Common use of Chinook Salmon Clause in Contracts

Chinook Salmon. (i) This agreement shall apply to large (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length) Chinook salmon originating in the Taku River. (ii) Both Parties shall take the appropriate management action to ensure that the necessary escapement goals for Chinook salmon bound for the Canadian portions of the Taku River are achieved. The Parties agree to share in the burden of conservation. Fishing arrangements must take biodiversity and eco-system requirements into account. (iii) Consistent with paragraph 2 above, management of directed fisheries will be abundance-based through an approach developed by the Committee. The Parties agree to implement assessment programs in support of the abundance-based management regime. (iv) Unless otherwise agreed, directed fisheries on Taku River Chinook salmon will occur only in the Taku River drainage in Canada, and in District 111 in the U.S. (v) Management of Taku River Chinook salmon will take into account the conservation of specific stocks or conservation units when planning and prosecuting their respective fisheries. To avoid over-harvesting of specific components of the run, weekly guideline harvests, or other agreed management measures, will be developed by the Committee by apportioning the allowable harvest of each Party over the total Chinook season based on historical weekly run timing. (vi) Commencing 2009, the Parties agree to implement through the Committee an agreed Chinook genetic stock identification (GSI) program to assist the management of Taku Chinook salmon. The Parties agree to continue the development of joint (GSI) baselines. (vii) The Parties agree to periodically review the above- border Taku River Chinook spawning escapement goal which will be expressed in terms of large Chinook fish (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length). By January 15, 2009, the Parties agree to jointly review the currently agreed escapement goal and pass a jointly prepared technical report through accelerated domestic review processes in time for a revised goal to be applied in the 2009 season. Formal review processes will proceed as required. (viii) A preseason forecast of the Taku River Chinook salmon terminal run6 size will be made by the Committee by December 1 of each year. (ix) Directed fisheries may be implemented based on preseason forecasts only if the preseason forecast terminal run size equals or exceeds the midpoint of the MSY escapement goal range plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery base level catches (BLCs) 6 Terminal run = total Taku Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Taku Chinook salmon outside District 111. of Taku River Chinook salmon. The preseason forecast will only be used for management until inseason projections become available. (x) For the purposes of determining whether to allow directed fisheries using inseason information, such fisheries will not be implemented unless the projected terminal run size exceeds the bilaterally agreed escapement goal point estimate (NMSY) plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery BLCs of Taku River Chinook salmon. The Committee shall determine when inseason projections can be used for management purposes and shall establish the methodology for inseason projections and update them weekly or at other agreed intervals. (xi) The allowable catch (AC) is calculated as follows: Base terminal run (BTR) = escapement target + test fishery BLC + U.S. BLC + Cdn BLC Terminal run – (BTR) = AC (xii) BLCs include the following: a. U.S. Taku BLC: 3,500 large Chinook7

Chinook Salmon. (i) This agreement shall apply to large (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length) Chinook salmon originating in the Taku Stikine River. (ii) Both Parties shall take the appropriate management action to ensure that the necessary escapement goals for Chinook salmon bound for the Canadian portions of the Taku Stikine River are achieved. The Parties agree to share in the burden of conservation. Fishing arrangements must take biodiversity and eco-system requirements into account. (iii) Consistent with paragraph 2 above, management of directed fisheries will be abundance-based through an approach developed by the Committee. The Parties agree to implement assessment programs in support of the abundance-based management regime. (iv) Unless otherwise agreed, directed fisheries on Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon will occur only in the Taku Stikine River drainage in Canada, and in District 111 108 in the U.S. (v) Pursuant to this agreement, a directed U.S. subsistence fishery in U.S. portions of the Stikine River will be permitted, with a guideline harvest level of 125 Chinook salmon to be taken between May 15 and June 20. For this fishery: a. The fishing area will include the main stem of the Stikine River, downstream of the international border, with the exception that fishing at stock assessment sites identified prior to each season is prohibited unless allowed under specific conditions agreed to by both Parties’ respective managers. b Catches will be reported weekly, including all incidentally caught fish. All tags recovered shall be submitted