Wild Salmon Center

2014 Annual Report LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Tugur River, Khabarovsk, Russia

Letter from the President

It was a moment I will never forget. It was September 20, 2014 and I was in a Mi-8 helicopter fl ying northeast from the city of Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East. I was on my way to a river I had dreamed about for many years: the Tugur.

Looking below, and as far as I could see in any direction, was a landscape of fall colors—an endless tapestry of orange peat bogs, vivid yellow stands of tamarack, white and yellow birch trees, green patches of Korean pine, and red groves of alder. Woven throughout were rivers, beautiful freestone streams. And in those streams were Amur grayling, lenok, char, wild runs of chum and pink salmon, and the largest river trout on earth: a race of giant Siberian taimen that exceeds 100 pounds in weight, larger than any member of the salmon family.

We have less and less rivers like the Tugur left in the world. Many of the great salmon rivers that fl ow into the Pacifi c have been crippled by development and overfi shing. The Columbia, Fraser, and Amur rivers all are just a fraction of their former health. The drought in California has put the future of the Sacramento as a salmon river into real jeopardy.

The next fi fty years will see expanding pressure on forests and rivers, driven by dramatic increases in human population and development. Climate change will exert even more stress. The damage is already climbing northward on both sides of the Pacifi c Rim. It is just a matter of time before rivers like the Tugur and the neighboring Nimelen—together over six million acres of pristine forests, wetland, and streams—are under siege.

How can we ensure that these great stronghold rivers survive, so that we can deliver them to the next generation? Can we prevent history from repeating itself in our best remaining rivers?

The answer lies in large part with strong community-based organizations. They have the knowledge and authenticity to navigate local politics, and the ability to leverage residents’ passion for their home waters. They are the fi rst and last line of defense. But they often do not have the resources to win against well-funded international mining conglomerates, or government-backed dam projects.

This is why the Wild Salmon Center is focusing our resources on supporting local partners in each of the stronghold river systems. WSC has helped create eight organizations and supported dozens more over the years. We provide funding, legal support, communications strategy, scientifi c expertise—whatever they need. Our job is to help these groups win.

Some of you met a few of our partners and learned more about them at our fall event in Seattle— partners like SkeenaWild in northern British Columbia and the Susitna River Coalition in Alaska.

Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation in the Russian Far East is another great example; their home territory includes the Tugur. Under the leadership of Alexander Kulikov, the federation led the push to secure the protection of the 1.2 million acre Shantar Islands archipelago and the nearby 197,000- acre Tugursky Nature Reserve. And he is just getting started (see page 20). To date, we and our partners have protected habitat or improved protections for wild fi sh on more than 10,000 miles of rivers around the North Pacifi c.

Thank you for helping us build an organization that allows our partners to succeed. When they win, we all win. There is a lot at stake: the protection of the most productive and beautiful wild salmon rivers along the Pacifi c Rim. But with your support, we can secure these rivers' future.

Guido Rahr President and Chief Executive Guido Rahr Western Pacifi c North America

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wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  FEATURED PARTNER: SkeenaWild Skeena River, British Columbia Bristol Bay, Alaska Defending the Skeena Against a Wave of Development They call it “Mother Skeena.” The phrase describing British Columbia’s second longest river speaks volumes to its fertility and sanctity, which nurtures those who live along its banks and infl ames the passion of anglers who long to one day fi sh its mainstem or famed tributaries—the Bulkley, Babine, Copper, Kispiox and Sustut. One of the world’s most prolifi c wild salmon and steelhead corridors, the undammed watershed serves as spawning ground for six salmon species, including coho, sockeye and some of the largest Chinook and steelhead ever recorded. The Skeena’s commercial and sport fi sheries generate over $100 million a year, rivaling the economic impact of the forest industry. But the Skeena watershed’s long-term well-being is at risk. More than $100 billion in oil and natural gas projects have been proposed for the region, including a liquefi ed natural gas terminal in the lower Skeena’s estuary and intertidal areas, which provide critical habitat for juvenile salmon, smelt, and migratory waterfowl. The small but powerful British Columbia-based SkeenaWild Conservation Trust has mobilized local communities and worked alongside tribes and conservation advocates to fi ght for this globally important salmon stronghold. In recent years, they have effectively rallied alongside First Nations and community groups to derail the potentially damaging Enbridge pipeline, lobbied for government protections for wild fi sh, and supported First Nations subsistence fi sheries targeting healthy fi sh runs. In 2014, SkeenaWild turned to Wild Salmon Center for strategic guidance to amplify their efforts. WSC will boost the organization’s fundraising and communications capacity and allow SkeenaWild to draw on our global conservation expertise as they confront the forces of the global hydrocarbon economy. We are working with SkeenaWild to mobilize all Skeena supporters— locals and visitors alike—to join the groundswell of protectors and ensure this river and its tributaries continue to support thriving communities and wild fi sh

