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		<title>Winter Factsheet #6 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Test fishing for spring Chinook was conducted Sunday, March 7, 2010, followed by a Columbia River Compact  teleconference on Monday, March 8, 2010. Too many steelhead per Chinook were caught in the test fishery to set a commercial mainstem spring Chinook opener at this time: 11 drifts, 2 Chinook, and 16 steelhead.
Winter Fact Sheet No. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2010/winter-fact-sheet-no-6/</link>
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		<title>CCA Misconstrues Bristol Bay Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent study published by Matthew Baker and Daniel Schindler of the University of Washington has been the subject of much discussion by members of the Northwest Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association. In the study, the authors posit that substantial numbers of dropouts from commercial gillnet gear in Bristol Bay have been observed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/02.2010/cca-misconstrues-bristol-bay-study/</link>
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		<title>2010 Fall Chinook &amp; North of Falcon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pre-season forecasts for Columbia River fall Chinook were released by the Washington Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife on Friday, February 19, 2010, with modest improvements in run-sizes predicted. The forecasts will be part of the annual North of Falcon negotiations, which set seasons and establish quotas for ocean and in-river sport and commercial fisheries. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/02.2010/2010-fall-chinook-north-of-falcon/</link>
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		<title>Winter Factsheet #3 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened on February 18, 2010 for a face-to face meeting to outline stock status and Joint Management Staff recommendations for winter and spring seasons for spring Chinook, white sturgeon, and shad. Pre-season forecasts for both upriver and some of the lower river tributary components of the spring Chinook run for 2010 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/02.2010/winter-factsheet-3-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Compact Action Modifies Smelt Fishery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 4, 2010 to consider changes to the area open to commercial fishing for smelt. The smelt fishery is being managed as a Level One fishery again this year, due to concerns over scarcity of the resource.
The following Compact Action Notice modifies the commercial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/02.2010/compact-action-modifies-smelt-fishery/</link>
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		<title>2010 Spring-Summer Joint Staff Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Management Staff of the Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish &#38; Wildlife have issued their Joint Staff Report on Stock Status and Fisheries for Spring Chinook, Summer Chinook, Sockeye, Steelhead, and Other Species, including Miscellaneous Regulations. The annual report is the basis for setting non-Indian recreational and commercial seasons, as well as Treaty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/02.2010/2010-spring-summer-joint-staff-report/</link>
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		<title>2009 Commercial Landings Summary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Douglas Case, Columbia River Commercial Fisheries Assistant Project Leader with the Fisheries Management Program in the Ocean Salmon and Columbia River Programs division of the Oregon Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife, is the member of the Joint Management Staff of the Oregon &#38; Washington Departments of Fish &#38; Wildlife who keeps track of commercial landings updates, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/01.2010/odfw-2009-commercial-landings-summary/</link>
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		<title>2010 SAFE Informational Meeting Set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staff  members of the Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish &#38; Wildlife , along with Steve Meshke of Clatsop County Fisheries, will conduct the annual informational meeting on commercial and recreational winter, spring, and summer fisheries in the Select Areas on Thursday, February 4, 2010. The meeting will take place from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/01.2010/2010-safe-informational-meeting-set/</link>
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		<title>Cowlitz River Smelt Seasons Set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife has set recreational and commercial seasons for eulachon smelt for the Cowlitz River in southwest Washington. The seasons are consistent witha Level 1 fishery, in accordance with the Washington and Oregon Eulachon Management Plan.
Abundance of eulachon smelt has been depressed along much of the Pacific Coast since 2005. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/01.2010/cowlitz-river-smelt-seasons-set/</link>
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		<title>Columbia River Compact set for Feb. 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Management Team of the Oregon &#38; Washington Departments of Fish &#38; Wildlife have scheduled a Compact hearing for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 18, 2010 at the Clackamas County Historical Society, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, Oregon. The hearing will cover non-Indian recreational and commercial fisheries for white sturgeon, spring Chinook, and summer Chinook.
