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Confirmed Methow/Upper Columbia Agreement on Abundant Hatchery ReturnsSeptember 24th, 2001
This document reflects the agreement of representatives of the National Marine Fisheries Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Yakama Nation and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at the May 11, 2001 policy meeting on abundant hatchery returns. The agreement will be circulated to these parties and to the Colville Tribes—who were unable to attend the May 11 discussion, but participated in the previous deliberations—for concurrence. The concurrence letter will come from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and should be available for signature early next week. At the May 11 policy discussion, only two amendments were approved. Section 4 of Methow Production Issues was amended to make clear that adult fish would generally not have access to the channel below the Winthrop hatchery. In addition, language was added to the Leavenworth Issues section to provide for potential outplanting of fish in Icicle Creek above the hatchery. See the agreement for the specific language o
