OAR 635-500-3040: Spring Chinook Salmon

Policies and objectives for spring chinook salmon fish management in the lower Deschutes River Subbasin. (1) Policies for spring chinook salmon fish management in the lower Deschutes River Subbasin: The lower Deschutes River Subbasin shall be managed for wild and hatchery spring chinook salmon. (2) Objectives for spring chinook salmon fish management in the lower Deschutes River Subbasin: (a) Achieve a spawning escapement level between an optimum of 1,300 and a minimum of 1,000 adult wild spring chinook salmon above the barrier dam at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery; (b) Provide the opportunity to harvest wild spring chinook salmon when returns are greater than the optimum wild adult spawning escapement of 1,300 adults and Round Butte Hatchery and Warm Springs National Hatchery origin spring chinook salmon that are excess to brood stock needs; (c) Increase harvest opportunity of hatchery spring chinook salmon within existing hatchery production levels.