The Notice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/01.2010/columbia-river-compact-set-for-feb-8/</link>
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		<title>Sea lion horde near Heceta Hd.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first PDF file attached below contains digital photos and descriptions of an unusually large concentration of sea lions near Heceta Head on the southern Oregon Coast. Heceta Head is north of Florence and south of Yachats, Oregon, and near the Sea Lion Caves. There does not appear to be any scientific explanation for this massive a gathering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/12.2009/sea-lion-horde-near-heceta-hd/</link>
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		<title>SFA Donates to Regional Food Banks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Jim Wells, left, Board President of Salmon For All, hands a check for $500 to support the Clatsop Regional Food Bank to Marlin Martin, center, Food Program Developer, and George Sabol, right, Clatsop Community Action Executive Director. Said Wells, &#8220;Those of us in the Columbia River gillnet industry are very grateful for the support we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/12.2009/sfa-donates-to-regional-food-banks/</link>
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		<title>Winter FactSheet #1 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened in a face-to-face hearing in Kelso, Washington at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 17, 2009. The hearing was to consider non-Indian recreational and commercial winter fisheries for white sturgeon and smelt. The most recent Joint State Agreement on management of sturgeon fisheries (2006-2008) was extended to include 2009, pending completion of white [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/12.2009/winter-factsheet-no-1-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>2010 Staff Report on Sturgeon &amp; Smelt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Management Staff of ODFW &#38; WDFW have now released the 2010 Report on Stock Status and Fisheries for Sturgeon and Smelt. For those on dial-up, it is a large file, at 871 KB. Winter non-Indian commercial fisheries for sturgeon and smelt will be discussed at a Columbia River Compact hearing at 10:00 a.m. December 17, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/12.2009/2010-sturgeon-smelt-joint-staff-report/</link>
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		<title>Location of Astoria Yacht Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to the closure of the the Seafood School at the Duncan Law Seafood Consumer Center, the Salmon For All annual meeting will be held at the Astoria Yacht Club, located on Youngs Bay adjacent to the north end of the old Youngs Bay bridge. The date is Tuesday, December 15. The membership meeting starts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/12.2009/location-of-astoria-yacht-club/</link>
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		<title>Clatsop Spit CDIP Buoy Data Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As mid-November reels us with Pacific storms, many of us look ahead to our first taste of fresh Dungeness crab during the holiday season. The traditional season for Washington and Oregon Dungeness crab begins December 1. That is why it&#8217;s important to be reminded that, due respect for the Bering Sea crab fishery notwithstanding, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/11.2009/clatsop-spit-cdip-buoy-data-online/</link>
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		<title>Salmon For All Sports a New Look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Salmon For All Board member Brenda Wall worked with Astoria graphic artist Polk Riley of Polk Riley&#8217;s Printing &#38; Design over the summer to create an updated logo for Salmon For All. The original graphic for the logo dates from 1987, when Jolene K. Holter of Longview designed a silk screen of a Chinook salmon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/11.2009/salmon-for-all-sports-a-new-look/</link>
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		<title>ODFW &amp; WDFW Press Releases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two important meetings regarding management changes in store for non-Indian recreational and commercial fisheries for white sturgeon and spring Chinook are scheduled early in November, according to Press Releases from the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish &#38; Wildlife.

6-9 p.m. Thursday, November 5, 2009  at the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, Washington, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/11.2009/odfwwdfw-public-meetings-announced/</link>
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		<title>SeaPort Me to Pacific Marine Expo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SeaPort Airlines, which offers convenient flights connecting Astoria and Newport with Portland International Airport and Boeing Field in Seattle, is offering packages for fishermen travelling to Pacific Marine Expo, November 19-21 in Seattle.
A promotional flier is attached as a PDF file.
