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Newspaper Page TextA2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 Salmon ﬁ sheries set as managers look to protect orcas Chinook catch could be lower By JES BURNS Oregon Public Broadcasting The organization that sets limits for commercial, recre- ational and tribal salmon ﬁ sh- eries in the Paciﬁ c Northwest wrapped up their work Tues- day at a meeting in Northern California. The Paciﬁ c Fishery Man- agement Council bases the limits on salmon run projec- tions up and down the coast. While the C hinook salmon catch will be slightly lower than last year, the coho ﬁ sh- ery in Washington state and northern Oregon will be much improved. Recreational anglers would beneﬁ t most from this trend. In addition, the council is starting work on plans to rebuild ﬁ ve Northwest ﬁ sh runs considered to be “over- ﬁ shed,” a technical designa- tion for when the three-year average of salmon return- ing to a river to spawn falls below a threshold set by ﬁ sh- ery managers. “The overﬁ shing doesn’t necessarily mean we caught too many ﬁ sh. It could be because of a drought. It could National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The population of endangered southern resident killer whales has dwindled. be a result of many, many environmental things that’s going on in the streams,” said Butch Smith, a charter ﬁ sher- man who chairs the s almon a dvisory s ub panel for the council. The overﬁ shed runs include fall Chinook from the Klamath and Sacramento riv- ers and coho from the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Sno- homish and Queets rivers. Over the next few months, the council will determine if ﬁ shing limits should be adjusted next year to help increase the number of salmon. The Paciﬁ c Fishery Man- agement Council also kicked off a process that could lead to more salmon being avail- able for orcas in the Paciﬁ c Northwest. The council learned last month that the National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency responsi- ble for administering Endan- gered Species Act protection for marine species, is plan- ning to step in to assess how ﬁ shing affects southern resi- dent orcas. The endangered south- ern residents spend most of their time in Puget Sound, but feed off Oregon and Califor- nia during certain parts of the year. There are fewer than 80 left and they depend on C hi- nook salmon for food. Ten years ago, a similar assessment determined com- mercial, recreational and tribal ﬁ sheries did not have a signiﬁ cant effect on the orcas’ food supply. But in a lawsuit, the Center f or Bio- logical Diversity argued new information about where the whales get their food war- rants another look. “We deﬁ nitely intend for this consultation to not just result in a new document with a new date stamp on it, but it will actually inform how they manage these ﬁ sh- eries. And they could take measures that are going to help the orcas recover,” said Julie Teel Simmonds, a law- yer for the center. New science shows that the southern resident orcas depend on several of the same salmon runs regulated by the ﬁ sheries council — runs on rivers as far south as the Rogue, Klamath and Sacramento. T he notice to council members said, “any activi- ties that affect the abundance of Chinook salmon available to s outhern r esident k iller w hales have the potential to impact the survival and popu- lation growth of the whales.” There has been concern that Northwest ﬁ shermen will disproportionately be penal- ized in order to protect the orcas. “It’s just not a one-stop shopping ﬁ x. I think a coun- try (Canada) and Alaska have to also be engaged in the recovery of these whales,” Smith said. The consultation won’t affect this year’s ﬁ shery, but ofﬁ cials aim to have the pro- cess complete in time to set salmon limits in 2020. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY 55 43 50 Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers 58 47 Intervals of clouds and sunshine Mostly sunny Last New Apr 26 Salem 52/60 Newport 50/54 Coos Bay 51/56 First May 4 May 11 La Grande 48/68 Baker 47/74 Burns 45/74 Associated Press Klamath Falls 43/72 Lakeview 42/71 Ashland 53/72 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 8:19 a.m. 8:25 p.m. Low -0.6 ft. 0.6 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 73 77 64 77 56 75 82 74 59 62 Today Lo 47 47 49 51 50 43 54 53 50 52 W pc pc s pc c s s c pc pc Hi 74 64 61 61 55 72 72 59 54 57 Fri. Lo 43 39 48 43 44 42 48 42 44 47 W pc sh sh c r pc sh sh sh sh City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 63 76 74 82 76 62 66 77 74 77 Today Lo 52 52 55 54 52 51 52 52 54 51 W r pc c pc pc c pc pc c pc Hi 61 67 61 66 60 55 61 60 59 69 Fri. Lo 40 45 44 48 42 44 40 44 43 41 W r sh sh sh sh r sh sh sh c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W pc r r pc c t s c s t pc s s t pc t t r pc pc r s s r pc Hi 66 70 50 73 64 48 86 43 85 48 65 89 81 55 87 52 70 70 67 78 59 74 67 58 77 Fri. Lo 44 60 38 47 39 39 59 25 70 35 38 67 57 42 67 39 51 61 46 64 42 54 52 45 64 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r c pc s s r s pc pc r s s s sh t sh pc