[ODFW-News] Public review of draft Hatchery Management Policy begins

[ODFW News]

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Contact: 	Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356=09
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us  Fax: (503) 872-5700
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For Immediate Release	Friday, January 17, 2003

Public review of draft Hatchery Management Policy begins

PORTLAND - The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will re-initiate =
development of a new Hatchery Management Policy with a public workshop =
meeting Monday, Jan. 27. The meeting is scheduled 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at =
ODFW's Portland headquarters and is open to the public.=20

ODFW wrote a draft Hatchery Management Policy in late 2001 and presented =
it to the agency's governing board, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission=
, in December, 2001. Public testimony that criticized the lack of public =
review for the hatchery policy and the companion Native Fish Conservation =
Policy led the Commission to temporarily shelve the project. In 2002, the =
Commission adopted a new Native Fish Conservation Policy after a task =
force spent several months re-working it with ODFW staff.=20

The Jan. 27 workshop will begin discussions using the draft Hatchery =
Management Policy dated Dec. 14, 2001. The draft is posted to the ODFW Web =
site along with several related documents: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWh=
tml/InfoCntrFish/nfcp_hmp.htm .

The working group will meet again Feb. 27. The Commission will review the =
draft policy April 11 and is expected to adopt the final Hatchery =
Management Policy later this spring.=20

The workshops will be held in the second floor Commission Room, ODFW =
Headquarters, 2501 S.W. 1st Ave., Portland. For more information, contact =
George Nandor, (503) 872-5252 Ext. 5419 or george.f.nandor@state.or.us =
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