Pacific Marine Expo
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/11.2009/seaport-me-to-pacific-marine-expo/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 18 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2009 to consider remaining non-Indian commercial fishing opportunities during the late fall time period. As Fall Fact Sheet No.18 indicates, approximately 4,500 coho remain available for harvest in the non-Indian commercial fishery. The Joint Management Staff of the Washington and Oregon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/fall-factsheet-no-18-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>R&amp;E Grant to AHS Fisheries Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife (ODFW) Recovery &#38; Enhancement (R&#38;E) Board unanimously recommended funding for 15 R&#38;E Project grants totalling $556,272 at its quarterly meeting in August 2009. The project grants recommended by the R&#38;E Board were submitted to the Oregon Fish &#38; Wildlife Commission for funding approval at the September 2009 Commission meeting. One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/re-grant-funds-ahs-fisheries-program/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 17 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2009 to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Fall Fact Sheet No. 17 is appended as a PDF file. The Compact Action Notice is posted in both the ODFW and the WDFW versions, because they are expressed differently. But, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/fall-factsheet-no-17-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 16 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on Monday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. to consider ongoing commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Fall Fact Sheet No. 16 concerns non-Indian commercial fisheries. At the actual Compact hearing itself, Treaty Tribal fisheries were added to the hearing in the sense that the tribes had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/fall-factsheet-no-16-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Tangle Net Video: A Sustainable Fishery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 7, 2009 marked the official debut of a new educational tool now available to the general public on the Salmon For All website. Tangle Net Fishing on the Columbia River: A Sustainable Fishery is a new video by Larry Johnson of Lawrence Johnson Productions in Portland, producer of the award-winning presentation, Work Is Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/tangle-net-video-a-sustainable-fishery/</link>
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		<title>A Sustainable Fishery</title>
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A video showing the efforts that individual gillnetters are making to help save wild salmon from extinction while harvesting hatchery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/tanglenet/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 15 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Of particular interest was whether the US v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) would have sufficient data to provide a run-size update for the Lower Columbia River (LCR) coho [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/fall-factsheet-no-15-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 14 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened a previously unscheduled Compact teleconference at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2009 to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Preliminary estimates from the coho opener on Wednesday, September 30 indicated that as many as 23,300 coho were landed during that 12-hour opener. Total landings to date [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/10.2009/fall-factsheet-no-14-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 13 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on Tuesday, September 29 at 2:00 p.m. to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Fall Fact Sheet No. 13 and the subsequent Compact Action Notice are  appended as PDF files.
Fall Fact Sheet No. 13
Compact Action Notice, 09-29-09
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/fall-factsheet-no-13-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Archives of Fisher Poets Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 12th annual Fisher Poets Gathering took place in Astoria, Oregon at the end of February 2009. Building on a surprisingly successful first event in 1998, each year since then the Fisher Poets Gathering has grown in size and in following. The 13th annual Fisher Poets Gathering will be held February 26, 27 &#38; 28, 2010.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/archives-of-fisher-poets-past/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 11 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fishing periods during the late fall time period. Fall Chinook, coho, and sturgeon fisheries for the end of September were the topics for discussion. The Joint Management Staff&#8217;s Fall Fact Sheet No.11 and the subsequent Compact Action Notice  are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/fall-factsheet-no-11-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Fisheries&#8217; Future Needs Thought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an op-ed piece published by The Daily Newsof Longview, Washington on Sunday, September 13, 2009, Salmon For All Board member Kent Martin, commercial fisherman of Skamokawa, Washington, responded to an op-ed by Bryan Irwin, executive director of the Coastal Conservation Association in the Pacific Northwest.