t s t r s pc r t approved ﬁ reworks con- tracts for the Fourth of July, International Kite Festival and New Year’s Eve. The combined contracts will cost $26,750. The Long Beach Mer- chants Association donated $20,000 for the Fourth of July show, which was in danger due to cost. “The merchants came up with the money to pay for this event at the last min- ute,” City Administrator David Glasson said. The city’s prior deci- sion to cancel the ﬁ reworks show to direct money at other priorities generated a large backlash on social media. The City C oun- cil eventually decided to go ahead with ﬁ reworks, providing funding could be obtained from private sources, as had been the case years ago. KELSO, Wash. — A memorial service for slain Cowlitz County sheriff’s deputy Justin DeRosier will be held at 1 p.m. Wednes- day in Portland. Cowlitz County Sheriff Brad Thurman and the DeR- osier family said the service will be held at The Earle A. & Virginia H. Chiles Center at the University of Portland. The 29-year-old DeR- osier had been a deputy since 2009 and was the mar- ried father of a 5-month- old daughter. He responded alone Saturday night to a motor home blocking a road near Kalama and reported over police radio that some- one was shooting at him. The Clark County Medi- cal Examiner said DeRosier died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Authorities say Brian Butts fatally shot DeRosier and that Butts was shot to death by law enforce- ment Sunday following a manhunt. Investigators said Butts was last known to be liv- ing in Longview and the motor home was registered to his mother in Columbia County. In a public Facebook post, the Daily News reported that Butts’ ex-girl- friend Sara Elliott wrote that after the “cold blood mur- der,” she wants the public to understand that the families of both DeRosier and Butts are grieving. “No mother ever raises their children to intention- ally become addicts and to intentionally kill peo- ple especially cops ... Nei- ther man’s child will have a father. Neither man’s mother will ever hug their son. Neither man’s wives will have their husbands home,” she wrote. “I stand with law enforce- ment and I am praying for the hearts everywhere,” she continued. “However I am also able to see past the b———- and see the man for who he was. I love the person but hate the sin.” PUBLIC MEETINGS THURSDAY Seaside Transportation Advisory Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Cannon Beach Design Review Board, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. LOTTERIES Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT , INC. SALES SERVICE RENTALS • By ALYSSA EVANS Chinook Observer Memorial service set for slain deputy Ontario 47/80 Bend 47/64 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 80 54 54 61 56 70 79 43 85 66 62 85 83 72 86 78 80 63 66 78 58 64 74 62 81 John Day 47/71 Long Beach OKs ﬁ reworks after all LONG BEACH, Wash. — The city’s Fourth of July ﬁ reworks show will happen after all. The Long Beach City Council on Monday approved a ﬁ reworks con- tract, ofﬁ cially making the previously canceled ﬁ re- works show a reality. City c ouncilors Roseburg 54/66 Brookings 50/60 Tonight's Sky: Hercules climbs the eastern sky this evening. Look for a keystone pattern of dim stars low in the northeast by the middle of the evening. Today Lo 64 52 40 36 39 40 55 30 70 41 41 65 57 46 75 50 56 59 45 64 45 45 51 53 66 Prineville 46/69 Lebanon 52/59 Medford 54/72 UNDER THE SKY High 9.4 ft. 8.5 ft. Pendleton 52/67 The Dalles 55/66 Portland 55/61 Eugene 51/61 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:06 p.m. Sunrise Friday ............................. 6:23 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 7:25 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 6:29 a.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Mostly sunny Tillamook 51/56 SUN AND MOON Time 1:49 a.m. 2:24 p.m. 57 42 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 50/55 Precipitation Wednesday ....................................... 0.02" Month to date ................................... 4.88" Normal month to date ....................... 3.21" Year to date .................................... 19.93" Normal year to date ........................ 28.05" Apr 19 MONDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 59°/48° Normal high/low ........................... 57°/41° Record high ............................ 85° in 2016 Record low ............................. 30° in 1967 Full 58 41 A little morning rain, then a shower ALMANAC SUNDAY OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 2-0-9-3 4 p.m.: 1-5-6-5 7 p.m.: 9-3-5-4 10 p.m.: 9-9-4-9 Wednesday’s Lucky Lines: 3-6-12-16-19-23-26-30 Estimated jackpot: $22,000 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 12-13-14-25-37-40 Estimated jackpot: $1.8 million Wednesday’s Powerball: 1-15-17-46-66, Powerball: 15 Estimated jackpot: $136 million WASHINGTON Wednesday’s Daily Game: 0-4-1 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 01-08-24- All the latest news, sports and weather are there for you at DailyAstorian.com! 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