The next Willapa meeting is here and staff sent out a substantial notification with attachments. You can e mail Barbara.mcclellan@dfw.wa.gov if you did not get the notice and feel the need.


Additionally some have questions on the Spring Chinook thing that is said to be happening. As I recall Forks Cr Hatchery has about 500K of Kalama Springers on station. As I understand it all processes were followed and approvals necessary. This is ( may be a bit fuzzy here ) to be a ongoing thing based upon surplus eggs being available. Will this work? No idea but it will only produce a small return, based upon stream of origin performance, of around 1/3 of a percent. 1200 to 1400 adults terminal Willapa with the usual conflicts around harvest impacts on other species.

Also the question around why this was not fully explained to the Willapa Community. No idea as to motives by WDFW but I would say they probably feel that the Adviser Process meets all obligations to all users and the Willapa Community. Remember folks WDFW hides in plain sight and does believe that not providing information that would lead one to a different conclusion than they desire is a acceptable way to conduct business. They are a government agency and it is what it is.



From Staff:
In case you are planning to attend tomorrow night’s (01/09/18) Willapa Bay salmon advisory meeting here in Montesano at 6 p.m. or if you are just interested in the documents.


Subject: WBSAG meeting 1-9-2019 materials

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder about our upcoming WBSAG meeting on Wednesday, January 9 at 6pm at the Montesano Regional Office. I have also attached a couple of files that will be used in our discussion. The first file “Report Card for WB policy review” is a preliminary look at the implementation of the goals and objectives in the Willapa Bay Salmon Management Policy utilizing the “stop-light” paradigm from the Columbia River Policy review. The second file is a pdf of a presentation to discuss the performance of the policy since implementation. I am not planning on producing an agenda for this meeting as most of our time will be spent reviewing and taking feedback on these two documents. If there are some additional topics folks would like to discuss, we can set some time aside at the end of the meeting.

Thanks,
Chad Herring
South Coast Fishery Policy Lead
Montesano Regional Headquarters
48 Devonshire Rd
Montesano WA, 98563
Office#:(360)249-1299
Cell #:(360)470-3410
Chad.herring@dfw.wa.gov


barbara.mcclellan@dfw.wa.gov