Mr. Irwin&#8217;s op-ed, titled &#8220;How fishing can aid wild salmon,&#8221; was published [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/fisheries-future-needs-thought/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 9 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 10 to consider Treaty Indian fisheries and the non-Indian commercial fishery in the Deep River Select Area. Fall Fact Sheet No. 9 for September 10, 2009 is appended as a PDF file. The Compact Action Notices for Treaty Indian fisheries and the Deep River Select [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/fall-factsheet-no-9-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Sturgeon Loaf from &#8220;Strictly Fish&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though retention and sales of white sturgeon caught in the Select Areas close on Sunday, September 6, 2009, over 2,000 sturgeon remain in the commercial quota for late fall gillnet fisheries on the Columbia River mainstem.  Perhaps now would be a good time to post another old favorite from Strictly Fish, the North Coast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/sturgeon-loaf-from-strictly-fish/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 8 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2009, to consider ongoing commercial fisheries in the Select Areas. The sturgeon quota in the SAFE program will be used up this week. The staff recommendation is to end sturgeon retention in the Select Areas at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, September 6, 2009. Fall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/09.2009/fall-factsheet-no-8-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Social Snapshot by Irene Martin, 2005</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the year 2005, Rev. Irene Martin of Skamokawa, Washington set about undertaking a social study of poverty-related issues in the four rural counties in which the majority of Columbia River gillnet permit holders reside. These same four counties consistently rank at the bottom in terms of per capita income in the states of Washington [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/social-snapshot-by-irene-martin-2005/</link>
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		<title>Mainstem Zone Map &amp; Descriptions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan and Clair Stephan requested an easy to understand description of the mainstem commercial fishing Zones as they are used in Compact Action Notices. The following map is from the Joint Management Staff Status Report for Fall Fisheries. The descriptions that follow correspond to the identifying landmarks at the Zone boundaries. River Mile descriptions are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/mainstem-zone-map-descriptions/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 7 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact hurriedly convened on short notice at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 26 to consider ongoing late August non-Indian commercial fisheries. Fall Fact Sheet No. 7 for August 26, 2009 and the subsequent Compact Action Notice are  appended as PDF files. The previously scheduled 10-hour opener beginning at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 27 has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/fall-factsheet-no-7-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 6 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 11:00 a.m Monday, August 24, 2009 to review ongoing August commercial gilnet fisheries. Fall FactSheet No. 6 and the subsequent Compact Action Notice are appended as PDF files. The previously scheduled 10-hour openers beginning at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 25 and Thursday, August 27 have been restricted to Zone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/fall-factsheet-no-6-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Fall FactSheet No. 5 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference Friday, August 21 to discuss ongoing August non-Indian commercial fisheries. The catch to date has been much higher than anticipated, but exactly why is not yet apparent. Fall FactSheet 5 and  the subsequent Compact Action Notice are appended. The previously scheduled 10-hour opener beginning at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/fall-factsheet-5-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Creamed Salmon &amp; Baked Chunks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For most Columbia River fishing families, salmon is not only a great delicacy, but a terrific comfort food as well. Most Northwesterners have grown up eating salmon, and for every family there are recipes clearly identifiable as old standbys.
Here are a couple tried and true favorites from Strictly Fish, the North Coast Fishermen&#8217;s Wives&#8217; cookbook, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/creamed-salmon-baked-salmon-chunks/</link>
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		<title>5th Annual CRPA/Bumble Bee Reunion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 5th annual CRPA/Bumble Bee Reunion sponsored by the J.O. Hanthorn Cannery Foundation is Saturday, August 15, 2009 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at Pier 39 in Astoria, Oregon. Scheduled as a regular part of the Astoria Regatta, the reunion celebrates the heritage of Astoria&#8217;s glory days as the Salmon-Canning Capital of the World.
The Columbia River Packers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/5th-annual-crpabumble-bee-reunion/</link>
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		<title>Gravad Lax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an old Scandinavian favorite from Strictly Fish, the North Coast Fishermen&#8217;s Wives&#8217; cookbook.
It is not surprising that this method of preparing salmon is a Scandinavian favorite. The word for salmon in Norwegian (Norsk) is laks, just as it is in Yiddish. Lox is probably the more familiar spelling to Americans. But lox is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/gravad-lax/</link>
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		<title>Fall Fact Sheet No. 3 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to much higher than expected catch rates for the first two fishing openers of the early fall fishery, the Columbia River Compact reconvened on Friday, August 7 to consider revisions to already scheduled commercial gillnet seasons for fall Chinook.
