Yakima Fisheries Project : Final Environmental Impact Statement : Summary.

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/184256· OSTI ID:184256

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund the Yakima Fisheries Project (YFP) to undertake fishery research and mitigation activities in the Yakima River Basin. The State of Washington and the Yakama Indian Nation (YIN) would jointly direct the project. In cooperation with BPA, the project managers propose to construct, operate and maintain anadromous (e.g. salmon) fish production facilities The goal is to conduct research activities designed to increase knowledge of supplementation techniques. These techniques would be applied to rebuild naturally spawning anadromous fish stocks historically present in the Yakima River Basin and, ultimately, those throughout the Columbia River Basin. Eventually, the YFP might involve the supplementation of all stocks of anadromous fish known to have occurred in the Yakima Basin. However, at this time only two action alternatives have been proposed, in addition to the No Action alternative: Alternative (1) would supplement depressed naturally spawning populations of upper Yakima spring chinook salmon; Alternative (2) (preferred) would include all actions under Alternative 1; it would also add a study to determine the feasibility of re-establishing a naturally spawning population and a significant fall fishery for coho salmon in the Yakima Basin (Coho smolts are currently being imported from another basin under the Columbia River Basin Fish Management Plan; the stock is now virtually eliminated from the Basin.)

• Research Organization: US Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 184256
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-2783; ON: DE96005075; NC: None; DOE/EIS-0169-S
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANADROMOUS FISHES
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
FISHERIES
Fishery management
REMEDIAL ACTION
Salmon fisheries
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