long into the future. Travel Ken Morrish, Fly Water

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Proposed LNG Site PARTNER PROFILE: Greg Knox, SkeenaWild Sixteen liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) or Pipeline Route Despite many threats, we have a projects are proposed on the Skeena For Greg Knox, the Skeena country’s free fl owing salmon rivers and uplands t long history in this watershed of watershed, including Petronas’ LNG Sustu studded with grizzlies were a shot of adrenaline when he arrived 20 years facility that would be built over Flora ago. “It literally made my heart skip a beat,” Knox says. He joined the stopping development that poses K Bank—one of the most sensitive salmon is Nisga’a Nation as a fi sheries biologist in the region, then guided wildlife serious risks to salmon and pi habitats in Canada with an estimated ox tours. He took on the role of executive director at SkeenaWild in 2007. steelhead. Th e Skeena presents Babine migration of 300 million juvenile sockeye The organization feeds on a fi erce attachment to this place—some newly us with a unique opportunity salmon each year. formed, some passed down through generations of First Nations people. B u to show people and salmon can lk “Even though we are astronomically overmatched in terms of money and le y political infl uence, we have something more powerful,” Knox says. “People coexist in a meaningful way. na Skee still have strong connections to salmon, and if proposed development – Greg Knox, Executive Director, threatens their fi sh they are willing to stand up and fi ght.” SkeenaWild Conservation Trust wildsalmoncenter.org  Flora Bank Bristol Bay, Alaska

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Bristol Bay ALASKA Th e Pebble Fight Continues When the Pebble Limited Partnership proposed one of the largest open pit mines ever conceived at the headwaters of Alaska’s Nushagak and Kvichak rivers in 2007, the project seemed unstoppable. There was both big money and signifi cant political support for a mine that would threaten more than half of the world’s supply of sockeye salmon and thousands of jobs. What the Pebble Limited Partnership didn’t count on was the strength and deter- mination of Bristol Bay communities, Alaskans, and a broad coalition of partners and concerned citizens throughout the nation united to protect Bristol Bay. Bristol Bay, Alaska Wild Salmon Center has acted as a key ally and resource for Alaskans throughout this struggle. We bolstered the scientifi c and economic argument against the project with a comprehensive report on potential impacts to salmon habitat and the fi shing industry. WSC and our partners helped Bristol Bay villages achieve a 6 million-acre increase in fi sh habitat classifi cation for state lands surrounding the Pebble deposit. And we drummed up public comments against the mine proposal as part of a broad Bristol Bay coalition. Over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) three-year public review period, 1.5 million citizens spoke out in favor of protecting the Bristol Bay watershed. Last year, scientifi c evidence paired with public outcry lead the EPA to initiate a Clean Water Act process to restrict mining and protect Bristol Bay. But the fi ght is not over. Although Pebble Mine’s major international investor has abandoned the project, the remaining partner Northern Dynasty has begun a costly legal battle intended to revive the mine. We will stand with Alaskans until Bristol Bay is permanently protected. The 52 million sockeye expected to return

this summer to the spawning grounds of Bristol Bay remind us what’s at stake. Jason Ching

wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  Susitna River, Alaska

FEATURED PARTNER: Susitna River Coalition Gaining Ground to Stop the Susitna Dam From its glacial origins near Denali and the Alaska Range, the Susitna fl ows over 300 miles to Cook Inlet. It sustains five species of Pacifi c salmon—including Alaska’s fourth largest run of Chinook—and its watershed is home to many of the state’s iconic animals, including moose, brown and black bear and the 40,000-head Nelchina caribou herd. The proposed Susitna mega-dam would threaten all this by fl ooding 40,000 acres of prime hunting and recreation wilderness near Denali National Park above the dam, and by threatening salmon rearing, migratory, and spawning hab- itat below the dam. Reaching 735 feet high, the Susitna dam would be the second tallest dam in the United States but would provide only a modest amount of power. The dam would cost $5.6 billion to build, while jeopardizing the thou- sands of tourist and fi shing jobs that the Susitna River currently supports. The Susitna River Coalition—a group of local stakeholders ranging from small business owners and recreational guides to retired teachers—formed in 2011 to rally public support to stop the proposed Susitna dam. The coalition looked to WSC for campaign guidance and legal, scientifi c, and technical support. To date, the coalition has garnered more than 15,000 supporters, and more and more Alaskans are questioning the value of the project. In December 2014, Governor Bill Walker took offi ce and froze discretionary spending on all six proposed large infrastructure projects in the state, including the Susitna dam. With the future of the project uncertain, the Susitna River Coalition and WSC will Barbie Hall PARTNER PROFILE: Mike Wood, Susitna River Coalition remain vigilant until the dam is Everybody knows and loves Copper River salmon. Mike Wood wants people dead and the future of the Susitna to become infatuated with Susitna Chinook—to ensure the Susitna River’s DENALI NAT'L PARK ProposedProposed Th e dam is not in Alaska’s best Susitna-WatanaSusitna-Watana River is secure. interest fi nancially speaking and long term protection. The former outdoor instructor and current president DamDam & ReservoirReservoir of the Susitna River Coalition is opening a new commercial salmon fi shing a R. ALASKA tn The region supports a it will imperil our salmon. In a si operation to harvest and sell Susitna fi sh. “If we can get people hooked on u S time where dams are being torn food from this place, whether it's caribou or fi sh, they’ll be more motivated Talkeetna $200 million down in hopes of renewing lost to protect it.” He’s had to learn on the job—including navigating an airdrop recreation economy salmon runs, this project is utterly of freezers into a remote outpost on Cook Inlet to preserve captured fi sh. absurd. But it’s hard to bet against Wood, who built a homestead from scratch with his wife Molly on 50 acres upriver at Talkeetna and wears his heart on his AnchorageAnchorage – Mike Wood (pictured with wife sleeve. “I understand how people elsewhere fi ght and die for their home,” Molly), Susitna River Coalition he says. His infectious energy helped turn Alaska politicians and the public against the Susitna Dam. Odds are you’ll soon be hearing more about the Susitna and its salmon. Cook Inlet Gulf of Alaska

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LarryGarth Workman Lenz endangered, than to try torecover totry than endangered, It’s useoffunds afar toprevent salmon better from becoming – Miles– Washington Batchelder, Partnership Salmon Sustainable Coast fi are sh oncethey endangered. Hoh River, Washington Rogue River, Oregon Wild Salmon Center  Oregon Coast Forest FEATURED PARTNER: North Coast State Forest Coalition Safeguarding Forest Reserves in Oregon The Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests cover 518,000 acres of temperate rainforest and free-fl owing rivers along Oregon’s North Coast between greater Portland and the Pacifi c Ocean. Six rivers here—the Trask, Wilson, Kilchis, Miami, Nehalem, and Salmonberry—host extraordinary runs of wild fall Chinook and winter steelhead, as well as spring Chinook, coho, and rainbow and sea-run cutthroat trout. The Kilchis and Miami are the most important strongholds for chum salmon south of the Columbia River. Both the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests have long been targeted for increased logging by some county commissioners, two local timber companies, and their allies in the Oregon Legislature. In response, Wild Salmon Center and allies formed the North Coast State Forest Coalition to push for protected areas in this ecologically sensitive region and to lobby for responsible forestry practices. WSC provides innovative forest management policy and communications expertise to the coalition which is backed by more than one hundred businesses and local organizations. Wild Salmon Center spearheaded efforts to designate "High Value Conservation Areas" on the Tillamook and Clatsop forests—portions of forests where management focuses on wildlife, streams, and unique, threatened plants. The Oregon Board of Forestry approved the concept in 2013, designating 140,000 acres total. We will be working this year on another important front: increasing forest buffers around streams and decreasing logging on steep slopes in North Coast forests. If we can secure rules on forest practices, WSC and our coalition will fi nally have the framework to protect healthy wild fi sh, clean water, and recreation opportunities on the North Coast.

