Project abstractthe lower snake river fish and wildlife compensation plan (lsrcp) was authorized by the water resource development act of 1976 (90 stat. 2917) to offset anadromous fish losses…

Project abstractthe lower snake river fish and wildlife compensation plan (lsrcp) was authorized by the water resource development act of 1976 (90 stat. 2917) to offset anadromous fish losses resulting from the construction and operation of the four lower snake river dams. The 1976 lsrcp legislation authorized funding to construct anadromous fish hatcheries and associated satellite facilities to produce enough juvenile fish to return 18,300 fall chinook salmon, 58,700 spring summer chinook salmon, and 55,100 steelhead adults to the project area. To meet these mitigation goals, approximately eleven hatcheries and fourteen satellite facilities were constructed in idaho, oregon, and washington. The shoshone bannock tribes (SBT) seeks funding from the lsrcp help them meet these adult return goals. Ultimately, the SBT desires to improve adult returns in our historical anadromous fish hunting grounds to adults are present where SBT members can harvest them with traditional and contemporary methods.project narrativesbt policy is focused on improving harvest opportunities for members of the SBT through adaptive management of existing and or development of new artificial propagation facilities. Our current priorities include increasing spring summer chinook salmon production in the salmon river, RE prioritizing steelhead production in the salmon river basin to ensure the SBT is actively participating in the CO management of artificial propagation, and developing fall chinook salmon production in the salmon river basin to meet tribal harvest needs. The primary objective being to release juvenile fish in terminal locations that facilitate traditional salmon and steelhead hunting and associated cultural practices.when the lsrcp was being planned, IT was determined that approximately 79.5 (46,656 58,656) of the spring summer chinook salmon mitigation was derived from returns to the salmon river. However, when hatcheries were constructed, only 46.7 (27,445 58,700) of the compensation was put towards hatchery releases that would occur in the salmon river. This is unacceptable to the SBT and we seek to ensure an appropriate amount of compensation of spring summer chinook salmon production occurs in the salmon river basin, where the system is currently harvest limited. Not only has the SBT proposed a new hatchery in collaboration with bonneville power administration, we seek to adaptively manage spring summer chinook salmon production at sawtooth and mccall fish hatcheries.approximately 30.7 (16,896 55,104) of the steelhead mitigation was derived from returns to the salmon river. When hatcheries were constructed, 45.8 (25,260 55,100) of the compensation was put towards steelhead releases for the salmon river. IT is important to note that the steelhead program was developed to facilitate mainstem, non tribal fisheries. The SBT are terminal steelhead hunters and we seek to expand steelhead harvest opportunities for SBT members in terminal fishing areas (e.g., yankee fork salmon river, east fork salmon river). Terminal hunting of fishes is important to illuminating our knowledge systems by appropriate hunting techniques, rites of passage that inform our management and policies towards productive communities and fisheries. The amount of funding the SBT receives from the lsrcp has a direct impact on our ability to CO manage anadromous fish resources and ensure our harvest needs are achieved. Ultimately, the SBT desires to improve adult returns and ensure these adults return where SBT members can harvest them with traditional and contemporary methods. To accomplish this, the SBT will need funding and support from the lsrcp to accomplish several deliverables.