin tagging white sturgeon the week of Dec.
6, 2004, continuing through February 2005. State agencies will resume
tagging in late spring and continue through next summer.
The population estimate will help tribal and state staff manage The
Dalles Reservoir’s white sturgeon population while allowing
for sustainable growth.
Fisheries technicians from the Yakama Nation Fisheries Department
and contract tribal fishers will perform the survey from tribal commercial
fishing vessels using clearly labeled and identifiable fishing gear.
All sanctuaries for white sturgeon will be observed and all fish captured
will be returned to the reservoir.
Tribal and state agencies ask the public’s cooperation in not
disturbing research gear. Concerned persons should contact CRITFC
project leaders Kevin Kappenman or Blaine Parker at (503) 238-0667.
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About CRITFC
The Portland-based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is
the technical support and coordinating agency for fishery management
policies of the Columbia River Basin's four treaty tribes: the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Nez Perce Tribe.
CRITFC, formed in 1977, employs biologists, other scientists, public
information specialists, policy analysts and administrators who work
in fisheries research and analyses, advocacy, planning and coordination,
harvest control and law enforcement. |
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