Wild Salmon Center

Annual Report 2011 Credit Letter from The President July 2012

What does it take to really “protect” a salmon river? The business of conservation sometimes feels like a perpetual rush to confront a crisis, whether it’s a proposal to clear cut a forested watershed, a high- impact mining project, or a poacher’s assault on spawning salmon in a freshwater stream. The fundamental problem is that by the time the threat appears, we are often too late—the cause for the collapse of a salmon run has become entrenched or the development proposal is moving forward. We the most productive sockeye salmon ecosystem in will always need to respond to these threats, and we Russia. The habitat of the Ozernaya’s river and lake do every day. But a more proactive strategy is to target salmon ecosystem is under permanent protection the most productive and diverse salmon rivers in within the South Kamchatka Nature Reserve, and the each region and establish safeguards that will prevent Ust-Bolsheretsky Watershed Council—the first public new threats. This is the paradigm behind the salmon salmon council created on Kamchatka Peninsula—is stronghold strategy. building support and local commitment to protect the Ozernaya Watershed. The Wild Salmon Center has developed a three pronged approach to implement this strategy: protect large areas And now the third objective is within reach: in April of critical habitat, prioritize wild fish conservation and of 2011, the Ozernaya sockeye fishery entered the full sustainable harvest levels, and build and support local assessment phase of the MSC certification process.I f organizations that will steward and defend the health of they succeed, Ozernaya’s sockeye fishery will receive the wild salmon populations and their habitat in perpetuity. coveted MSC eco-label, and enjoy access to lucrative salmon markets in the United States and Europe. We are currently focused on the long-term protection of twenty salmon strongholds in North America, We believe the Ozernaya represents an effective Russia, and Japan. These systems are the “best of conservation model, supported by our three primary the best” and are the most important sources of wild strategies—habitat, fish management, and local salmon biodiversity and abundance in each region of capacity—that we are replicating in other wild salmon the North Pacific.T he Wild Salmon Center is working rivers throughout the North Pacific. with local and regional partners in these watersheds to In our business, accomplishments do not come easily achieve the three habitat, fish management, and local and can take years, and sometimes decades, to achieve. stewardship objectives. But when we succeed, the wins are significant and I am very proud to say that we are exceeding our durable, and produce invaluable benefits to ecosystems, goals in each of the regions where we have programs. communities, economies, and people. We are working to move eight million acres of prime What does it take to protect a salmon river? It habitat into protected status; we are partnering with takes strategic thinking, strong partnerships, and fish management agencies to establish “wild fish perseverance. sanctuaries” in ten watersheds; we are working with 21 fishing companies to achieveM arine Stewardship It also takes you—our friends, colleagues, and Council (MSC) certification; and we are providing partners—and your ongoing commitment to help support to over 25 local partners and working to secure us leave some of these beautiful rivers and their over $20 million in government financing for local inhabitants for our children and future generations. salmon conservation efforts in North America and the Western Pacific. In five salmon strongholds we are close to achieving each of our three primary goals. An example of this is the Ozernaya River, which flows from Kuril Lake on Guido Rahr the Kamchatka Peninsula. This extraordinary river is President and Chief Executive

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Shantar Islands Kol & Sakhalin Kekhta Zhupanova Tugur & Nimelen Langry Bolshaya Im Dagi Opala Public salmon councils promote Gorin Dui Nabil Ozernaya river stewardship Pursh-Pursh,Vengeri & Langeri Koppi Hor

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Russian salmon fishing companies commit to sustainability Korea Sea of Japan

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Wild Salmon Center's three-part strategy Safeguard Habitat. Designate protected areas to maintain to secure the health of the strongest wild enough healthy habitat to sustain wild salmon populations: salmon ecosystems for the long-term. Protecting Salmon Across the North Pacific

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Alaska

Nushagak & Kvichak Canada Bristol Bay

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Preventing devastating impacts to one of the world's top fisheries

Harrison Skagit Washington Quillayute/Bogachiel/ Wenatchee Dickey/Lake Pleasant/ Sol Duc/Calawah Hoh River Lemhi Pg. 9 Kalaloch Creek Bob Waldrop Queets/Clearwater Quinault Establishment of first Wild Oregon Salmonid Management Zone Nehalem & Tillamook Sandy/Clackamas United Lower Deschutes North Fork John Day Sttatates Lower Grand Ronde Minam California North Umpqua Smith Illinois Salmon/Mid-Klamath Mattole/South Fork Eel Sacramento Pg. 7 Big Sur Ken Morrish Santa Clara

KEY Promote Sustainable Fisheries. Build Conservation Capacity. WSC Project Utilize robust science and global Build institutions, markets, and Sustainable Commercial Fishing Project market incentives to reward human communities that will best management practices and support wild salmon and their Watershed Council/Regional Coalition combat illegal fishing. ecosystems over time. Identified Salmon Strongholds Oregon, Washington, and Idaho pending state approval North America The United States Pacific Northwest has been described as “any place a salmon can get to.” Salmon rivers traverse Washington, Oregon, California, and much of Idaho, and salmon are a fundamental element of this region’s economy, culture, and identity.

Despite broad and enduring public passion for salmon, this region is facing serious long-range challenges to sustain this iconic species. Half of the salmon and steelhead populations have been listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, and over half of the returning salmon are now bred in fish hatcheries instead of natural spawning beds in streams. The Pacific Northwest is also facing the steady erosion of river habitat and increased competition for cold, clear river water. These trends will increase as the region’s human population continues to grow and will be compounded by the projected impacts of climate change, warming stream temperatures, and declining summer flows. If the Pacific Northwest is to have healthy wild salmon runs in 100 years, a concerted effort needs to be made to secure the protection of the region’s salmon strongholds. The stronghold strategy must be integrated into any regional efforts to protect and restore wild salmon and other salmonid species. Ken Morrish, Fly Water Travel Ken Morrish, Fly Water The stronghold Quillayute River Washington’s Shorelines approach What’s at stake: Washington State’s streams, beaches, and wetlands. WSC is focused on a proactive three- WSC’s goal: Safeguard priority wild part strategy to secure the health of the salmon populations in Washington strongest populations: from increased development. What we've achieved: Provided technical 1. Protect habitat; recommendations to the state to ensure 2. Promote sustainable fisheries and strongholds—including 78 miles of the protection for wild salmon; and Quillayute—are protected. 3. Support local stewardship of wild Mihael Blikshteyn with aerial support from LightHawk salmon watersheds into the future. Washington’s Quillayute Watershed is home to six species of Pacific Salmon strongholds are core areas of abundance and diversity where healthy salmon, fed by a network of mountain populations of wild salmon and steelhead are best adapted to thrive in the face of streams and four renowned salmon multiple long-term threats like climate change, resource extraction, and pressures and steelhead rivers: the Sol Duc, from hatchery salmon. Calawah, Bogachiel, and Dickey. In The effort to protect strongholds is gaining significant traction at both the state and an effort to balance conservation federal levels. With the backing of the entire West Coast Senate delegation, Senators with development along the state’s Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reintroduced legislation in 2011 shorelines, WSC provided technical to create a new U.S. policy to prioritize the protection of the nation’s best remaining input to Washington cities and counties wild Pacific salmon ecosystems.The Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act regarding mandatory updates to rules also creates a grants program to support cooperative, locally led conservation proj- of development. WSC also advised ects. The Senate Commerce Committee passed the legislation last November, and Clallam County, the City of Forks and the House of Representatives is expected to reintroduce its version later in 2012. If the Olympic Natural Resource Center passed, the bill will focus federal resources on healthy salmon watersheds as a pro- on conservation priorities for salmon active, preventative complement to recovery efforts. along the Quillayute. As a result, we expect nearly 78 miles of river front along this salmon stronghold to have increased protection. wildsalmoncenter.org 6 Smith River, California

