[4] Waldo Hired To Ride Herd On Hatchery, Harvest Review

NOAA Fisheries announced Feb. 13 that Seattle attorney Jim Waldo will lead a collaborative review of hatcheries and harvest that affects the recovery of ESA stocks in the Columbia Basin, a new initiative announced last month by James Connaughton, chair of the White House Council for Environmental Quality.

"Our goal is to do everything we can to make sure that all the region's salmon-related activities are aiding in the recovery of our wild salmon stocks," said NOAA Fisheries' regional administrator Bob Lohn.

The reform effort led by Waldo will get input from agency and tribal fish managers to help identify hatchery programs that aren't contributing to salmon recovery. An initial progress report is due Mar. 31. Waldo was contracted for one year for $100,000, said NOAA Fisheries spokesman Brian Gorman, and the initial focus will be on hatcheries, but that it's impossible to deal with hatcheries without looking at harvest factors as well.

For the past five years, Waldo has been one of the lead facilitators in the effort to reform hatchery practices in Puget Sound and coastal Washington and he facilitated another review of hatcheries charged with reporting its findings to Congress. -B. R.

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