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Oregon North Coast PARTNER PROFILE: Chris Smith, C North Coast State Forest Coalition State Forest olu mbia Conservation is crucial to Most Oregonians love their forests and the salmon streams that fl ow from Salmon 518,000: acres in Tillamook them. But activating that abiding interest to sway policy is still a heavy Stronghold & Clatsop State Forests western Oregon’s economy and Boundary environment. Logging company lift, especially with the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests and the arcane policies that govern them. That’s where Chris Smith comes in. The North interests alone cannot be the Coast State Forest Coalition's program manager boils down all the planning 400,000 main driver determining the dilemmas and timber sales into action alerts and news updates on these Oregonians rely future of these forests and contentious lands at Portland’s back door. He leads outings and contributes on the region's to hiking guide books to put people in the forests—all to make clear what’s alem their rivers. Neh S watersheds for at stake in these salmon strongholds. “Many people don't know that these almo nberry clean drinking – Chris Smith, North Coast lands are state-owned, or that they are clearcut,” Smith says. Thanks to mi Mia State Forest Coalition Smith’s steady campaigning, we have a muscular North Coast coalition of Tillamook water Bay anglers, business owners, and conservation groups as the Tillamook and is lch Ki n Clatsop update their forest plans this year. “When Oregonians are tuned into Wilso what is actually happening on the landscape,” Smith says, “They don't lack Trask for passion and involvement.” Tillamook wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  Michael Granger, LightBox Photographic Gallery Michael Granger, wildsalmoncenter.org salmon migrations. and changinghatcheryreleaselocationstimingtoavoid overlapwithwild variety ofapproaches,includingreducinghatcheryreleases insomewatersheds is alsoworkingtoreducetheimpactofhatcheryfi wild fi populations representsacriticalstepinthestate'sevolving managementof Oregon’s acknowledgementthathatchery-rearedfi has committedtokeepthesewatersheds“hatcheryfree” for12years. roughly halfthewatershedsbetweenRogueRiverand Columbia. Thestate Department ofFishandWildlifeinestablishing“Wild EmphasisAreas”on we areworkingwithpartnerstokeepitthatway. WSCsupportedtheOregon represents thelargestregionalsanctuaryinlower48 forwildfi to theColumbia remainfreeofhatchery fi On theOregonCoast, aseriesofriversnorththeRogueRiverstretching up spread ofhatcheriesintoriversthatsupportimportantruns ofwildfi salmon forrecreationalandcommercialharvest.Butwe shouldpreventthe Wild SalmonCenter believeshatcheriesplayanimportantroleproducing the NorthPacifi hatcheries acrossthePacifi Every year, morethanfi of globalclimatechange,pollution,anddevelopment. changing watershedandoceanconditionsresultingfromtheprojectedimpacts interbreeding. Geneticdiversityiscriticalforwildpopulationstoadapt populations bycompetingforfoodandwateringdowngeneticdiversitythrough But sciencehassinceprovedthathatcheryfi lost habitatcausedbydamconstructionandotherdevelopmentintheregion. due largelytooverfi Pacifi Salmon hatcherieswerefi and Steelhead on the Oregon Coast Creating for Sanctuaries Wild Salmon in theNorthPaci hatchery salmonarereleased cNorthwestinthelate19thcenturyresponsetorapidlydecliningruns sh.Inthecoastalwatershedswherehatcheryprograms remain,Oregon 5 billion c. shing.Hatcherieswerelaterexpandedtocompensatefor fi vebillionyoungsalmonandsteelheadarereleasedfrom ceachyear rstcreatedbystateandfederalgovernmentsinthe  c,makingthemthemajorityofsalmonthatswimin Department of FishDepartment and of Wildlife sh.Asaresult,theOregonCoast shposeamajorthreattowild $12.8 million: to a2014WSC report coastal economies,according and steelheadrunstoOregon contribution ofwildsalmon FEATURED PARTNER: new plan. “hatchery free”underOregon's 25 coastalwatershedsarenow shonwildstocksthrougha shposeathreattowild sh,and sh. annual Oregon Oregon Blanco Cape Coos Bay Ken Morrish, Fly Water Travel Jim Yuscavitch Oregon Wild Fish Emphasis Areas Newport