The fate of wild salmon on the West Coast depends on protection of regional strongholds.

A sanctuary for wild fish After years of work, WSC and partners achieved a crucial

John McMillan step to balance hatchery production with wild fish health on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. For the first time, the state designated a Wild Salmonid Management Zone, Sol Duc River which prioritizes management of wild winter steelhead Washington along the entire length of the Sol Duc River. In a state where most salmon and steelhead are born in hatcheries, this designation is an important recognition that some rivers need to be managed primarily for wild fish. We simply cannot depend on domesticated stocks for the future of our fisheries—a lesson that California learned when theS acramento River’s Fall Chinook runs collapsed in 2008 and temporarily shut down California and Oregon's commercial fisheries.F or salmon and steelhead to adapt and thrive, Sol Duc River we must identify key wild populations in each ecoregion and make them a priority. The Sol Duc, one of the best steelhead streams in Washington, exemplifies the kind of watershed that warrants a strict wild fish management policy.E lsewhere on the “Establishing the Sol Duc as a wild Olympic Peninsula, WSC has requested the Hoh and Clearwater rivers also be set salmonid management zone is aside as wild fish sanctuaries, and we are working with local partners and the state to identify and support more areas that can be designated. necessary to protect this amazing WSC continues to advance local support of wild fish management and the salmon river. It is also a critical stronghold approach through its collaboration with the Washington Coast step in creating a network of Sustainable Salmon Partnership—a grassroots effort to protect and restore wild salmon stronghold sanctuaries in salmon and their habitats across four million acres of Washington’s coast. As a result, we helped draft a conservation plan for the Governor’s Salmon Recovery Washington State.” Office that explicitly supports wild fish management, outlines new strategies Guido Rahr, President of Wild Salmon for improving the market value of wild fish, and links habitat conservation to Center improvements in wild fish management. Wild Salmon Center 7 Science drives conservation results Wild Salmon Center brings science-based strategies to identify and protect the strongest salmon populations and watersheds within each ecological region of the Northern PacificR im. Working with regional experts, WSC has identified and mapped distinct wild salmon populations in California and western Washington, and we are completing the process in Oregon. Our research gives us strong footing to help establish and advocate for the best local stewardship of forests and watersheds, working directly with tribes, government agencies, and local stakeholders. On Oregon’s North Coast, a series of outstanding salmon rivers—the Trask, Wilson, Kilchis, Miami, Nehalem and Salmonberry—flow through a 520,000-acre temperate rainforest that spans the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests. These rivers support some of the strongest wild populations of Chinook, steelhead, and chum salmon in the Pacific Northwest. For decades these forests have been at risk of large-scale logging, and each year we’ve had to fight proposals to turn this salmon stronghold into a tree farm. Then in November, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber met with the Oregon Board of Forestry and outlined his vision: a network of conservation areas, never before achieved in these state forests, where restoration and salmon recovery take prior- ity over logging and road building. The Governor’s approach is a welcome change, backing years of work by WSC and partners including the Sierra Club, Northwest Steelheaders and Trout Unlimited. Together we are helping bring to light the full range of benefits ourN orth Coast forests provide—clean water, carbon sequestra-

tion, recreation, forest products, and strong wild salmon and steelhead populations. Trekking rin McKitrick, Ground Truth E In addition to state lands, it is imperative that we protect vital salmon habitat on Federal lands. Until recently, habitat on federal lands has benefited from a high level of protection within the Northwest Forest Plan, but the current economic downturn

has changed that. A key example is the sprawling checkerboard of Bureau of Land Bob Waldrop Management (BLM) ownership left behind by the 1937 Oregon and California Lands Act. Totaling 2.4 million acres in Oregon, an area larger than Yellowstone National Park, the land harbors 1,400 miles of salmon and steelhead rivers such as the Rogue and Umpqua. With the elimination of Federal timber payments, 18 cash-strapped counties are now proposing to increase logging to industrial levels, fundamentally changing management of these forests. In response, WSC scientists have begun an ambitious effort to identify valuable habitat within these lands so they will remain protected. We are providing the expertise to produce a series of data-driven maps called an “Atlas of Conservation Values” in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. The resulting geo-database is a scientific tool that will help drive efforts to advocate for long-term protection of key watersheds within the BLM-owned lands.

Tillamook & Clatsop State Forests Bristol Bay Watershed Wilson River What’s at stake: Over 500,000 acres of What’s at stake: North America’s temperate rainforest and salmon rivers. most important wild salmon WSC’s goal: to establish conservation watershed and the top sockeye areas where wild salmon take priority fishery on the planet. over logging. WSC’s goal: Prevent the development Progress: Oregon's Governor directed of the Pebble Mine and a subsequent the Board of Forestry to create a mining district in Bristol Bay. network of conservation areas. Progress: Published a scientific report assessing the impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine—a critical tool in the fight to protect the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. wildsalmoncenter.org 8 Guido Rahr Nushagak River, Alaska

We can’t afford the tremendous risk of large-scale mining in Bristol Bay, a powerhouse of wild salmon production.