to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. c A written report on the fishery summarizing harvests, fishing effort and other pertinent information requested by the Transboundary Panel will be submitted by the management agency for consideration by the Panel at its annual post season meeting. d Any proposed regulatory changes to the fishery during the remaining years of this annex would need to be reviewed by the bilateral TBR Panel and approved by the Pacific Salmon Commission. (vi) Management of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon will take into account the conservation of specific stocks or conservation units when planning and prosecuting their respective fisheries. To avoid over-harvesting of specific components of the run, weekly guideline harvests, harvests or other agreed management measures, measures will be developed by the Committee by apportioning the allowable harvest of each Party over the total Chinook season based on historical weekly run timing. (vivii) Commencing 2009, the Parties agree to implement through the Committee an agreed Chinook genetic stock identification (GSI) program to assist the management of Taku Stikine Chinook salmon. The Parties agree to continue the development of joint (GSI) GSI baselines. (viiviii) The Parties agree to periodically review the above- above-border Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon spawning escapement goal which will be expressed in terms of large Chinook fish (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length). By January 15, 2009, the Parties agree to jointly review the currently agreed escapement goal and pass a jointly prepared technical report through accelerated domestic review processes in time for a revised goal to be applied in the 2009 season. Formal review processes will proceed as required. (viiiix) A preseason forecast of the Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon terminal run6 run1 size will be made by the Committee by December 1 of each year. (ixx) Directed fisheries may be implemented based on preseason forecasts only if the preseason forecast terminal run size equals or exceeds the midpoint of the MSY escapement goal range plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery base level catches (BLCs) 6 Terminal run = total Taku Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Taku Chinook salmon outside District 111. of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon. The preseason forecast will only be used for management until inseason projections become available. (xxi) For the purposes of determining whether to allow directed fisheries using inseason information, such fisheries will not be implemented unless the projected terminal run size exceeds the bilaterally agreed escapement goal point estimate (NMSY) plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery BLCs of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon. The Committee shall determine when inseason projections can be used for management purposes and shall establish the methodology for inseason projections and update them weekly or at other agreed intervals. (xixii) The allowable catch (AC) is will be calculated as follows: Base terminal run (BTR) = escapement target + test fishery BLC + U.S. BLC + +Cdn BLC Terminal run – (BTR) = AC (xiixiii) BLCs include the following: : a. U.S. Taku Stikine BLC: 3,500 3,400 large Chinook7Chinook2; b. Canadian Stikine BLC: 2,300 large Chinook3; c. Test fishery: 1,400 large Chinook. (xiv) Harvest sharing and accounting of the AC shall be as follows: [Table omitted: Text rendering of table not possible -- for table, see Source at top of document.] Within each Allowable Catch Range, each Party’s Allowable Catch Share will be calculated proportional to where the AC occurs within the range. (xv) The U.S. catch of the Stikine Chinook salmon AC will not count towards the SEAK AABM allocation. In particular: a. non-Stikine Treaty Chinook salmon harvested in District 108 will continue to count toward the SEAK AABM harvest limit; b. the U.S. BLC of Stikine Chinook salmon in District 108 will count toward the SEAK AABM harvest limit; c. the U.S. catch of Stikine Chinook salmon in District 108 above the U.S. BLC will not count towards the SEAK AABM allocation. Accounting for the SEAK AABM Chinook salmon catches as pertains to transboundary rivers harvests will continue to be the responsibility of the Chinook Technical Committee as modified by (a) through (c) above. (xvi) With the exception of the provisions included in paragraph (v) above, the Parties shall determine the domestic allocation of their respective harvest shares. (xvii) When the terminal run is insufficient to provide for the Party’s Stikine Chinook BLC and the lower end of the escapement goal range, the reductions in each Party’s base level fisheries, i.e. the fisheries that contributed to the BLCs, will be proportionate to the BLC shares, excluding the test fishery. (xviii) If the escapement of Stikine River Chinook salmon is below the lower bound of the agreed escapement range for three consecutive years, the Parties will examine the management of base level fisheries and any other fishery which harvests Stikine River Chinook salmon stocks, with a view to rebuilding the escapement.