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FEATURED PARTNER: CalTrout California Strongholds: Keeping Rivers Cold There is little question that California salmon and steelhead are in Northern California Strongholds trouble. A recent study in Environmental Biology of Fishes concluded that if fi sh population trends continue, 25 of the 32 distinct salmon, Illinois steelhead, and trout groups native to the Golden State may be extinct Smith within the next century. Since 2010, Wild Salmon Center has been working with public and private partners in California to identify the state’s best wild salmon Salmon/ Mid-Kalamath rivers—salmon strongholds—and support proactive, science-based efforts to protect them. The state of California has formally recognized strongholds throughout the state, including the Smith; Salmon/Mid Mattole Klamath; Mattole; South Fork Eel; Mill, Deer, and Butte Creeks (in the middle Sacramento); Big Sur; and Santa Clara river systems. Together, South Fork Eel these watersheds represent less than 5% of the state’s land area, but contain roughly 70% of its remaining salmon and steelhead diversity. Sacramento One of those strongholds, the South Fork of the Eel River—roughly 200 miles north of San Francisco, in southern Humboldt County—sustains one of the strongest wild coho salmon populations remaining in California (as well as abundant runs of Chinook and winter steelhead). A challenge for coho in the South Fork is the lack of streamfl ow for rearing juveniles during dry summer months. While low summer streamfl ows are a natural occurrence, this stressor is being compounded by the cumulative effects of water diversions for agricultural and domestic uses. WSC has supported efforts on the South Fork to understand the minimum cold water fl ows necessary to sustain coho during summer months. Once those needs are understood and a standardized fl ow assessment developed, CalTrout, Trout Unlimited, and several local project partners hope to use the information to establish minimum streamfl ow objectives in the South Fork Eel, while working with private landowners to implement voluntary water conservation projects. Maintaining cold water fl ows is a core strategy of the stronghold program in California, and partners there view the South Fork Eel as a pilot that may be replicable throughout the state’s strongholds. According to Darren Mierau with CalTrout, “Our science-based approach developed in the South Fork Eel will provide a strong foundation for securing the health of other salmon strongholds as they face continued pressure from drought, climate change, and increasing water demands.” & Pat Leeson Tom

Th e salmon stronghold initiative has helped us jump start a program on the South Fork Eel that could have profound benefi ts to salmon and steelhead throughout California’s coastal watersheds. – Curtis Knight, Executive Director, CalTrout

wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  TugurTugur RRiver,iver, KKhabarovsk,habarovsk, RRussiaussia Shantar Islands, Khabarovsk FEATURED PARTNER: Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation In Tugur, Partners Conserve Key Reach on One of the World's Largest Pristine Rivers The Tugur River fl ows through the rugged, remote northern area of the Khabarovsk region in the Russian Far East. It’s one of Russia’s most exceptional Th e Tugursky Nature Reserve would not be possible without the under- river systems—a watershed of rich biodiversity encompassing over 37,000 square miles and nearly 1,700 river miles. The basin is home to robust runs of standing and support of the local communities, the scientifi c community chum and pink salmon and rare birds like Blakiston’s fi sh owl and Steller’s sea that developed justifi cations for this protected area, and the Wild Salmon eagle, and is one of the enduring strongholds of the Siberian taimen, the largest Center and their long-standing commitment to salmon conservation. member of the salmonid family, which grow to over 100 pounds in the Tugur. There are few vast, pristine watersheds like the Tugur left in the world. – Alexander Kulikov, Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation While the Tugur Basin is still largely untouched by development, our local partner, the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation (KWF) led by its chairman, Alexander Kulikov, has taken proactive steps to legally protect key parts of the watershed. Kulikov built on three decades of experience in Khabarovsk by carefully gathering consensus for Tugur protection among hunters, indigenous groups, government representatives, and fi shermen. His hard work paid off in 2014: the regional government created the Tugursky Nature Reserve, a 197,000-acre protected area that safeguards the most critical part of the watershed where the Tugur mainstem and Ulya join and feed into the Tugursky Bay and Sea of Okhostk. Protected area status will preserve critical Siberian taimen habitat, sustain the region’s commercial chum fi shery, and provide an opportunity to demonstrate new low- impact sportfi shing techniques on this popular angling river, including the use of single, barbless hooks. Guido Rahr Wild Salmon Center's work in the Tugur watershed began ten years ago with a scientifi c expedition and rapid assessment of the region. Tugursky Nature Reserve Since 2010, WSC has provided ongoing scientifi c and operational Tugur assistance to the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation in support of Bay formal protection for the Tugur. When combined with the Shantar Islands National Park and the neighboring Nimelen River, for which our partners are preparing a protected area assessment, this region offers one of our best remaining opportunities for conservation across an entire salmon-rich landscape. Wild Salmon Center has been working to protect key salmon ecosystems and build local conservation capacity in the Western Tug ursky Pacifi c since the 1990s. WSC has selected strong regional partners Nature and equipped them with the support they need to succeed— Reserve including surveys on wildlife and fi sh diversity, habitat quality, and conservation opportunities in 12 priority river basins in the Tugur River (Ulya Branch) region. In addition to the recent Tugursky Nature Reserve, this RUSSIA work has led to the creation of fi ve other large-scale protected Shantar Islands areas, which now total more than 2 million acres. And good news from the Kamchatka Peninsula: the Kol River, one of Russia's most Tug ur abundant and diverse wild salmon rivers, moved one step closer to permanent protection with the regional governor offi cially including the river in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka regional park.

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FEATURED PARTNER: Sarufutsu Itou No Kai Taimen Strongholds: Reversing the Decline of Th e research we’ve been able to accomplish with the Wild Salmon Japan and Russia’s Ancient Giant Center provides new ammunition for additional protections for Taimen are the largest and oldest member of the salmon and trout family. these majestic fi sh. Sakhalin taimen (Hucho perryi), an ocean-going member of the large-trout ge- nus, can reach six feet in length and weigh over 100 pounds. Siberian taimen – Sergei Zolotukin, Fish Biologist, Khabarovsk Division TIRNO (Hucho taimen) can eclipse seven feet and 150 pounds. To put their size and fe- rocity in perspective, these taimen feed on adult salmon and have been dubbed the "river wolf" by local residents! Siberian taimen once ranged from the Russian Far East westward throughout the former Soviet Union and Mongolia, but have since disappeared from parts of their original habitat. Remnant populations of Sakhalin taimen exist on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, Sakhalin Island, and the Khabarovsk region. Since 2004, Wild Salmon Center has worked with key partners to study and pro- tect taimen strongholds. Our work on Hokkaido has focused on the Sarufutsu watershed, one of the few undammed, remaining salmon rivers left in Japan; the river offers critical spawning and rearing habitat for taimen—known locally as "itou." We helped local partners protect over 6,500 acres of the watershed as the Sarufutsu Environmental Conservation Forest. This year marked the conclusion of a two-year tracking study to estimate taimen populations with the National Institute of Environmental Studies, Hokkaido Uni- versity, and Itou no Kai, a local conservation group. Using an underwater acous- tic camera to record individual spawning pairs, extrapolations showed that the Sarufutsu supports 1,000 to 1,250 adults. The study also found that sportfi shing seems to catch and release at least 50% of the population. New regulations, like the use of barbless hooks and restricting the season during spawning, could of- fer new levels of protection. To the north, in Russia’s Khabarovsk region, a three-year monitoring program on the Koppi River Protected Area with our partners at Khabarovsk Wildlife Founda- tion also suggested a need to limit the impact of recreational angling. The Koppi Watershed Council, supported by KWF’s chairman Alexander Kulikov, is success- fully uniting the commercial and recreational fi shing communities, hunters with