At the Compact teleconference, two options were considered: Option 1 was to modify the geographic area [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/fall-fact-sheet-3-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Corinthian Yacht Club Races in August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Corinthian Yacht Club of Portland sponsors evening sail races on Tuesdays and Thusdays between July 21 and August 27. Several of these dates overlap with early fall fishing openers set recently by the Columbia River Compact:


Tuesday, August 4


Thursday, August 6


Tuesday, August 18


Thursday, August 20


Tuesday, August 25


Thursday, August 27


The warning signal for the start of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/corinthian-yacht-club-races-in-august/</link>
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		<title>Acoustic Telemetry Sensor Locations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is conducting acoustic telemetry studies on the lower Columbia River between April 24 and September 20, 2009. The locations of these acoustic receivers was not an issue during the spring Chinook fishery, and only a minor one during the summer Chinook fishery, due to reduced effort during summer fishing in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/08.2009/acoustic-telemetry-sensor-locations/</link>
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		<title>Fall Fact Sheet No. 1 &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first Columbia River Compact of the 2009 fall fishery was held Wednesday, July 29 at the Duncan law Seafood Consumer Center in Astoria. Fall Fact Sheet No. 1 is appended as a PDF file. The subsequent Compact Action Notice for July 29, 2009 is also appended. Please note the addition of the multiple net [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/07.2009/fall-fact-sheet-no-1/</link>
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		<title>2009 Fall Joint Staff Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Management Staffs of the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish &#38; Wildlife released the 2009 Fall Joint Staff Report on Thursday, July 16, 2009. It is a lengthy document covering all Columbia River fisheries for fall Chinook and coho salmon, sturgeon, and steelhead from August through the end of the year. For those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/07.2009/2009-fall-joint-staff-report/</link>
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		<title>Summer Factsheets &amp; Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer Fact Sheets No. 1 and No. 1a below were posted for the first Columbia River Compact of the summer season, held by teleconference at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2009:
Summer Fact Sheet No. 1
Summer Fact Sheet No. 1a
Official Compact Results are posted below for the June 10 Columbia River Compact teleconference. ODFW staff chose to post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/06.2009/summer-facts-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Portland, OR &#8211; Anchorage Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from Bryant&#8217;s Maritime Blog:  Portland, Oregon &#8211; anchorage proposal   The US Coast Guard proposes to establish a new anchorage, modify existing anchorages, and revise regulations governing anchorages in the Captain of the Port (COTP) Portland, Oregon area of responsibility. Comments on the proposal should be submitted by July 27.
74 Fed. Reg. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/portland-oregon-anchorage-proposals/</link>
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		<title>SFA on Hatchery Reform Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public comments on the Washington Fish &#38; Wildlife Commission&#8217;s Proposed Hatchery Reform Policy, C-3619 Draft 2, May 12, 2009 are are being solicited by the Washington Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife. (See Hatchery Reform Policy Proposed, posted May 15, 2009.) The deadline for public comments is Monday, June 1, 2009.
Salmon For All submitted the following response [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/sfa-on-hatchery-reform-policy/</link>
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		<title>May 26 Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact met by teleconference May 26 at 2:30 p.m. The US v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee updated the upriver run-size to 160,000 fish, but Select Area fisheries will remain restricted to limited areas and hours because of continuing concerns about impacts to listed upriver stocks. The commercial shad fishery in Area 2S will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/may-26-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>Working Snake River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Working Snake River is an interesting site for those curious to see what the Lower Snake River looked like before the four lower Snake River dams were constructed. There are several articles and photo galleries, which among other things document fishing on the Snake River, especially commercial fishing operations. Some of the information is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/working-snake-river/</link>
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		<title>Teriyaki Sturgeon w/Shiitake Mushrooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sturgeon, with its exquisite, firm white flesh, makes a great ingredient for grilling, whether in the kitchen or on the backyard barbecue. This recipe pairs sturgeon fillets with sesame and shiitake mushrooms. Marinate first, and then grill to perfection!
Grilled Sturgeon Teriyaki with Shiitake Mushrooms
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/teriyaki-sturgeon-with-shiitake-mushrooms/</link>
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		<title>09 Summer &amp; Fall Allocation Agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer and fall fisheries in 2009 are structured to optimize the harvest of Chinook and coho within Endangered Species Act limits, and to provide a balanced opportunity for both the recreational and commercial fleets. The agreement was developed during the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and North of Falcon meetings during March and April of 2009.
