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November 13 - 14, 2007 Russian Far East Sustainable Fisheries Workshop

Portland, Oregon

Leading experts in the field from Russia, the US, and Europe convened to explore innovative market based approaches to supporting sustainable fisheries.

October 31, 2006 - November 2, 2006 Sakhalin Salmon Initiative International Conference

SakhInCenter, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin

The Sakhalin Salmon Initiative International Conference will convene representatives of Russian and local governments, academia, local and indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations, fishing and extractive industries and international organizations. These stakeholders will elaborate the SSI's strategic priorities and have substantive discussions on its specific projects, discuss how its stakeholders can best work together, and ensure that it secures institutional support and the endorsement and ownership of stakeholders.

January 28-30, 2005 Measure 34 - Balancing the election result with the future of the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests in Northwestern Oregon

Ashland, Oregon

Part of Headwaters 13th Annual Forest Conference "Beyond Boundaries - Protecting Public, Industrial, and Private Forests throughout the Americas".

David Moskowitz and Mari Anne Gest of the Wild Salmon Center and Tillamook Fishing Guide Bob Rees will discuss the inspiration for, development of and outcomes from Measure 34 - the statewide ballot measure that aimed to change the forest management plan for the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests in Northwestern Oregon. The presenters will describe how the concept was created, how the campaign went, and analyze results. Presenters will also discuss the potential next steps for state forest activists, as well as conservation opportunities on state lands that may arise in the 2005 Oregon Legislative Session.

February 16, 2005 Salmon 2100: Sanctuaries for Wild Salmon

Corvallis, Oregon

Part of the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society's 41st annual meeting.

Wild Salmon Center President and CEO Guido Rahr will discuss the Wild Salmon Center's vision of a network of watersheds and subwatershed "sanctuaries" for native salmon extending from California to Korea.

February 22, 2005 Conserving Salmon from Korea to California

Portland, Oregon

Part of the Oregon Zoo's 2005 Wildlife Conservation Lecture Series, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Portland, the Oregon Zoo and the World Forestry Center.

From Oregon to Kamchatka, Wild Salmon Center Director of Science Xanthippe Augerot has investigated people's knowledge about fish and what they do with their knowledge. Dr. Augerot works with researchers in Russia, Japan, Canada and the United States to foster better salmon information and management across the North Pacific.

September 21, 2004 Climate Impacts on Salmon Recovery and Management in the Columbia River Basin

Portland, Oregon

Hosted by the Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at the University of Washington.

"Favorable ocean conditions" have been identified in recent years as a major contributing factor for the improved salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest. These ocean conditions are subject to change, however. How can we use what we know about changes in ocean conditions and other climate impacts in salmon management and recovery to increase the success of these activities?

The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at the University of Washington invites PNW resource managers and technical level staff from federal, state, tribal and local level resource management agencies, public/private utilities, and other interested parties to participate in a one day workshop on the impacts of climate variability and change on salmon management and recovery in the Columbia River basin. The meeting will be held on September 21, 2004 in Portland, Oregon.

May 2-6, 2004 Fourth World Fisheries Congress

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hosted by the American Fisheries Society.

The American Fisheries Society invites you to the Fourth World Fisheries Congress to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May 2 - 6, 2004. The Congress will be headquartered in the historic Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and the newly renovated Hyatt Regency Vancouver, located in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

The Congress theme, Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation: The Challenge of Managing Aquatic Ecosystems, will be addressed by a world class list of keynote speakers, session topics, posters, limited presentations, round table discussions, forums, workshops and debates.

Presentations by Wild Salmon Center staff, board, and scientific advisors:

Monitoring Strategy for the Conservation of North Pacific Salmon – a System for Detecting Changes in Status and Trends
Xanthippe Augerot
A Srategy for the Conservation of Kamchatkan Parasalmo (Oncorhynchus) Mykiss
Dmitry S. Pavlov, Ksenia A. Savvaitova and Xanthippe Augerot
Reconciling Fisheries With Conservation in Freshwaters (keynote address)
Jack A. Stanford
Temperate Floodplain Ponds as Fish Nurseries and Mediators of Exotic Invasions
Samantha Dawn Chilcote and Jack A. Stanford
Watershed Dynamics Acting on Migration Energetics of Salmon Buffer Effects of Global Climate Change
Peter Rand

March 8-12, 2004 Second Annual North Pacific Salmon Monitoring Workshop

The Resort at the Mountain, Welches, Oregon

Hosted by the State of the Salmon Program.

This is a joint, invite-only workshop to discuss the development of a monitoring strategy for Pacific Rim Salmonids and to review protocols for counting and collecting salmonids, resident fish, and lamprey in the Pacific Northwest. Ultimately, the goal of this series of workshops is the creation of a common set of metrics and monitoring protocols that will enable us to assess salmon biodiversity and trends in abundance in a universal and consistent data language. State of the Salmon approaches the problem from two directions: first, on a broad, Pacific-Rim scale by assessing the salmon data landscape; second, at the regional Columbia River basin-level, by reviewing and standardizing existing monitoring protocols as a first step toward broader international application.

March 17-20, 2004 "Collaborative Watershed Efforts for Salmonid Recovery" - 22nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference & 14th International Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop

Davis, California

Hosted by the Salmonid Restoration Federation, American Fisheries Society-Fisheries Management Section and Trout Unlimited Salmon in the global context, with discussion by Dave Martin of Wild Salmon Center.