Alaska Pebble Report daylights Pebble Mine risks Deposit

Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the confluence of six major watersheds and the infrastructure required to Bristol including the Nushagak (pictured above), is one of the most develop the mine could pave the way Bay important wild salmon ecosystems on Earth. A powerhouse for a sprawling mining district ten of wild sockeye production, it is a $570 million-a-year times the size of Washington, D.C. salmon industry and employs 12,000 people nationwide. The mine poses many other risks to salmon and aquatic organisms, most In 2006, the first formal proposal was presented to notably increased sedimentation, construct an enormous copper-gold-molybdenum mine at food web disruption, and altered the headwaters of Bristol Bay. The proposed “Pebble Mine” hydrology and water chemistry. would dwarf all existing mines in Alaska put together. The initial proposal called for nine miles of dams up to 740 feet By highlighting these risks, the report serves as an essential tool high to hold back up to 2.5 billion tons of tailings, or toxic for decision makers, and at just the right time. In May 2012, the waste rock. If constructed according to preliminary plans, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Draft Bristol the longest dam—4.5 miles long—would be the largest Bay Watershed Assessment, reflecting the same conclusions dam in North America. The entire mining operation could as our report—that large-scale mining would adversely produce an estimated 10.8 billion tons of tailings. impact Bristol Bay’s wild salmon fishery.T he EPA initiated the assessment in response to a request from Alaska Native tribes In December of 2011, WSC and Trout Unlimited completed and corporations, commercial and sport fishing organizations, a scientific report coauthored by fisheries and mining and others to protect Bristol Bay under the EPA’s Clean Water experts entitled “Bristol Bay’s Wild Salmon Ecosystems Act authority. Under the Clean Water Act Section 404(c), the and the Pebble Mine: Key Considerations for a Large-Scale EPA can restrict dredge and fill activities, such as discharge of Mine Proposal.” The report concluded that acid mine mine tailings, if the activities will have unacceptable adverse drainage from the Pebble Mine would be the primary threat effects on the fishery. Based on our report findings, we believe to Bristol Bay and could have a devastating impact on that such proactive restrictions are warranted. the region’s world class wild salmon fishery, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the communities of Bristol Bay. For a full copy of the report, visit www.wildsalmoncenter.org. In addition, the Pebble Mine could consume three times the water used by the entire city of Anchorage each year Wild Salmon Center 9 Western Pacific Like a window back in time, the Russian Far East is a place where abundant wild salmon return by the tens of millions to their home streams. In remote coastal areas, unfragmented expanses of forests, tundra, and wetlands harbor ancient fish species and an abundance of wildlife. Forty percent of all wild Pacific salmon are born in Russian rivers, with up to a fourth from the California-sized Kamchatka Peninsula alone.

Russia is one of few places on Earth where large, pristine wild salmon ecosystems can still be preserved. Its people are beginning to forge a stronger commitment to their expansive salmon resource, unique in the world and a keystone of their economy. In addition to the Kamchatka Peninsula, wild salmon strongholds include mainland Khabarovsk, which holds large expanses of intact boreal and deciduous forests, as well as the more populated Sakhalin Island, the third most abundant salmon region on Earth.

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Sea of Okhotsk Shantar Islands Shantar Islands After more than a decade working to protect the biologically rich archipelago in Russia’s Sea of Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation Okhotsk, the Russian government has slated the creation of Shantar Islands National Park for Sakhalin 2012, protecting a combined land and marine The Tugur River flows through the area of 3,200 square miles. This accomplishment Tuguro-Chumikansky region of Japan is the result of years of efforts by WSC, the Khabarovsk and into the Sea of World Wildlife Fund, and the Khabarovsk Wildlife Okhotsk. Because of the low population Foundation, a longtime partner of the Wild Salmon Center. Popular with hunters density of the region and the absence of and fishermen, this group of 15 islands is largely uninhabited, but faces threats roads and industry, the conditions for such as logging and energy development. Protection of these islands will salmon populations are very favorable. benefit not only wild salmon, but also the only rainbow trout population west of There are 23 species of freshwater Kamchatka, as well as brown bear, gray whales, several endangered bird species, fish in the river, including numerous diverse marine life, and a distinctive mixture of plant communities. populations of chum and pink salmon, lenok, grayling, and taimen.

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wildsalmoncenter.org 10 WSC Staff Tugur River, Khabarovsk

We are working with partners to protect nine critically important salmon areas totaling 8 million acres in the Russian Far East.

A global salmon stronghold Wild Salmon Center has worked in Russia for two decades, forging partnerships and sharing knowledge across continents. We are the only international organization working in Russia focused exclusively on conservation of wild salmon ecosystems. Our Western Pacific Program, which extends from theR ussian Far East to Japan, is deploying WSC’s three-part strategy for long-term wild salmon health: 1. Support creation of new protected areas;

2. Work with commercial fisheries to achieve certification of sustainability and Guido Rahr work with extractive industries to implement best practices; and 3. Help establish and support community-led salmon councils and other local The Kol River Refuge is also a testament conservation initiatives. to the protected areas strategy. The Kol River hosts five million returning Currently, WSC is working with partners to protect nine critically important salmon salmon each year and is the site of areas totaling eight million acres in the Russian Far East. Creating these watershed- the world’s first headwaters-to-ocean level protected areas in Russia is not quick or easy. It requires broad government salmon preserve which WSC helped and public buy-in, backed by rigorous scientific assessments.I t also requires the establish in 2006. WSC continues to government's commitment of funding for long-term success. Along the way, WSC support the management plan and works with governments, citizens, organizations, and businesses to shepherd these research and monitoring on the Kol, salmon rivers through the protected area designation process. where we established a biostation now The benefit is worth the effort, and the Koppi River’s story is proof. After a decade of fully managed by Kamchatka State work, the Koppi River Nature Reserve was established in 2010, safeguarding 94,000 Technical University to give scientists acres along 200 miles of the Koppi for cherry, pink, chum, and coho salmon, Dolly and students the opportunity to study Varden and Sakhalin taimen, as well as Siberian tiger and a diverse assemblage of this pristine salmon ecosystem. wildlife and plant species. Wild Salmon Center 11 A promising future Other protected areas are on the horizon in Khabarovsk. Our longtime partner, the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation, won public approval in 2011 for the proposed Tugur River Refuge, a vast and pristine watershed that produces world-record Siberian taimen that can weigh more than 70 pounds. The Foundation also ensured the Tugur and four other rivers—the Nimelen, Dui, Im, and Hor—are included in the regional government’s official plan for new protected areas. This plan will direct efforts through 2020 to establish and support protected areas.

