Update on Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force June 25, 2018 Marla Harrison Port of Portland
M A F A C C B P T A S K F O R C E Overview of Today s Presentation: Background on Columbia Basin & why we need goals Progress on CBP Products: Relationships Vision, Guiding Principles Qualitative Goals Quantitative Goals Next Steps June 25, 2018 2
Columbia Basin salmon landscape: NOAA Fisheries has multiple responsibilities Endangered Species Act and Magnuson-Stevens Acts, Treaty/trust to tribes, and Mitigation 24 salmon stocks - 13 listed under ESA 4 H s: Habitat, Hydrosystem, Harvest, and Hatchery 4 states, 13 tribes, and many stakeholders Ongoing litigation since mid- 1990 s June 25, 2018 3
Major Columbia Basin Dams & ESA-Listed Fish 4 June 25, 2018 4
CBP Task Force Purpose 2012 Situational Assessment by Ruckleshaus Center and Oregon Consensus found the need for: More coherent, integrated, and efficient means of addressing the complexities of salmon recovery NOAA Fisheries to convene regional sovereigns and stakeholders to develop common, long-term goals for salmon and steelhead CBP Task Force established in fall 2016 and began in January, 2017 28 members from states, tribes and stakeholders June 25, 2018 5
Pristine Historical Potential Salmon Status Delisted ESA Recovery Healthy & Harvestable Broad Sense Goals Threatened Endangered Listed Extinct Time June 25, 2018 6
What does this mean for PNWA Members? Not a regulatory process May inform ESA and MSA implementation May result in more consistent recovery and mitigation efforts throughout the Basin Ideally basin-wide goals can translate into more robust recovery This phase consists only of goal setting for Salmon and Steelhead A second phase may develop scenarios and recommendations Scenarios may include climate change, ranges of development, fisheries and harvest management, dam removal Navigation has more visibility and connectivity with a broad range of interests within the Basin June 25, 2018
CBP Task Force: Progress and Products June 25, 2018 8
Desired CBP Task Force Outcomes Goals that address both conservation and harvest/fishing aspirations Goals that are understandable and consider various users of Columbia Basin resources Quantitative adult abundance goals for both listed and non-listed stocks Better coordination, more effective use of resources, and alignment of strategic priorities Enhanced relationships, trust, and knowledge June 25, 2018 9
Engagement Framework Operating Principles Work Plan Guiding Principles Policy Framework Vision Qualitative Goals Values Ecological Social Cultural Economic Quantitative Goals (Pilot/Prototype) Analytical Framework & Strategic Tradeoffs Quantitative Goals (Basinwide Integration) Outcome Recommendations for Basinwide Goals June 25, 2018
Work Products and Progress: Guiding Principles FAIRNESS: Foster a culture of respect, equity and generosity and be accountable for our interests. OPENNESS & TRANSPARENCY: Everything is on the table recognize yours and others needs, acknowledge fears, threats and limitations to success, and be willing to re-evaluate them together. OBLIGATIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES: Honor legal, statutory, treaty/trust and regulatory obligations, rights, and responsibilities. CLARITY: Collaboratively arrive at solutions that improve regulatory and legal certainty. SUSTAINABILITY: Strive for durable and practical outcomes, seeking clarity while acknowledging a dynamic social/cultural, economic and natural landscape. KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM: Ground decisions and recommendations in science, while accepting that science may not be definitive. INNOVATION & ADAPTIVENESS: Plan for the long term, act in the short term and be bold in the face of uncertainty and change. INTERCONNECTION & COMPLEXITY: Envision a healthy and resilient ecosystem. Assume there are multiple solutions to resolving Basin issues. June 25, 2018 11
Work Products and Progress: Draft Vision A healthy Columbia River Basin ecosystem with thriving salmon and steelhead that are indicators of clean and abundant water, reliable and clean energy, a robust regional economy, and vibrant cultural and spiritual traditions, all interdependent and existing in harmony. June 25, 2018 12
Work Products and Progress: Provisional Qualitative Goals Reflect Guiding Principles and Vision Provide a foundation for Quantitative Goals Important link between Vision and Quantitative Goals Four categories Natural production Hatchery/mitigation Harvest/fisheries Social, cultural, economic, and ecological June 25, 2018 13
