[ODFW-News] Coastal coho group to meet at Oregon Hatchery Research Center

[ODFW News]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Coastal coho group to meet at Oregon Hatchery Research Center
 
SALEM - Oregon's Coastal Coho Stakeholder Team today announced a May 26
meeting at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center near Alsea to continue
working on conservation actions to benefit coastal coho salmon.
 
The stakeholder team advises both the State of Oregon and the National
Marine Fisheries Service on Oregon's Coastal Coho Project. Members of
the team represent fish conservation, fishing, private land, timber,
agricultural, tribal and other interests. 
 
The meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hatchery Research
Center, 2418 East Fall Creek Road. Public comments will be accepted at
1:45 p.m.
 
This collaborative effort began last year to address coastal coho
conservation. The objectives of the project are to: 
* Assess the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds effort to conserve
and rebuild coastal coho populations. 
* Use the assessment to assist NOAA Fisheries with a status review. 
* Use the assessment as a basis to seek legal assurances for local
participants. 
* Use the assessment as a foundation for developing a conservation plan
for coho. 
 
Reasonable accommodations are provided as needed for individuals
requesting assistive hearing devices, sign language interpreters or
large-print materials. Individuals needing these types of accommodations
may call the ODFW Director's Office at 800-720-6339 or 503-947-6044 at
least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. 
 
More information about the Coastal Coho Project and the stakeholder team
can be found at www.oregon-plan.org.
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