On the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Zhupanova, Opala, and Utkholok rivers are one step closer to enjoying protected status like the Kol. WSC provided expertise required to justify new regional protected areas, which will safeguard an incredibly rich assemblage of salmonids that includes Chinook, sockeye, pink, chum, coho, masu salmon, steelhead, and rainbow trout, as well as Dolly Varden, white-spotted char, and grayling. WSC’s work across the Russian Far East was specifically written into a U.S.-Russia bilateral plan describing how the two nations will work together to protect the envi- ronment. This inclusion in the 2011-2012 Work Plan of the U.S.-Russia Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources creates significant political traction for our efforts inR ussia and paves the way for future conservation success in the Western Pacific.

Russia’s Salmon Strongholds What’s at stake: Some of the last fully Igor Shpilenok Guido Rahr intact habitat in the Western Pacific, home to nearly 40 percent of Pacific salmon. WSC’s goal: Protect nine important salmon areas totaling eight million

acres. WSC Staff What we’ve achieved: Three new protected areas with nine more in devel- opment—two of which are expected to be designated in the next year.

Utkholok River

Russian Far East Salmon Strongholds

Utkholok Sea of Okhotsk KHABAROVSK Kamchatka "The last wild, untouched salmon Shantar rivers, which we are trying to save Islands on our island, are the embodiment Kol Zhupanova Tugur & of beauty, power and freedom of Nimelen Im Sakhalin Opala wild nature. I'm convinced if we Gorin lose them, our planet would be Dui Vostochny poorer, because we will never be Koppi STATUS able to get them back." Protected Dmitry Lisitsyn, Chairman of Hor In development Sakhalin Environment Watch wildsalmoncenter.org 12 Kuril Lake, Kamchatka

Public watershed councils are becoming an emerging force in the stewardship and conservation of local salmon watersheds throughout the Russian Far East.

Champion for wild salmon rivers, and protects habitat for healthy populations of pink, chum, and coho Dmitry Lisitsyn salmon, as well as char and other Dmitry Lisitsyn grew up in a small village near Siberia's Angara River. When he salmonids. Since the development learned in school about the environmental devastation happening across the of the Refuge's monitoring program, developed world he felt moved to do something to help protect Russia's relatively poaching has been virtually eliminated intact habitat and abundant wildlife, but saw little opportunity for political action on the refuge. in the Soviet Union's totalitarian system. He moved to Sakhalin Island and with In 2011 Dmitry was one of only six the political changes happening across Russia in the 1990's, Dmitry felt a sense of recipients of the Goldman Environmen- possibility for the future. In 1996, he joined the newly formed Sakhalin Environment tal Prize, one of the most prestigious Watch (SEW) and a year later was leading the organization as one of the foremost environmental awards in the world. We defenders of the environment. applaud Dmitry's accomplishments Sakhalin boasts some of the world’s greatest marine biodiversity with globally and look forward to a long, productive significant salmon spawning grounds as well as a number of endangered species partnership on Sakhalin. such as the Western Pacific Gray whale.S ince discovery of vast fossil fuel reserves in W the 1990's, Sakhalin also represents the world’s largest integrated oil and gas project. E S Rapid industrialization and road building have allowed easier access to remote areas of the island—resulting in an exponential increase in salmon poaching. In 2001, WSC partnered with Dmitry and his team at SEW to support their work to protect Sakhalin Island's marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Dmitry and SEW have been successfully fighting salmon poaching onS akhalin—working to increase enforcement efforts by coordinating with local watershed councils and establishing public watch dog groups to protect priority salmon rivers. In 2007, WSC and SEW helped create permanent safeguards for one of Sakhalin's most important wild salmon watersheds—the Vostochny. Lisitsyn's leadership led to the creation of the Vostochny Wildlife Refuge, a 165,000 acre protected area that includes two entire ocean-draining basins, the Vengeri and Pursh-Pursh Wild Salmon Center 13 Communities mobilize for salmon Salmon are a way of life for the people of the Russian Far East, where one in five KHABAROVSK coastal communities rely on healthy salmon for their job or to meet basic needs. There was a time when salmon seemed an endless resource, but growing threats Bolshaya like illegal fishing, habitat loss, and development are casting doubt on their security. Kamchatka The same people who rely on salmon are now uniting to establish local control over watershed health. Over the past three years, Wild Salmon Center has worked Koppi Sakhalin with on-the-ground partners to establish seven public watershed councils (called "public salmon councils" in Russia) throughout the Russian Far East. Home to 11 salmonid species, Sakhalin Island supplies an astounding one-fifth of the global Pacific salmon catch, generating $500 million for local fishermen each Public Salmon Councils year. About the size of Massachusetts, the island is one of the most populated areas in the Russian Far East. The island’s growing population has increased pressures such as illegal fishing, but is also providing an opportunity to empower more local stakeholders to conserve their wild salmon resources. The Sakhalin Salmon Initiative (SSI) was established in 2006 to rally residents Sakhalin around healthy fisheries and a strong economy. A committee of more than 20 Island local organizations, educational institutions and businesses coordinated the SSI, including founding members WSC, Sakhalin Environment Watch and founding sponsor Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation. In 2008 Sakhalin’s first public salmon council was created, and residents began to mobilize around wild salmon protection in the face of threats like oil and gas extraction and large-scale poaching. Nogliki Sakhalin is now home to five public salmon councils, operated with guidance from WSC and regional partners. In 2011 Sakhalin watershed councils achieved a number of accomplishments, including 348 anti-poaching raids, open community forums, conservation planning sessions, and salmon education campaigns. Kamchatka soon followed Sakhalin’s successful watershed model. The first public salmon council on the peninsula, established in 2011 in the Ust-Bolsheretsky Smirnykh district, now covers three large rivers: the Bolshaya, Opala, and Ozernaya, which harbor one of the most productive sockeye salmon fisheries inR ussia (see sidebar Poronaisk “the full package” on pg 17). For the first time in Kamchatka’s history, the council is bringing together local communities, municipal and regional governments, Uglegorsk fishermen, scientists, NGOs, and the commercial sector for the purpose of conservation and sustainable use of salmon ecosystems and resources. In addition, the “Save the Salmon Fund” was created and formally registered as a regional nonprofit organization to coordinate salmon conservation efforts across the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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SAKHALIN In 2011, 23 new educational institutions started using SSI-designated salmon education curriculum (for a total of 63). Over 1,000 people participated in the

