Wdfw will implement provisions of the updated 20192028 pacific salmon treaty (PST) and the associated biological opinion (nmfs consultation WCR201810660)

The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife will receive $9,568,239 under this Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement provisions of the updated 2019-2028 Pacific Salmon Treaty and associated biological opinion. Key activities include stock and fishery monitoring through coded wire tagging, acoustic tagging, and otolith marking of salmon, as well as sampling Puget Sound fisheries for recovered tags and otoliths. Genetic sampling and analysis will aid in stock differentiation for mixed fisheries. Technical support will be provided to the Pacific Salmon Commission, including representation on technical committees and analysis to assist in transboundary fishery management. This funding supports the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program objective of fulfilling responsibilities under the Pacific Salmon Treaty through administrative and technical support for salmon restoration and treaty obligations.

The activities include: stock and fishery monitoring. Application of coded wire tags (CWT), acoustic tags, and otolith marks, sampling puget sound fisheries for cwts, recovery and decoding of the tags and otoliths, and data entry and analysis for the coastwide regional mark information system database, which is shared among multiple state, federal, and canadian fisheries managers. Genetic sampling and analysis for stock differentiation in mixed fisheries, and development of abundance, survival, and productivity estimates. Technical support for the pacific salmon commission. This includes representation on the chinook, coho, chum and fraser (sockeye) technical committees. Staff provide modeling and statistical work analyzing fisheryrelated data to assist the commission in the management of transboundary fisheries. HA