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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 1, 1978 SEVfcN Wild S Fish Get Top toe ty By KEN DURBIN The Fish and Wilfelife Commission has adopted a policy giving wild stocks of fish "first and highest consid eration" in its management programs. The exact wording has undergone a gradual meta- morphosis during the past several months. It was first drafted by staff fishery biolo gists in the Fish and Wildlife Department, then modified in several public workshops and in response to suggestions received in the mail. Finally, it was amended slightly again by the Fish and Wildlife Commission in adopting it at a recent meeting in Portland. As finally passed, the policy reads like this: "The protection and en hancement of wild stocks will be given first and highest consideration. Hatchery or foreign stocks of fish will be released only where deemed necessary to provide optimum benefits from the resource. Management options in prior ity order, harvest strategies, and other constraints will be: 1. Manage exclusively for wild fish: Harvest will be regulated to maintain produc tion potential, genetic integ rity, and genetic and size diversity of the fish popula tions. Extra protection will be provided depressed stocks that are being revived. 2. Manage for wild plus hatchery fish: Harvest will be regulated so that added fish ing pressure created by, and for, hatchery fish does not significantly reduce future production of wild fish. Indig enous stocks will be utilized as the hatchery product wher ever practical. Competition between wild and hatchery fish will be investigated and avoided to the extent deemed practical. 3. Manage exclusively for hatchery fish: Harvest re strictions will not be imposed to protect wild fish popula tions. Benefits from hatchery fish will be maximized. 5?v re rsa mm TREESWEET RANGE JUICE 12-OZ. SIZE DRflPERDAL ARGARDN 1-LB. PACKAGE Country Casual Collection stoneware THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PLATE GET THE COMPLETE SET r BOIVUS VALUE THIS WEEK r" CREAMER SAVE J $1.00 w ESTERR! T0SV3ATI famvu fif FAMILY SAUCE 15-OZ.SIZE p, WESTERN FAMILY FOR U ilila.i.ijAv::!iim OOT" J 1 I Coronet TOWELS 2 PLY, SINGLE ROLL 1 85Xi j I 1 BUMBLE BEE CHUNK LIGHT TUN A. 59 WESTERN FAMILY FRUIT COCKTAIL 39c VAN CAMP PORK & BEANS. 59 WESTERN FAMILY LONG SPAGHETTI 1.49 HUNT'S TOMATO JUICE 59 GOLDEN GRAIN RICE-A-RON I .... s, 49 EQC Cftl'lltl IH CoronM Studio JJ 100 WHEAT BREAD oo F0R SHUR-FRESH IV1UFFIWS SHUR-FRESH 2212-OZ. LOAF CHEESE, WHEAT OR WHITE, PACKAGE OF 6 CINNAMON ROLLS BLUE MOUNTAIN DOG FOOD DEMO Fri. & Sat., 9 to 6. Hermiston Store Only SHUR-FRESH, 32-OZ. SIZE, GOOD SERVED HOT OR COLD 12 COUNT Li o mm BANQUET BSNRSERS CHICKEN, TURKEY. OR SALISBURY. 11-OZ.SIZE EGG0.11-OZ. -fA FROZEN WAFFLES 595 SUMMIT. 6-OZ. illt CHINESE PEA PODS 4v MARY PANG PORK CHOW MEIN or PORK FRIED RICE OKC 10-11 OZ.PKG. J Pin) ESDPF ti u 1 ATT ANYTIME IS SALAD TIME NEW CROP PEACHES ' ,ama0m n LB. ZUCCHINI SQUASH 29 YELLOW DRY OIIOWS 51 LARGE SIZE LEIVIOWS e, 339c FANCY ROfilAINE LETTUCE 39 LB. SNOW WHITE HEADS CAULIFLOWER ea. THRIFT WAY "The following guidelines will be followed to carry out this policy. They will be implemented to the extent of available technical know ledge, funds, manpower, and cooperation of other public and private interests: 1. Aquatic and terrestrial habitat must be actively pro tected, rehabilitated and enhanced. 2. Written management plans will be developed for all waters of the state. The plans will identify physical and biological capacities, limiting environmental factors, and the fish management scheme best suited to each area. 3. Department manage ment activities that may create substantial adverse impact upon wild fish will be made known and alternatives explained prior to implement ation. 4. The Commission will periodically review progress in implementing this policy." The Commission deleted another guideline which read, "The Department shall with in 12 months after this policy is adopted, establish a mini mum of three streams, or portions thereof, to be man aged exclusively for wild fish." Members said a short term goal should not be part of a long-range policy. But at the same time, the Commis sion directed the staff to present a minimum of three streams of a quality nature for wild fish management exclu sively by the time angling regulations are set this falL Wally Hublou, staff biolo gist in charge of the Depart ment's fish management pro gram, indicated the staff would do this and would probably also have written management plans ready by that time. The policy was adopted to put more emphasis on the management of wild stocks and to spell out the use of hatchery fish in relation to wild fish. It does not mean hatchery fish programs will be discontinued or that an glers will see reductions in numbers of xish available for angling. It does mean there may be regulation changes on waters that are selected exclusively for wild fish management that would prevent overharvest; regulations, in other words, that would balance harvest in these waters with the capa city of the individual waters to produce fish without stock ing. There will still be waters which, because they are not very productive, or where, because of pollution, habitat deterioration or other factors, can no longer support an adequate wild fish population. In these waters hatchery fish may be used in conjunction with wild stocks. In this case the hatchery fish would be used in a way to minimize impact on wild stocks and emphasis would still be on protecting the wild stocks. Finally, there will still be waters that simply won't support wild fish, perhaps because of excessive water temperatures late in the sum mer, low water during a portion of the year, or other factors. In these waters hatch ery fish could still be used to provide angling during part of the year. The policy will mean a shift in fish management emphasis and changes in both angling regulations and management programs on some, but by no means all, waters. . Perhaps one of the policy's most important features is its emphasis on habitat Wild fish management depends entirely on good habitat Without that it is impossible to have wild fish. Tesch Graduates Joan D. Tesch, Hermiston, graduates today (Thursday) at Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho. -m.m 00' i??ist -I,.'"-? i ? e f v