Save the Salmon Fund salmon festival and drawing contest, Improving fisheries bringing the total number participating in SSI-sponsored education and outreach activities to almost 6,000 KAMCHATKA people since its launch in 2007. Ust-Bolsheretsky Council SSI • Anti-poaching hotline in operation • Developed 4 yr conservation strategy On mainland Khabarovsk the people • Submitted recommendations on of the Koppi Basin spearheaded their sustainable management of salmon first public salmon council just months resources in the district after the Koppi River Nature Reserve • Organized first “Save the Salmon” was established. The newly formed outreach campaign Council is fostering collaboration SSI Kol River Salmon Refuge between neighboring Botchinsky Organizing locally Nature Reserve, forestry companies, • Added 18 new patrol areas and conducted 181 raids across 7,568 km the indigenous community Oroch, Poronaisk Council and local residents. In 2011 the council • Inspectors implemented tighter • 74 anti-poaching raids uncovered coordinated a series of anti-poaching enforcement with cooperation and 41 violations raids with the Wildlife Protection support from the Vityaz Avto Fishing • 2 anti-poaching hotlines in operation Service and began work with logging Company, Gazprom natural gas 2 “Clean Coast” city-wide campaigns companies to monitor illegal harvest company, and Kamchatka State • and promote best practices. Technical University • 9 public salmon presentations • Organized 65 outreach events with Aniva Council For the first time, Russian councils 3,500 participants • 170 anti-poaching raids uncovered are now coordinating across rivers • Created a 22-mile interpretive hiking 179 violations and district boundaries. They are defining long-term conservation trail Uglegorsk Council strategies utilizing WSC’s expertise First district ecological festival “We • and technical support and are eager Educating youth and citizens Are Together” to exchange lessons learned. These • 15 anti-poaching raids strategies include collaboration with • 4 river expeditions and public environmental law enforcement workshops agencies and public monitoring of Smirnykh Council poaching, outreach and education, • 3 public salmon conservation forums co-management of watersheds, conducted and community projects to further engage and empower locals living in • 73 anti-poaching raids these watersheds. In 2011 WSC and Nogliki Council

Kol Salmon Refuge the Siuslaw Institute invited Russian • Anti-poaching hotline in operation council members to tour Oregon rivers, KHABAROVSK • 16 anti-poaching raids uncovered meet with local watershed councils, • Coordinated a series of anti-poaching 11 violations and hear success stories for involving raids with the Wildlife Protection citizens in local river stewardship. The Service Combatting poaching visitors were impressed by the power of Oregon’s networks—shared knowledge • Collaborated with logging companies between councils, educators, to promote best practices conservationists and federal and state Created a ranger station to protect • agencies—a level of cross-pollination the Koppi River watershed they hope to achieve on their side of the Pacific.

Wild Salmon Center 15 SSI Sustainable Fisheries Salmon nourish and sustain diverse peoples, ecosystems, and economies across the Pacific Rim. They power a $3 billion-a-year industry, provide tens of thousands of jobs, and serve as a protein staple to millions of people. Yet the long-term livelihood of every fishery, and every fisherman, depends on whether we can shift the tide toward sound management of wild salmon. This is the goal of Wild Salmon Center’s sustainable fisheries programs: to utilize robust science, on-the-ground collaboration, and global market incentives to reward best management practices that not only protect wild runs but also yield healthy profits $3 Billion in personal income is generated annually from the for responsible fishing. salmon fishing industry.

Ultimately, the world’s seafood businesses and consumers of salmon have Harvest per Region* tremendous buying power to influence the health of wild salmon ecosystems. We are working with our partners to establish a sustainable, legal, and traceable supply 23% Russia chain so that seafood buyers and consumers can direct their purchases toward 35% Canada responsibly harvested salmon. 40% USA Japan

* 2005-2009 average North Pacific Hidden threats of the Pacific Anadromous Commission

WSC is working globally to combat harmful harvest and hatchery practices, Mi hael B likshteyn as well as illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing. In the Russian Far East, poaching is one of the most urgent threats to wild salmon, with the illegal catch estimated to be about 1.5 times the actual reported catch. Without proper enforcement, tracking and certification systems, customers in the U.S. and Europe may unknowingly buy these illegally caught fish. Winning the fight requires strict enforcement of laws that make the risk of penalty too high for perpetrators, while at the same time encouraging good actors with market advantages. In Japan, the Hokkaido Fall chum Fortunately, there is a growing marketplace for sustainable seafood. Globally, the salmon set-net fishery entered the demand for premium, eco-labeled salmon exceeds world supply. WSC works with MSC assessment process in late fishermen and regulators to provide a road map for fisheries to work towards 2011. While Japan accounts for nearly certification. With support from WSC, 21 Russian fishing companies have one third of the Pacific Rim’s annual entered into the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification process—the salmon catch, its commercial fisheries international gold standard for eco-labeling. rely almost completely on hatchery production because of Japan’s On both sides of the Pacific, fisheries are making important progress. To support extensive loss of freshwater habitat sustainable certification of the Aniva Bay pink salmon fishery, located at the tip of over the past century. Although there Russia’s Sakhalin Island, WSC and partners supported one of the first studies in may not be enough wild production Russia to gauge hatchery straying into wild salmon rivers using salmon ear bones to merit MSC certification, Hokkaido (otoliths). Like the rings of a tree, patterns on an otolith reveal changes in fish fisheries managers are developing a growth. Manipulating hatchery water temperatures marks the otoliths of juvenile Wild Salmon Policy and working to salmon, a telltale indicator of hatchery origin identifiable into adulthood. set wild salmon escapement goals for In Alaska, the Annette Island Reserve discontinued its fall chum salmon hatchery the first time. These steps represent program in 2011 and reopened passage for wild fish to critical spawning grounds. a fundamental shift in the way chum These changes contributed to the fishery achievingMS C certification last year, a salmon are managed in Japan. significant achievement for the health of this productive wild salmon ecosystem and the long-term livelihood of the Metlakatla Indian Community on Annette Island. wildsalmoncenter.org 16 Ozernaya River, Kamchatka

As the first fishery on Kamchatka to enter the sustainable certification process, the Ozernaya signals a hopeful future for other world-class Russian salmon fisheries.

