Posted by Dave Hurley
on 2/19/2008, 7:34 pm
76.20.97.22
Meanwhile, the situation in the Delta isnt getting any better. The state and federal governments exported 7,000,000 acre feet of water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in 2007, a new record year for water exports.
"The Department of Water Resources and Bureau of Reclamation cannibalized the storage in our northern California reservoirs to provide the largest amount of water exported from the Delta in California history last year," noted Bill Jennings, chairman of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance.
For more information, contact the PFMC, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384, Phone: (503) 820-2280, Fax: (503) 820-2299, Web: http://www.pcouncil.org.
The 2008 PFMC Process:
The STT is meeting Feb 19-22 to collate coastwide salmon stock abundance forecasts.
The PFMC publishes the Review of 2007 Ocean Salmon Fisheries and Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2008 Ocean Salmon Fisheries, which contain the details of past year abundance information and 2008 stock abundance forecasts. These documents will be available to the public no later than February 24, 2008
The PFMC will Sacramento, CA March 7-14, 2008 to select three options for 2008 salmon seasons.
Hearings on salmon season options will be convened March 31 in Westport, Washington and Coos Bay, Oregon, and April 1 in Eureka, California. The PFMC meets in Seattle, WA April 6-12, 2008 to reach a final decision on 2008 salmon seasons.
Federal and State government authorities formally establish marine and freshwater salmon seasons subsequent to final Council action.
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