Chinook Salmon. (i) This agreement shall apply to large (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length) Chinook salmon originating in the Taku Stikine River. (ii) Both Parties shall take the appropriate management action to ensure that the necessary escapement goals for Chinook salmon bound for the Canadian portions of the Taku Stikine River are achieved. The Parties agree to share in the burden of conservation. Fishing arrangements must take biodiversity and eco-system requirements into account. (iii) Consistent with paragraph 2 above, management of directed fisheries will be abundance-abundance- based through an approach developed by the Committee. The Parties agree to implement assessment programs in support of the abundance-based management regime. (iv) Unless otherwise agreed, directed fisheries on Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon will occur only in the Taku Stikine River drainage in Canada, and in District 111 108 in the U.S. (v) Pursuant to this agreement, a directed U.S. subsistence fishery in U.S. portions of the Stikine River will be permitted, with a guideline harvest level of 125 Chinook salmon to be taken between May 15 and June 20. For this fishery: a. The fishing area will include the main stem of the Stikine River, downstream of the international border, with the exception that fishing at stock assessment sites identified prior to each season is prohibited unless allowed under specific conditions agreed to by both Parties’ respective managers. b Catches will be reported weekly, including all incidentally caught fish. All tags recovered shall be submitted to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. c A written report on the fishery summarizing harvests, fishing effort and other pertinent information requested by the Transboundary Panel will be submitted by the management agency for consideration by the Panel at its annual post season meeting. d Any proposed regulatory changes to the fishery during the remaining years of this annex would need to be reviewed by the bilateral TBR Panel and approved by the Pacific Salmon Commission. (vi) Management of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon will take into account the conservation of specific stocks or conservation units when planning and prosecuting their respective fisheries. To avoid over-harvesting of specific components of the run, weekly guideline harvests, harvests or other agreed management measures, measures will be developed by the Committee by apportioning the allowable harvest of each Party over the total Chinook season based on historical weekly run timing. (vivii) Commencing 2009, the Parties agree to implement through the Committee an agreed Chinook genetic stock identification (GSI) program to assist the management of Taku Stikine Chinook salmon. The Parties agree to continue the development of joint (GSI) GSI baselines. (viiviii) The Parties agree to periodically review the above- above-border Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon spawning escapement goal which will be expressed in terms of large Chinook fish (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length). By January 15, 2009, the Parties agree to jointly review the currently agreed escapement goal and pass a jointly prepared technical report through accelerated domestic review processes in time for a revised goal to be applied in the 2009 season. Formal review processes will proceed as required. (viiiix) A preseason forecast of the Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon terminal run6 run1 size will be made by the Committee by December 1 of each year. (ixx) Directed fisheries may be implemented based on preseason forecasts only if the preseason forecast terminal run size equals or exceeds the midpoint of the MSY escapement goal range plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery base level catches (BLCs) 6 Terminal run = total Taku Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Taku Chinook salmon outside District 111. of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon. The preseason forecast will only be used for management until inseason projections become available. (xxi) For the purposes of determining whether to allow directed fisheries using inseason information, such fisheries will not be implemented unless the projected terminal run size exceeds the bilaterally agreed escapement goal point estimate (NMSY) plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery BLCs of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon. The Committee shall determine when inseason projections can be used for management purposes and shall establish the methodology for inseason projections and update them weekly or at other agreed intervals. (xixii) The allowable catch (AC) is will be calculated as follows: Base terminal run (BTR) = escapement target + test fishery BLC + U.S. BLC + +Cdn BLC Terminal run – (BTR) = AC (xiixiii) BLCs include the following: : a. U.S. Taku Stikine BLC: 3,500 3,400 large Chinook7Chinook2; b. Canadian Stikine BLC: 2,300 large Chinook3; c. Test fishery: 1,400 large Chinook. (xiv) Harvest sharing and accounting of the AC shall be as follows: [Table omitted: Text rendering of table not possible -- for table, see Source at top of document.] Within each Allowable Catch Range, each Party’s Allowable Catch Share will be calculated proportional to where the AC occurs within the range. (xv) The U.S. catch of the Stikine Chinook salmon AC will not count towards the SEAK AABM allocation. In particular: a. non-Stikine Treaty Chinook salmon harvested in District 108 will continue to count toward the SEAK AABM harvest limit; b. the U.S. BLC of Stikine Chinook salmon in District 108 will count toward the SEAK AABM harvest limit; c. the U.S. catch of Stikine Chinook salmon in District 108 above the U.S. BLC will not count towards the SEAK AABM allocation. Accounting for the SEAK AABM Chinook salmon catches as pertains to transboundary rivers harvests will continue to be the responsibility of the Chinook Technical Committee as modified by (a) through (c) above. (xvi) With the exception of the provisions included in paragraph (v) above, the Parties shall determine the domestic allocation of their respective harvest shares. (xvii) When the terminal run is insufficient to provide for the Party’s Stikine Chinook BLC and the lower end of the escapement goal range, the reductions in each Party’s base level fisheries, i.e. the fisheries that contributed to the BLCs, will be proportionate to the BLC shares, excluding the test fishery. (xviii) If the escapement of Stikine River Chinook salmon is below the lower bound of the agreed escapement range for three consecutive years, the Parties will examine the management of base level fisheries and any other fishery which harvests Stikine River Chinook salmon stocks, with a view to rebuilding the escapement.

Chinook Salmon. (i) This agreement shall apply to large (greater than 659 mm mid-mid- eye to fork length) Chinook salmon originating in the Taku Stikine River. (ii) Both Parties shall take the appropriate management action to ensure that the necessary escapement goals for Chinook salmon bound for the Canadian portions of the Taku Stikine River are achieved. The Parties agree to share in the burden of conservation. Fishing arrangements must take biodiversity and eco-system requirements into account. (iii) Consistent with paragraph 2 above, management of directed fisheries will be abundance-based through an approach developed by the Committee. The Parties agree to implement assessment programs in support of the abundance-based management regime. (iv) Unless otherwise agreed, directed fisheries on Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon will occur only in the Taku Stikine River drainage in Canada, and in District 111 108 in the U.S. (v) Pursuant to this agreement, a directed U.S. subsistence fishery in U.S. portions of the Stikine River will be permitted, with a guideline harvest level of 125 Chinook salmon to be taken between May 15 and June 20. For this fishery: a. The fishing area will include the main stem of the Stikine River, downstream of the international border, with the exception that fishing at stock assessment sites identified prior to each season is prohibited unless allowed under specific conditions agreed to by both Parties’ respective managers. b. Catches will be reported weekly, including all incidentally caught fish. All tags recovered shall be submitted to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. c. A written report on the fishery summarizing harvests, fishing effort and other pertinent information requested by the Transboundary Panel will be submitted by the management agency for consideration by the Panel at its annual post season meeting. d. Any proposed regulatory changes to the fishery during the remaining years of this annex would need to be reviewed by the bilateral TBR Panel and approved by the Pacific Salmon Commission. (vi) Management of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon will take into account the conservation of specific stocks or conservation units when planning and prosecuting their respective fisheries. To avoid over-harvesting of specific components of the run, weekly guideline harvests, harvests or other agreed management measures, measures will be developed by the Committee by apportioning the allowable harvest of each Party over the total Chinook season based on historical weekly run timing. (vivii) Commencing 2009, the Parties agree to implement through the Committee an agreed Chinook genetic stock identification (GSI) program