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FEATURED PARTNER: Ocean Outcomes Wild Salmon Center Launches Ocean Outcomes to Increase Supply of Sustainable Seafood Since 2004, Wild Salmon Center has worked with partners in the Russian Far East to improve fi shery management and assist commercial fi shermen in protecting their fi sheries. A key element of this work is the Salmon Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Partnership, a collaborative industry- based initiative of leading seafood companies whose goal is to increase the volume of sustainable or improving wild capture salmon. High Liner Foods, Gorton’s, Nestlé, The Fishin’ Company, and Albion Fisheries have all joined the Partnership. Fishery Improvement Projects address serious challenges including overfi shing, poaching, bycatch and hatchery impacts. Today, over 50% of salmon fi sheries on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula are participating in Fisheries Improvement Projects or third party sustainability certifi cations. Altogether, FIP’s have generated more than 70,000 tons of third-party certifi ed or FIP salmon—salmon that potentially brings a higher price to fi sherman thanks to its sustainability. To build on the success of the Salmon FIP Partnership and to accelerate the adoption of market-based improvement initiatives, Wild Salmon Center combined key elements of both its Sustainable Fisheries Program and the State of the Salmon Program to establish Ocean Outcomes (O2) as an independent, global fi shery improvement organization in 2014. O2 works hand-in-hand with commercial fi sheries to help them become more sustainable. Initial efforts will focus on Russia and Japan, regions with signifi cant fi sheries that have strong opportunities for improvement. The added capacity that O2 brings to sustainable fi sheries management in the Western Pacifi c will help local fi shermen meet sustainable sourcing requirements of international seafood buyers. As strategic partners, WSC and O2 are implementing complementary activities to protect the long-term health of globally important salmon fi sheries, particularly in Russia.

Th e future of wild fi sh depends in large part on conservation- minded commercial fi shermen and local communities. O2 allows us to take the successful improvement model that we’ve developed for salmon fi sheries and extend it to other wild fi sheries. – Guido Rahr, President of Wild Salmon Center WSC Staff

wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  WSC Staff International Marine Stewardship Council Partners Global Sustainable Seafood North Pacifi c Anadromous Fish Initiative Commission Over the past year, we have continued to share resources and Intertek Fisheries Certifi cation Pacifi c Salmon Commission personnel with the following organizations, in order to further IUCN, Species Survival Sustainable Fisheries Partnership our common conservation goals. Commission World Wildlife Fund for Nature

United States WSC supported four regional festivals in the Russian Far East in Alaska Center for the Environment Illinois Valley Soil & Water 2014, including Kamchatka's Fish First Festival, the Sportfi shing Alaska Department of Fish and Conservation District Championship on Sakhalin Island, and the Koppi Indigenous Festival Game Illinois Valley Watershed Council in Khabarovsk American Rivers Long Live the Kings Association of Northwest Lower Nehalem Watershed Council