Natural Production Qualitative Goals Goal 1. Restore salmon and steelhead in the Columbia Basin to healthy and harvestable/fishable levels. [Add explanatory paragraph here. Include definition of healthy (i.e., implies that fish abundance, productivity, spatial structure and diversity are at high levels; addresses needs for dependent wildlife); address fishable ; explain ESA recovery and broad-sense recovery, discuss time-frame issue although some of these are long-term goals, strive to do them sooner (e.g., could achieve goal 1-Cb in a shorter timeframe, like 24 years, for some populations), take action as soon as practicable and move as fast as possible. Highlight the need for strategic prioritization in phase2, etc.] Subgoals Within 25 years Within 50 years Within 100 years 1-A. Prevent Declines: Reverse and prevent declines of both listed and unlisted salmon and steelhead. 1-B. Achieve [Add ESA explanatory Delisting: Recover paragraph ESAlisted salmon and steelhead to a some salmon ESUs and steelhead additional salmon ESUs and salmon and steelhead. include a. Achieve explanation ESA delisting of harvest, for at least fisheries b. Achieve also ESA still delisting need for to work on consistency c. Achieve ESA of usage delisting within for all this listed document] point where they are no Subgoals longer DPSs. Within 25 years steelhead DPSs. Within 50 years Within 100 years threatened or endangered. Harvest & Fishing Opportunity Goal 2. 2-A. Ensure Goal Sustainability: 3. Produce Manage hatchery salmon a. Ensure and that steelhead fishery impacts to on support b. conservation, Manage fisheries based mitigate on for lost c. natural Manage for production, optimum sustainable and a. Make significant, measurable b. Achieve healthy and harvestable c. Achieve healthy and harvestable harvest and fisheries support at levels fisheries, in a manner weak and listed that stocks strategically allow aligns annual hatchery abundance production to promote with natural harvest production and fishing opportunity progress toward broad sense levels for some salmon and levels for all salmon and consistent with conserving natural rebuilding of natural stocks and rebuilding of natural production as healthy stocks are restored. recovery goals. recovery of all salmon and steelhead. steelhead. salmon and steelhead populations steelhead. do not impede recovery. and share the recovery burden. [Add explanatory paragraph, including explanation that supplementation is a tool. Also add supplementation to the definitions section. Mention broader uses of artificial production.] a. Make significant, measurable b. Continue rebuilding spatial c. Complete rebuilding of spatial 2-B. Optimize Harvest and Fishery progress toward a. Optimize rebuilding fishery opportunity distribution and and run b. timing Expand of fishery opportunity distribution and run timing c. of Fully realize harvest potential Opportunity: Optimize Subgoals fishery spatial distribution access and run to harvestable Within 25 years salmon surpluses and steelhead at concurrent local Within with salmon 50 progress years and toward steelhead at local with increasing Within 100 opportunity years opportunity and harvest of healthy timing of salmon of and unlisted steelhead and hatchery and basinwide stocks scales, including ESA delisting and and broad basinwide sense scales, including c. throughout Achieve a future the range where of salmon 3-A. Support Goal Natural 4. Make Production: decisions natural and hatchery stocks based at local Utilize on and basinwide within a. As consistent scales, a appropriate, broader continue context with conservation. in currently to that utilize inaccessible reflects, b. recovery. areas Use conservation and considers in currently hatchery inaccessible effects to, areas the full range of social, and conservation steelhead hatcheries stocks. are not hatcheries to maintain, support including and beginning to hatcheries study, to maintain, within support their historical range. strategies as needed within their to historical range. availability. cultural, economic, and ecosystem values and diversity in the Columbia Basin. necessary unless unforeseen restore natural production develop, where and implement and plans restore for at-risk populations, proactively address future threats, natural events require an appropriate. [Add explanatory paragraph, restoring salmon including and including steelhead the concept those affected of inter-generational by including equity and climate considerations change. for future generations ] 2-C. Share Benefits: Realize all fishery to currently a. inaccessible Meet fishery areas obligations and b. As constraints are reduced, move c. Realize emergency all fishery response. climate change. obligations and obligations 4-A. and Social share Goal: benefits Make within decisions their that