Seminar Abstract:

During the 21st century the population ofthe United States will grow from 275 to 500 million people. Demographers tellus this growth in total numbers will be accompanied by a shift in the population from the nation's center to the coastal areas. This will create a continuous seriesof conflicts over the protection, allocation and recovery of natural resourcesin the Pacific Northwest. The current public policy debates over the recovery actions for Pacific salmon are just the opening round of an expected long seriesof conflicts. We need to discard the myths that have guided our relationshipwith natural resources since the late 19the century and develop new managementmodels appropriate to the problems we will face in the 21st century. Using the salmon crisis as a model I will discuss a different approach and suggest some ways to implement it.

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Jim Lichatowich has worked on Pacific salmon issues as a researcher, manager, and scientific advisor for 30 years. He specializesin evaluation of the ecology and status of salmon and steelhead populationsand the development of restoration plans. Jim was formerly the Chief of FisheriesResearch and Assistant Chief of Fisheries for the State of Oregon. He is Chairmanof the Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) for the Columbia RiverSalmon Restoration Program, a panel of senior research scientists representinga broad range of disciplines. He has served as a member of three independentscience panels studying issues related to Pacific salmon management and recovery.His new book, Salmon Without Rivers , is a history of the salmon crisis up to approximately 1980.

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Readings for Fish 478

• Lichatowich , J., Mobrand,L.and Lestelle, L. 1999. Depletion and extinction of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.): A different perspective ICES Journalof Marine Science 56: 467-472.

• National Research Council (NRC).1995. Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest. Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.  (Chapter 5)

• Mann, C.C. and Plummer, Mark L. 2000. Can Science Rescue Salmon? Science 289:716-719. ( www.sciencemag.org )
• Kareiva, P, Marvier, M. and McClure, M. 2000. Recovery and Management Options for Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River Basin. Science 290: 977-979.

List of Lichatowich's Publications

Last modified 12/9/2001

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