The 22nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference and 14th International Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop will be held in Davis, California at the Veteran's Memorial Center from Wednesday, March 17th through Saturday, March 20th, 2004. The Salmonid Restoration Federation will host this conference entitled "Collaborative Watershed Efforts for Salmonid Recovery" in collaboration with the American Fisheries Society-Fisheries Management Section and Trout Unlimited.

The first two days will be filled with full-day workshops and field tours. A half-day, theme related plenary session will be followed by one and a half-days of technical and policy concurrent sessions. This conference focuses on a broad range of salmonid and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, agency scientists, and land planners and owners.

October 14-15, 2003 Recreational Fisheries Management Exchange

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

While confronting the pressures of commercial fishing, illegal poaching and habitat loss, management agencies are struggling to manage their freshwater fisheries in the face of diminished financial and staffing resources and the advent of sportfishing tourism as a viable industry. While recreational fisheries for salmon and trout are relatively new in Russia, Canadian and U.S. fisheries agencies have abundant experience managing angler demand on economically and ecologically valuable salmon and trout rivers. This exchange is intended to enable leaders in the Russian Far East's regional fisheries management agencies to benefit from the expertise of North American fisheries managers in devising ecologically, socially and financially responsible strategies to handle recreational angling demand.

In the first component of this exchange program, American and Canadian managers will discuss techniques and management priorities for addressing sportfishing demand with representatives from Russian Far East regional fisheries agencies. The second component, scheduled for May 2004, will enable Russian fisheries managers to participate in sportfishing management activities on river systems in the United States.

August 10-14, 2003 American Fisheries Association Annual Meeting

Quebec City, Quebec

The highly discussed, studied, and debated topic of marine protected areas has been expanded and more broadly defined, at least for the purposes of this project, to include freshwater concerns and engage government agencies whose research and management mandates include freshwater fisheries resources. Such protected areas are being looked upon as means to accomplish a variety of objectives including (but not restricted to) protection of fish stocks, control of fishing effort, protection of critical fish habitat, creation of spawning and recruitment refugia, and enhancement of species biodiversity. However, the principal focus for the project will be limited primarily to a critical examination of the role of protected areas as tools for fisheries management.

Guido Rahr and Xanthippe Augerot of the Wild Salmon Center will speak on August 12, 2003, 3:00 pm on Protected Areas for Native Salmon: A strategy for protecting salmonid biodiversity across the northern Pacific Rim

June 10-13, 2003 World Summit on Salmon

Vancouver, British Columbia

This summit, part of the Speaking for the Salmon series, examined the current status of global fisheries, the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems (e.g. the North Atlantic cod fishery) and the future prospects of endangered and depleted fish stocks, and applied the lessons learned to improve the prognosis for wild salmon in the Atlantic and Pacific.

Leading experts and participants discussed current stock status for salmon in the Pacific and North Atlantic; knowledge gaps in salmon science; factors threatening the future of wild salmon including climate change, aquaculture and hatchery policies, overfishing, habitat destruction, urbanization and pollution.

Wild Salmon Center President Guido Rahr spoke on Protected Areas for Native Salmon: a Strategy for Protecting Salmonid Biodiversity Across the Northern Pacific Rim. Director of Conservation, Dr. Xanthippe Augerot, spoke on Salmon Stocks and Habitat in the Russian Far East.

May 4-7, 2003 North Pacific Salmon Protected Areas Workshop

Khabarovsk, Russian Federation

Salmon protected areas are at the core of Wild Salmon Center's mission to protect wild salmonids across the Pacific Rim. The goal of the workshop was to develop effective strategies for creating and supporting salmon protected areas around the Pacific Rim, primarily in Russia. Participants shared case studies from Russia and North America on efforts to create and sustainably manage salmon protected areas, and discuss common issues such as legislative obstacles, the role of indigenous communities in salmon protected areas, and ecotourism. Participants also discussed terminology and a hierarchy to describe salmon protected areas. In particular, the workshop provided an opportunity for groups from across the Russian Far East to meet and discuss their efforts with each other and with groups from North America involved in similar efforts. Please contact Dave Martin at the Wild Salmon Center with any questions, dmartin@wildsalmoncenter.org, 503-222-1804.

May 1, 2002 American Fisheries Society Western Division Annual Meeting

Evaluating refugia within a large-scale, salmonid monitoring project in the Hoh River Basin

John McMillan, Wild Salmon Center Salmonid Ecologist

ABSTRACT: Identifying salmonid refugia is a relatively new challenge for conservationists. Our goal is to identify and prioritize refugia for adult and juvenile salmonids in the Hoh River basin. This basin is large, with an extensive, active floodplain located on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. We selected a total of 14 survey sites, from spring-brooks to the mainstem. We conducted snorkel surveys during the summer and winter of 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 to determine the abundance and diversity of juvenile salmonids. Redd counts conducted by the Hoh Indian Tribe and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from 1990-2000 provided spawner abundance and distribution estimates for adult salmonids. We also collected habitat measurements following the Oregon DFW Aquatic Inventory (1998) protocol. These results demonstrated that mainstem floodplain habitat supports the greatest abundance and diversity of juvenile salmonids followed closely by main valley tributaries. Analysis of the redd counts suggest that the mainstem river and four main valley tributaries are disproportionately important for spawning salmonids. Results indicate that core mainstem habitat had the highest densities of rearing juvenile fish, during both summer and winter months. Overall, we successfully identified key sub-watersheds that had the highest densities of spawners and rearing juvenile fish and which could be targeted for protection within conservation strategies.

Presented in conjunction with Steve Katz and George Pess of the National Marine Fisheries Service.