to assist the management of Taku Stikine Chinook salmon. The Parties agree to continue the development of joint (GSI) GSI baselines. (viiviii) The Parties agree to periodically review the above- above-border Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon spawning escapement goal which will be expressed in terms of large Chinook fish (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length). By January 15, 2009, the Parties agree to jointly review the currently agreed escapement goal and pass a jointly prepared technical report through accelerated domestic review processes in time for a revised goal to be applied in the 2009 season. Formal review processes will proceed as required. (viiiix) A preseason forecast of the Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon terminal run6 run3 size will be made by the Committee by December 1 of each year. (ixx) Directed fisheries may be implemented based on preseason forecasts only if the preseason forecast terminal run size equals or exceeds the midpoint of the MSY escapement goal range plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery base level catches (BLCs) 6 Terminal run = total Taku Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Taku Chinook salmon outside District 111. of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon. The preseason forecast will only be used for management until inseason projections become available. (xxi) For the purposes of determining whether to allow directed fisheries using inseason information, such fisheries will not be implemented unless the projected terminal run size exceeds the bilaterally agreed escapement goal point estimate (NMSY) plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery BLCs of Taku Stikine River Chinook salmon. The Committee shall determine when inseason projections can be used for management purposes and shall establish the methodology for inseason projections and update them weekly or at other agreed intervals. (xixii) The allowable catch (AC) is will be calculated as follows: 3 Terminal run = total Stikine Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Stikine Chinook salmon outside District 108. Base terminal run (BTR) = escapement target + test fishery BLC + U.S. BLC + +Cdn BLC Terminal run – (BTR) = AC (xiixiii) BLCs include the following: : a. U.S. Taku Stikine BLC: 3,500 3,400 large Chinook7Chinook4; b. Canadian Stikine BLC: 2,300 large Chinook5; c. Test fishery: 1,400 large Chinook.

Chinook Salmon. (i) This agreement shall apply to large (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length) Chinook salmon originating in the Taku River. (ii) Both Parties shall take the appropriate management action to ensure that the necessary escapement goals for Chinook salmon bound for the Canadian portions of the Taku River are achieved. The Parties agree to share in the burden of conservation. Fishing arrangements must take biodiversity and eco-system requirements into account. (iii) Consistent with paragraph 2 above, management of directed fisheries will be abundance-based through an approach developed by the Committee. The Parties agree to implement assessment programs in support of the abundance-based management regime. (iv) Unless otherwise agreed, directed fisheries on Taku River Chinook salmon will occur only in the Taku River drainage in Canada, and in District 111 in the U.S. (v) Management of Taku River Chinook salmon will take into account the conservation of specific stocks or conservation units when planning and prosecuting their respective fisheries. To avoid over-harvesting of specific components of the run, weekly guideline harvests, or other agreed management measures, will be developed by the Committee by apportioning the allowable harvest of each Party over the total Chinook season based on historical weekly run timing. (vi) Commencing 2009, the Parties agree to implement through the Committee an agreed Chinook genetic stock identification (GSI) program to assist the management of Taku Chinook salmon. The Parties agree to continue the development of joint (GSI) baselines. (vii) The Parties agree to periodically review the above- above-border Taku River Chinook spawning escapement goal which will be expressed in terms of large Chinook fish (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length). By January 15, 2009, the Parties agree to jointly review the currently agreed escapement goal and pass a jointly prepared technical report through accelerated domestic review processes in time for a revised goal to be applied in the 2009 season. Formal review processes will proceed as required. (viii) A preseason forecast of the Taku River Chinook salmon terminal run6 run4 size will be made by the Committee by December 1 of each year. (ix) Directed fisheries may be implemented based on preseason