RUSSIA Pacific Fisheries A ‘Complete Package’ of conservation What’s at stake: The future health and Sea of Okhotsk viability of our Pacific salmon fisheries. A crown jewel of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the Ozernaya River hosts the largest sockeye fishery in Asia. WSC’s goal: Combat illegal fishing, Ozernaya Kamchatka harmful practices, and help fisheries It is an extraordinary example of a complete conservation achieve certification through taking package for wild salmon, including habitat protection, steps towards sustainability. sustainable fisheries and community engagement. The What we’ve achieved: 21 Russian volcano-encircled Kuril Lake—spawning grounds for Japan fishing companies have entered into sockeye salmon migrating up the Ozernaya River—is the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) protected as part of the South Kamchatka Nature Reserve. certification process. Here wild salmon runs are unimpeded by dams or hatchery development. And now that the Ozernaya commercial sockeye fishing companies have entered the MSC assessment process, representing over twelve metric tons of annual catch, they are working to improve their fishery by monitoring and reporting bycatch (unintentionally netted fish and marine life). Moreover, the people of the Ozernaya

Igor Shpilenok established a watershed council to serve as a local champion and watchdog for wild fish. WSC is committed to continue its work with international and local partners to help ensure the Ozernaya sockeye fishery serves as a leading example of a healthy wild salmon ecosystem that provides food and economic security for generations to come.

Wild Salmon Center 17 State of the Salmon Seven nations comprise the entire range of Pacific salmon, each home to great scientists, collaborative problem-solvers, and dedicated on-the- ground watershed stewards. It is only together that we can succeed in securing a future with wild salmon.

State of the Salmon (SoS), a program of the Wild Salmon Center, convenes fisheries experts, resource managers, commercial fishermen, and other key stakeholders to build and share knowledge across borders and address the most pressing threats to long-term wild salmon health. SoS also partners with international organizations to promote the adoption of practices for fisheries harvest and hatchery operations to ensure the sustainability of wild salmon populations. Knowledge to bridge an ocean Climate Change. Few long-range threats are more daunting than climate change. To gather the most current expertise on the issue, SoS hosted an international symposium—"Salmon in a Changing Climate"—in November 2011. More than 200 researchers, resource managers, conservationists, and fishing industry representatives attended from as far away as China, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Experts shared emerging science on risks like ocean acidification, which Clemens Ratschan likely will have profound impacts on complex ocean food webs. In rivers, salmon survival will be put to the test by low flows and higher water temperatures in the southern extent of their ranges, while increased annual fluctuations in river flows Monitoring Methods. One of the are expected in the north. Wild salmon may be forced to adapt rapidly. Given the largest barriers to sound salmon scope and magnitude of these challenges, salmon diversity is critical to survival. management is accurately measuring Researchers at the symposium presented case studies showing that wild salmon and monitoring the health of runs composed of higher genetic and life-history diversity will be more resilient to populations. The problem is expected environmental change. compounded by disparate monitoring methods, with no standard approach Hatchery Salmon. SoS is also compiling to compare information. To address research on how “straying” of hatchery this challenge, SoS convened experts salmon affects wild salmon health. When to create a set of standards and adopt hatchery fish stray into wild salmon spawning a common methodology, which grounds, they can interbreed and potentially is now featured in the online tool weaken the productivity of wild salmon runs. monitoringmethods.org. Signaling the SoS brought together researchers from importance of this work, the Bonneville Alaska, Russia, and Japan in October 2011 Power Administration, one of the to better understand how much and how far largest funders of salmon restoration WSC Staff hatchery fish stray, particularly pink and chum and recovery in the world, formally Ellen Martinson, Research Fishery salmon, and how this affects wild runs. This adopted the methodology and took the Biologist, NOAA Fisheries gathering sparked a collaboration to develop next step by requiring all of its grantees a risk assessment model to predict the level to adhere to it as well. For the first time, of straying under different production scenarios. This tool will help managers gauge this will allow for "apples-to-apples" the likely effectiveness of different management actions to reduce interactions comparisons of rich volumes of data to between wild and hatchery salmon on spawning grounds. In addition, 23 peer- create a clearer picture of the status of reviewed papers from international scientists were published as a result of SoS’s PacificN orthwest salmon. 2010 conference on ecological interactions between wild and hatchery salmon. The papers were published in 2012 in a special issue of the journal Environmental Biology of Fishes. wildsalmoncenter.org 18 Siberian taimen, Russia

Armed with emerging research, WSC is leading efforts to conserve taimen, one of the most ancient and extraordinary living members of the salmon family.

Spotlighting threatened species Taimen are an ancient and mysterious group of species that can live for 50 years Biologist Pete Rand. The sockeye and reach two meters in length—the largest salmonids in the world. Massive but assessment concluded eight years of vulnerable, taimen face an uncertain future with the threats of overfishing, habitat work including an exhaustive catalogue loss, and climate change. The sea-run Sakhalin taimen, found in the Russian Far of the biodiversity of Pacific salmon, East and Japan, has lost 90 percent of its abundance and is now listed as "Critically identification of important knowledge Endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). gaps, and the assessment of the overall Resident species of Siberian taimen range across mainland Russian Far East rivers, condition of wild salmon based on but have also seen significant declines. international standards. To protect taimen, we must first fill gaps in understanding about their health. Sockeye conservation took a step State of the Salmon is leading work with partners to shed light on this unique forward when the IUCN completed group of fish.I n December 2011, we hosted the first-ever international symposium an amendment to the 2008 Red List on taimen, held in New Zealand. Experts from Asia, Europe, and North America assessment for Pacific sockeye salmon. gathered to review emerging science on the status of taimen and uncover While sockeye are still listed as “Least opportunities to protect them across their range. Armed with this knowledge, we Concern” globally, nearly a third of can begin to move toward more comprehensive conservation strategies. sockeye subpopulations were listed as “Threatened,” including seven Fraser Sockeye salmon are one of the most valuable and commercially important salmon River sockeye populations. To showcase species in the world. But they have seen sharp declines in their populations since this new information, SoS launched the 1990s, highlighted by the collapse of British Columbia’s Fraser River sockeye Visual Sockeye, an interactive, web- populations in 2009, when just one-tenth of the expected based tool to explore sockeye health run returned to the river. In response to this and other loss- in different watersheds and to gain a es, the IUCN salmonid specialist Group (SSG) completed deeper understanding of this species

Ben Knight the first global assessment of sockeye health. The and the threats to its sustainability. IUCN is the authority on global salmon health, and SSG is chaired by soS and led by WsC Senior Conservation View this tool at stateofthesalmon.org.

