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Portland, Oregon
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The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, in cooperation
with the Yakama Nation, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife,
and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, will conduct a White
Sturgeon population survey in Bonneville Reservoir. Contract tribal
fishers and Yakama Nation fisheries technicians will begin tagging
white sturgeon the week of December 5, 2005 and continue through
February 2006. State agencies will resume tagging in late spring
and continue through summer of 2006.
The cooperative effort will update the 2003 population estimate
and provide tribal and state management staff the necessary information
to continue management while allowing for sustainable growth of
Bonneville Reservoir’s white sturgeon population.
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.
The tribal and state agencies ask the public’s cooperation
in not disturbing research gear. Concerned persons should contact
CRITFC Project Manager 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. |