forecasts only if the preseason forecast terminal run size equals or exceeds the midpoint of the MSY escapement goal range plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery base level catches (BLCs) 6 Terminal run = total Taku Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Taku Chinook salmon outside District 111. of Taku River Chinook salmon. The preseason forecast will only be used for management until inseason projections become available. (x) For the purposes of determining whether to allow directed fisheries using inseason information, such fisheries will not be implemented unless the projected terminal run size exceeds the bilaterally agreed escapement goal point estimate (NMSY) plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery BLCs of Taku River Chinook salmon. The Committee shall determine when inseason projections can be used for management purposes and shall establish the methodology for inseason projections and update them weekly or at other agreed intervals. (xi) The allowable catch (AC) is calculated as follows: Base terminal run (BTR) = escapement target + test fishery BLC + U.S. BLC + Cdn BLC Terminal run – (BTR) = AC (xii) BLCs include the following: a. U.S. Taku BLC: 3,500 large Chinook7Chinook5

Chinook Salmon. (i) This agreement shall apply to large (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length) Chinook salmon originating in the Taku River. (ii) Both Parties shall take the appropriate management action to ensure that the necessary escapement goals for Chinook salmon bound for the Canadian portions of the Taku River are achieved. The Parties agree to share in the burden of conservation. Fishing arrangements must take biodiversity and eco-system requirements into account. (iii) Consistent with paragraph 2 above, management of directed fisheries will be abundance-abundance- based through an approach developed by the Committee. The Parties agree to implement assessment programs in support of the abundance-based management regime. (iv) Unless otherwise agreed, directed fisheries on Taku River Chinook salmon will occur only in the Taku River drainage in Canada, and in District 111 in the U.S. (v) Management of Taku River Chinook salmon will take into account the conservation of specific stocks or conservation units when planning and prosecuting their respective fisheries. To avoid over-harvesting of specific components of the run, weekly guideline harvests, or other agreed management measures, will be developed by the Committee by apportioning the allowable harvest of each Party over the total Chinook season based on historical weekly run timing. (vi) Commencing 2009, the Parties agree to implement through the Committee an agreed Chinook genetic stock identification (GSI) program to assist the management of Taku Chinook salmon. The Parties agree to continue the development of joint (GSI) baselines. (vii) The Parties agree to periodically review the above- above-border Taku River Chinook spawning escapement goal which will be expressed in terms of large Chinook fish (greater than 659 mm mid-eye to fork length). By January 15, 2009, the Parties agree to jointly review the currently agreed escapement goal and pass a jointly prepared technical report through accelerated domestic review processes in time for a revised goal to be applied in the 2009 season. Formal review processes will proceed as required. (viii) A preseason forecast of the Taku River Chinook salmon terminal run6 run4 size will be made by the Committee by December 1 of each year. (ix) Directed fisheries may be implemented based on preseason forecasts only if the preseason forecast terminal run size equals or exceeds the midpoint of the MSY escapement goal range plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery base level catches (BLCs) 6 Terminal run = total Taku Chinook run size minus the US troll catch of Taku Chinook salmon outside District 111. of Taku River Chinook salmon. The preseason forecast will only be used for management until inseason projections become available. (x) For the purposes of determining whether to allow directed fisheries using inseason information, such fisheries will not be implemented unless the projected terminal run size exceeds the bilaterally agreed escapement goal point estimate (NMSY) plus the combined Canada, U.S. and test fishery BLCs of Taku River Chinook salmon. The Committee shall determine when inseason projections can be used for management purposes and shall establish the methodology for inseason projections and update them weekly or at other agreed intervals. (xi) The allowable catch (AC) is calculated as follows: Base terminal run (BTR) = escapement target + test fishery BLC + U.S. BLC + Cdn BLC Terminal run – (BTR) = AC (xii) BLCs include the following: a. U.S. Taku BLC: 3,500 large Chinook7Chinook5