Wild Salmon Center 19 Wild Salmon Center Statement of Activities For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011

2011 Revenue Foundations $6,816,697 Individuals 1,046,663 Governments 815,829 Corporations 366,215 Investments and other income 83,208 Total revenue 9,128,612

Expenses Program Services: North America Program 792,953 Western Pacific Program 2,179,591 Sustainable Fisheries 634,926 State of the Salmon 771,924 than Smith, The Kamchatka Project E Total program expenses 4,379,394 Support Services: The Wild Salmon Center has been Management and General 454,085 awarded The Independent Charities' Development and Fundraising 559,640 “Best in America” Seal of Excellence by Total expenses 5,393,119 the Independent Charities of America and Local Independent Charities of Change in net assets 3,735,493 America. This signifies that, upon rigorous independent review, the Net assets at the beginning of the year 4,257,732 organization met the highest standards of public accountability, as well as Net assets at the end of the year $7,993,225 program and cost effectiveness.

FY 2011 Operation Revenue: $9,128,612* FY 2011 Total Expenses: $5,393,119

ManagementManagement Top: Local leaseholders and fly fishing CorporationsCorporationsOther Other and General and General 4% 4% 1% 1% 8.4% 8.4% guides (pictured: Ryan Peterson of Government Government DevelopmentDevelopment The Fly Shop) are promoting catch State of the State of the 8.9% 8.9% Foundations Foundations and Fundraisingand Fundraising Salmon Salmon and release as part of an emerging 74.6% 74.6% 10.4% 10.4% 14.4% 14.4% ecotourism business on Russia's Individuals Individuals Kamchatka Peninsula. 11.5% 11.5% Sustainable Sustainable North North Fisheries Fisheries America America 11.7% 11.7% Program ProgramRight: Russia's South Kamchatka 14.7% 14.7% Nature Reserve is home to the largest Western PacificWestern Pacific Program Program sockeye salmon population in the 40.4% 40.4% Western Pacific, supporting wildlife and thriving fishing economies. * FY 2011 Operation Revenue includes revenue received to cover our 2011 annual expenses plus revenue received and recorded for work to be carried out in 2012 and future years.

wildsalmoncenter.org 20 Shane Robinson, The Kamchatka Project Wild Salmon Center 21 Partners

United States National Fish and Wildlife U.S. Department of State Ostrov Ecotourism and Sport Alaska Conservation Foundation Federation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fishing Company Alaska Department of Fish and National Geographic Society U.S. Forest Service International Plavnik Co. Game National Oceanic and Atmospheric Programs Poronaisk Watershed Council Alaska Fisheries Development Administration U.S. Forest Service Pacific RENOVA Foundation National Wildlife Federation Northwest Research Station Russian Academy of Sciences Alaska Marine Conservation Council Native Fish Society U.S. Geological Survey Institute of General Genetics American Fisheries Society Natural Resource Consultants The Walton Family Foundation and Institute of Problems of Audubon Society of Portland Natural Resources Defense Council Washington Coast Sustainable Evolutionary Ecology Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association The Nature Conservancy Salmon Partnership Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP) Power Administration Network of Oregon Watershed Washington Department of Fish Russian Federal Research Institute Bristol Bay Native Association Councils and Wildlife of Fisheries and Oceanography New England Aquarium Washington Forest Law Center Bristol Bay Regional Seafood (VNIRO) Development Association North Coast Land Conservancy Washington Governor's Salmon Recovery Office Russian Fly Fishing Magazine California Department of Fish and North Olympic Land Trust “Nakhlyst” Game Washington Wildlife Federation North Pacific oastC Lead Entity Russian Forest Service, Sakhalin WaterWatch of Oregon California Trout North PacificR esearch Board Regional Branch Western Rivers Conservancy Cape Blanco Challenge Northwest Power and Conservation Russian Salmon Fund Western Washington Agriculture Center for Biological Diversity Council Sakhalin Energy Investment Association Chelan County Department of Northwest Steelheaders Company Wild Fish Conservancy Natural Resources Nunamta Aulukestai Sakhalin Environment Watch Wildlife Conservation Society Clallam County Olympic Natural Resource Center Sakhalin Regional Administration Wild Steelhead Coalition Coast Range Association Oregon Conservation Network Sakhalin Regional Fisheries Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Oregon Department of Fish and World Wide Fund for Nature, Association America Commission Wildlife Sakhalinrybvod Yukon River Drainage Fisheries The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Oregon Governor’s Office Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Center Association The Confederated Tribes of Warm Oregon League of Conservation Sakhalin State University Springs Voters SakhNIRO Curry County Soil & Water Russia Oregon Natural Desert Association Save the Salmon Coalition Conservation District Aniva Watershed Council Oregon State University Save the Salmon Fund The David Lucile Packard Boomerang Ecological Education Oregon Watershed Enhancement NGO, Sakhalin Skolkovo Foundation Foundation Board Center for Economic and Financial Smirnykh Watershed Council Earth System’s Institute Oregon Wild Consulting, Moscow TV and Radio Company “Okha" Earthworks Pacific oastC Federation of Dewey & LeBoeuf, Russia Uglegorsk Watershed Council Ecotrust Fishermen’s Associations Interminerals Management, Ltd. UNDP Moscow, Four Territories Elk River Land Trust Pacific oastC Lead Entity Irkutsk State University Project Environmental Protection Agency PacificN orthwest Aquatic Kamchatka Ecotourism Society Ust-Bolsheretsky Watershed Council Federation of Fly Fishers, Northern Monitoring Partnership CA and SW Councils Kamchatka League of Independent World Wide Fund for Nature, Russia PacificR ivers Council Experts FishWise Quileute Indian Tribe Kamchatka Nature Conservation Canada Flathead Lake Biological Station, Quinault Indian Nation Center “Special Territory” British Columbia Ministry of University of Montana Quinault Nation Lead Entity Kamchatka Protected Areas Environment, Biodiversity Branch The Freshwater Trust Resources Legacy Fund Association David Suzuki Foundation Friends of Elk River Rivers Without Borders Kamchatka Regional Administration Fisheries and Oceans Canada Gordon and Betty Moore Rutgers University KamchatNIRO PacificF isheries Resource Foundation Sierra Club Kamchatka State Technical Conservation Council Grant County Public Utility District Siuslaw Institute University PacificS almon Foundation Grays Harbor County Lead Entity Southeast Alaska Conservation Khabarovsk Division TINRO Raincoast Conservation Foundation Hoh River Trust Council Khabarovsk Regional Simon Fraser University Idaho Office ofS pecies St Hubert Research Group Administration Skeena Wild Conservation Trust Conservation Sweetwater Travel Company Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation Vancouver Aquarium Illinois Valley Soil & Water Trout Unlimited Kol River Salmon Refuge Watershed Watch Salmon Society Conservation District United Fishermen of Alaska Kronotsky State Nature Reserve Illinois Valley Watershed Council University of Washington Ministry of Natural Resources & Japan Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Environmental Protection Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Long Live the Kings Board Moscow State University, Cooperatives Monterey Bay Aquarium U.S. Agency for International Ichthyology Department Hokkaido University MRAG Americas Development Nogliki Watershed Council Japan Society for the Promotion of National Federation of Fly Fishers USDA Forest Service Okha Watershed Council Science wildsalmoncenter.org 22 National Institute of Environmental Studies Japan Oji Paper Group Patagonia Japan River Policy Network Japan Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute Sarufutsu Itou Conservation Council Sarufutsu Itou no Kai International Chester Zoo Conservation International Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute International League of Conservation Photographers International Riverfoundation IUCN, Species Survival Commission Marine Stewardship Council Ministry of Nature Environment and Tourism of Mongolia Mohammed bin Zayed Conservation Fund North Pacific AnadromousF ish Commission Ocean Park Conservation Fund Pacific Salmon Commission Sichuan University Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Trace Register United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility U.S. - Russian Business Council World Wide Fund for Nature, International