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The Sage Fund The Pierson Family Charitable Fund Dan and Sheryl Tishman Glenn Brackett Fred Chenot Benton and Joanne Case Deke and Hope Welles Fund of the and John W. Pierson Also integral to Sage’s mission is its dedication to Trust for Mutual Understanding Katherine Brigham Robert S. Colman John Cunningham Toledo Community Foundation The Pisces Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund and Brooks Elizabeth and Jack Bunce Laura K. Cooper and Stuart Mork Edward Dayton conserving healthy water systems and strong fi sh Willow Springs Charitable Trust Quileute Tribal Trust Fund and Summer Walker Patrick Buresh and Jeannie Bloome Tom Corddry Carolina Dratva populations. Since 2006, the company has supported the $25,000 to $49,999 Edgar K. Ragsdale Wiancko Charitable Foundation and The Longview Foundation - Ellie Alice B. Davies John and Jane Emrick Wild Salmon Center through gear donations and event Crane Creek Family Fund of the Crosby Aaron S. 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Andrew Beldin and Desiree Hall at the WSC 2014 Dinner & Auction Robert Flanagan Samuel and Suzy Bell Martin Goebel opportunities,” says Travis Campbell, the Bainbridge Island, John Howerton Thomas F. Gedosch Peter Braman Donald E. Grant WA-based CEO of Sage Manufacturing. “We are especially Jolan 1969 Trust and John David and JJ Goldberg Kent Brodie passionate about protecting these anadromous fi sh.” MacMillan Roger L. Headrick John and Laurie Haffenreffer Larry and Marilou Cassidy The Mintkeski Family Fund of The Judith Herson Lisa K. Hansen Demorest Family Foundation and Barbie Hull In addition to conserving their most beloved waters and Oregon Community Foundation Carol Hoover Bruce Hill Scott Demorest landscapes, Sage considers its partnership with WSC to be Kenneth Edward Olivier and Angela Donald O. Hutchison Hunter Howell Nomellini Analia and John Earhart Fund of the Rio Jaime an opportunity to show customers that they have a tangible Tides Foundation Deborah B. 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Linda Corpus Edith M. Moser Phillip Rockefeller G.C. Crosby Carla Moss Johanna Riemenschneider Stewart and Lesley Crosby Henry Mottl Elisa Roiz Terence Cunningham Gail A. Murphy David L. Rothenberg Patricia Curtin Network for Good Mell Roy Celia Davis Robert Nichols William and Barbara Runge Ryan Dills John Sager Lance Dover Ross Chapin Tim O'Leary (WSC Board) Charlotte Sahnow Jordan M. Dowell Scott and Jennifer Sandell Andrea S. Dunlap A. Sankey Brian Huntoon Ivy Dunlap Mark Saylor William P. Hutchison, Jr. Bianca Durrant Gordon Schellhas Mark Jacobson George Eiben Jordan Schnitzer Daniel M. Jaffer Karen Eiben Steven M. Schoonmaker John O. Jenkins Elkhorn Ranch Dorothy C. Schoonmaker Willis Adam Joel Stronghold Guardians Barnes H. Ellis Michael Schuler Tamra Johnson (Recurring Monthly, Quarterly & Don Evenson Lisa Seifert Paul W. Johnson Annual Donors) 2014 Dinner & Auction. The Wild Salmon Center welcomed special guest Ted Turner to its Voices Nicholas Everson Nomi Seltzer Jeffrey and Jennifer Bitsack of the Pacifi c Dinner and Auction to celebrate wild salmon and their champions across the Pacifi c Rim. Jesse Jones Robert W. Feldhousen, Jr. Sue Setliff Patrick Buresh Over 250 guests joined Wild Salmon Center staff, board, and partners at Seattle's Fairmont Olympic Hotel Serge Karpovich Walt Finkbeiner Karen Shifty Charlie Chambers to learn about the current challenges and opportunities to conserve wild salmon populations. Together, A.L. Kaza 2011 Trust and Andrew McLane Fisher Kaza Gregory Skillman Terry Livingston we raised over $300,000 for WSC and our partners' conservation work. Thank you to all our guests and Bruce Noble Charles Foster Ralph Kepp Doris Sklad Brandon Massey sponsors for making this event such a success! (Also pictured: WSC's Kim Kosa and President Guido Rahr. Dr. Miles J. Novy Logan Freitag William R. Kessler Michael Shuler Jerry McKnight Photos by Barbie Hull Photography.) The Elinor K. Ogden Living Trust Roger Furlong Richard Kirstein James A. Smith, Jr. David S. Phelps Ingrid Gaffney and Elinor and Bill Ogden David Solnit Kirsten Sharp Elizabeth M. Brooke Brian Kirkwood Jeff Reese Donors (cont.) Gene Glinecki Andrew Olsen Kenneth L. Spalding Richard and Jeanne Slinn Bradford Bruce Stephen and Susan Klarquist Sue Setliff David Glissendorf Paulette Orth Douglas C. Spieske Emily Stolarcyk Jesse Byars Andrei Klimenko Stephen Starke Kohnstamm Family Foundation and Constance Golden William B. Otteson Alan Springer Warren Stringer Joseph R. Car Calvin Knight Warren Stringer Molly Kohnstamm David Goldman Amee Pacheco and Patrick McCoy Scott A. St. Sauver Tom and Vickie Stringfi eld Fund Charles D. Carr Jay and Kimberly Kosa Fred Koontz Richard Goss John M. 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