Coho. Compensation for Methow River coho will be assessed in 2006 following the development of an anticipated long-term coho hatchery program and/or the establishment of a Threshold Population of naturally reproducing coho in the Methow Basin. The Hatchery Committee shall make a determination on whether a hatchery program and/or naturally reproducing population of coho is present in the Methow Basin (by an entity other than the District and occurring outside this Agreement). Should the Hatchery Committee determine that such a program and/or population exists, then the Hatchery Committee shall determine the most appropriate means to satisfy NNI for Methow Basin coho. Programs to meet NNI for Methow Basin coho may include but is not limited to; 1) provide operation and maintenance funding in the amount equivalent to 3.8% project passage loss or 2) provide funding for acclimation or adult collection facilities both in the amount equivalent to 3.8% juvenile passage loss at the Xxxxx Project. The programs selected to achieve NNI for Methow Basin coho will utilize an interim value of project survival, based upon the three-year average Juvenile Project Survival estimate of 96.2%, until project survival studies can be conducted on Methow Basin coho.
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Samples: Anadromous Fish Agreement and Habitat Conservation Plan, Anadromous Fish Agreement and Habitat Conservation Plan, Anadromous Fish Agreement and Habitat Conservation Plan