historical reflect share range. the available social importance harvest within of salmon and steelhead into focusing to people fisheries throughout on sharing the Columbia share Basin, benefits recognizing among the users. full range among 3-B. Mitigate users. of for social Lost diversity Production a. Rebuild and and values salmon that and a. the are steelhead constraints present. Make progress imposed b. in Continue reducing by rebuilding adaptive b. the Consider benefits and changes c. of increasing Ensure hatchery continued resiliency c. of Achieve a future where we rely Support Fisheries: Produce runs hatchery that are adaptive and resilient salmon and steelhead salmon and steelhead runs and conservation. reliance on hatchery production numbers objectives of harvestable and production stocks. levels less on hatchery production for fish to support tribal treaty/trust resilient to climate change for mitigation and consistent runs and with proactively and as overall fishery continue opportunities to adaptively manage 4-B. Cultural Goal: Make decisions that reflect the cultural importance of salmon and steelhead to people throughout the Columbia mitigation Basin, and recognizing fishery the full responsibilities and meaningful other environmental improvements in natural adaptively manage for a are maintained for through a changing increased climate. enhancement only when natural range of cultural values perturbations. that are present. changing climate. fishery opportunities to mitigate for production. fish abundance. production has increased. historical losses due to development 4-C. Economic Goal: Make decisions that are based on the principle of equitable sharing of costs and benefits across economic sectors. Also, make decisions that and to enhance fisheries. recognize the great economic value of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and the importance of this natural capital as a major driver of the present and 3-C. Fish Protection: future economy Strategically for all align in the Pacific a. Northwest. Continue to implement changes in b. Continue to refine hatchery c. Reduce long-term hatchery hatchery production with natural hatchery practices and programs production, strategies and impacts by rebuilding abundance, production 4-D. Ecosystem recovery Goal: goals, Make decisions that consider based on the best role available of salmon science and steelhead practices in the ecosystem based on and assessments that support of a full range productivity, of ecological diversity, benefits, and consistent including with tribal the needs treaty/trust of dependent wildlife. (including, in some cases, changes effectiveness and technology distribution of natural salmon and June 25, 2018 14 responsibilities, and with other legal in stocks or species produced) to advances to minimize hatchery steelhead. 1-C. Achieve Broad Sense Recovery: Restore listed and unlisted salmon and steelhead to healthy and harvestable levels. 1 D. Expand Spatial and Temporal Range: Rebuild spatial distribution and run timing of salmon and steelhead at local and basinwide scales, including in currently inaccessible areas within the historical range. Hatcheries / Mitigation Social, Cultural, Economic & Ecological 1-E. Expand Diversity and Resiliency: Rebuild salmon and steelhead runs that are adaptive and resilient to climate change and other environmental perturbations. Provide diverse, a. Reverse productive, and prevent declines and dependable of tribal and non-tribal harvest and fishing opportunities for both listed and unlisted salmon Columbia Basin and salmon steelhead. and steelhead in fresh and marine waters.
Work Products and Progress: Provisional Quantitative Goals Regional work groups developed the quantitative goals Comprised of technical experts with knowledge of the specific geographical areas and biological issues Reviewed and summarized existing goals for natural escapement, artificial production, fisheries and run sizes Developed recommendations for review Ensured consistency between quantitative goals the qualitative goals June 25, 2018 15
Example of Provisional Quantitative Goals Summary Sheet June 25, 2018 16
Example of Provisional Quantitative Goals Summary Sheet June 25, 2018 17
CBP Next Steps: Over the summer, CBP Task Force members will share provisional goals and related products with constituencies and communities. CBP Task Force members will share feedback in August and further discuss provisional goals in October. A drafting group is beginning to draft recommendations to MAFAC; and will complete recommendations in January 2019. Work products from Phase 1 Phase 2: Goal analysis and Scenario Planning June 25, 2018 18
Questions and Discussion June 25, 2018 19