Right: An exploratory expedition on the Koppi River with Tricia Melnik (WSC), Alexander Kulikov (Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation) and members of the Khabarovsk government and community.

Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation Wild Salmon Center 23 Donors (2011) $1,000 to $4,999 $25,000 to $49,999 $1,o00 to $4,999 Alaska Conservation Foundation Anonymous Carl G. Behnke Foundation, Corporation, American Fisheries Society WA - BC John G. Searle Family Trust and Mr. Vincent F. Biondo, Jr. & Mrs. Chapter John and Julie Dixon Betsey L. Biondo Government and NGOs Earthshare of Oregon Peter Seligmann and Lee Rhodes Patrick Buresh and Jeannie Bloome $100,000 & up Earthworks, LLC $10,000 to $24,999 Tom and Ellie Crosby Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries John and Jane Emrick James Ford Bell Foundation and Cooperative Associations David and Lucile Packard Samuel and Suzy Bell David and Jaimie Field Foundation Natural Resources Defense Council Caravan Trust and Austen S. Leah Knapp Hair Gordon and Betty Moore North of England Zoological Society Cargill II Bruce Ham, M.D. Foundation (Chester Zoo) The Vitalogy Foundation and Stone Tod R. 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Michael Sutton, Chairman Peter A. Seligmann Monterey, CA Washington, D.C. Oleg Alekseev Peter W. Soverel Moscow, Russia Edmonds, WA Frank L. Cassidy Jr. William R. Swindells Vancouver, WA Portland, OR Stone Gossard Brooks Walker Seattle, WA San Francisco, CA Leah Knapp Hair Seattle, WA President's Council John McCosker, Ph.D. David Anderson San Francisco, CA Guelph, Ontario, Canada Sydney McNiff Johnson Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Dmitry S. Pavlov, Ph.D. James Wolfensohn Moscow, Russia New York, NY Daniel Plummer Vladimir Zakharov, Ph.D. Malibu, CA Moscow, Russia Guido Rahr Portland, OR

WSC Board Member Leah Knapp Hair and former Board Member James Ratzlaff at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. wildsalmoncenter.org 26 Randy Turnell Staff Yuliya Klichkova, Western Pacific Program Associate Julie Kuchepatov, Sustainable Jeffrey Baumgartner, Ph.D., Fisheries & Markets Program Executive Vice President Manager Lucy Bernard, Deputy Director, State Rich Lincoln, State of the Salmon of the Salmon Director Mikhail Blikshteyn, Fisheries Leila Loder, Western Pacific Biologist Program Manager Greg Block, VP for External Affairs & Sarah Lonigro, Executive Assistant Conservation Finance Jennifer Niemeck, Office and Tyler Bradford, IT Manager Human Resources Manager Jeanne Modderman Perry Broderick, Communications Amee Pacheco, Grant Programs Assistant Coordinator Guido Rahr addresses partners and guests at a special event in Brian Caouette, Director of Guido Rahr, President and Chief Washington D.C. to celebrate Alaska's Bristol Bay. Sustainable Fisheries & Markets Executive Olga Churkina, Western Pacific Peter Rand, Ph.D., State of the Consulting Partners Front cover: Hoh River (Lori Program Assistant Salmon Senior Conservation Olga Krever, Russian Policy Advisor Alexander Howk with aerial Nelea Covaliova, Staff Accountant Biologist Jay Nicholas, Senior Salmon support from LightHawk). Kim Dunlap, Development Saule Richardson, Sustainable Scientist Inside cover: Zhupanova River Associate Fisheries and Markets Program Sumner Pingree, Senior Advisor (The Kamchatka Project, Ethan Devona Ensmenger, Washington Assistant Gordon Reeves, Ph.D., Visiting Smith). Back cover: Kuril Lake, Program Manager Graham Smith, Packard Scientist Kamchatka (Igor Shpilenok). Randy Ericksen, Salmon Environmental Fellow Interns and volunteers: Special thanks to: Igor Shpilenok Management Specialist Mark Trenholm, Salmon Stronghold Mitch Attig, Watershed Councils (shpilenok.com), The Kamchatka David Finkel, Director of Develop- Program Manager Intern Project, and Ken Morrish (Fly ment & Communications Bob Van Dyk, Ph.D., Forest Policy Tanya Charnitskaya, Accounting Water Travel) for their beautiful Laurele Fulkerson, Government Manager Volunteer photos. Affairs Program Manager Trozell Weaver, Government Affairs Tommy Franzen, GIS Intern Anya Gabis, Director of Finance and Program Associate This project is printed on 30% Mayumi Kasai, Sustainable Administration Laura Williams, Western Pacific post consumer waste. © Wild Fisheries and Markets Intern Jessica Houston, Administrative Program Senior Advisor Salmon Center 2012 David R. Krause, Yale-Jubitz Intern Assistant Mariusz Wroblewski, Western Pacific Amber Gladieux, GIS Analyst Program Director Andrew Mulkey, Development Intern Lori Alexander Howk, Aleksandr Yatskov, Western Pacific Communications Manager Program Grants Coordinator Kyle Smith, Research Intern

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