2009 Summer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/2009-summer-fall-allocation-agreement/</link>
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		<title>Salmon Stuffed with Shrimp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Salmon stuffed with shrimp is a Northwest variant on a gourmet American classic: start with a premium grade of fresh fish, cut a pocket, and then stuffed it with a mouth-watering stuffing made from tasty morsels of shellfish. In the fish-houses of the Chesapeake, the stuffing would be made with blue crab. Here, the recipe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/salmon-stuffed-with-shrimp/</link>
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		<title>Hatchery Reform Policy Proposed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife is inviting public comments on a policy proposal being considered by the Washington Fish &#38; Wildlife Commission. A WDFW Press Release and the draft Hatchery Reform Policy are appended.
WDFW News Release
Draft Hatchery Reform Policy, May 12, 2009
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/hatchery-reform-policy-proposed/</link>
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		<title>Tribal Compact Action, May 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact met May 14 to consider revisions to Treaty Tribal fisheries for spring Chinook and Steelhead. The Tribal Fact Sheet and Action Notice are appended.
Yakama Nation Spring Fact Sheet No. 1
Tribal Compact Action Notice, May 14
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/tribal-compact-action-may-14/</link>
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		<title>May 13 Compact Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Columbia River Compact met by teleconference on May 13, 2009 to review stock status, and to consider revisions to non-Indian fisheries. The US v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met Monday, May 11 and downgraded the upriver spring Chinook run-size to a range of 120,000 to 150,000 fish at the river&#8217;s mouth, or less than half of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/may-13-compact-action/</link>
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		<title>CCA &#8211; Putting the &#8220;Con&#8221; in Conservation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The rise of the CCA and its successful attempts to ban net fisheries in Texas, Florida, and Louisiana are chronicled in a fascinating book by Robert Fritchey, titled Wetland Riders, published by New Moon Books (Golden Meadow, LA, 1993). Here&#8217;s what fishery columnist Nils Stolpe of National Fisherman had to say about Wetland Riders:
A must [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/cca-putting-the-con-in-conservation/</link>
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		<title>Fish Tales Don&#8217;t Quite Ring True</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Astorian
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
His pitch is dynamic and persuasive &#8211; but is it true?
Over the past year, renowned outdoorsman and fishing rod inventor Gary Loomis, featured in an article reprinted in The Daily Astorian Dec. 28, has been rallying troops of sport fishers to join a regional branch of the Coastal Conservation Association [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/fish-tales-dont-quite-ring-true/</link>
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		<title>Historic Fishing Photo Albums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after the Fisher Poets Gathering at the end of February 2009, Rhoda Toteff of Kalama, Washington kindly forwarded the link to a website of Historic Fishing photo albums, about which I had heard, but never had been able to locate. Rhoda and her husband Jim Toteff, fisher poet and former Columbia River gillnetter who now fishes out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/05.2009/historic-fishing-photo-albums/</link>
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		<title>Fishermen&#8217;s Wives &#8220;secret&#8221; marinade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbecue season is fast approaching. Learned in Brownsmead, Oregon in the mid 1980s, this marinade is easy, versatile, and tastes great:
1 part tamari
1 part cider vinegar
1 part salad oil
Mix ingredients together. Marinate fish for at least an hour. Then it is ready for backyard or oven barbecue. Be careful not to overcook the fish! After marinating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/04.2009/fishermens-wives-secret-marinade/</link>
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		<title>ODFW Hatchery Funding Pie Chart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oregon Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife&#8217;s Columbia River hatchery funding information is very revealing.
Columbia River Hatchery Annual Operating Costs
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/04.2009/odfw-hatchery-funding-pie-chart/</link>
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		<title>WDFW Conservation Processes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife&#8217;s description of conservation processes used in managing Columbia River fisheries.
Columbia River Fishery Conservation Processes
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/04.2009/wdfw-conservation-processes/</link>
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		<title>Rebuttal to SAFE for Salmon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NSIA&#8217;s &#8220;SAFE for Salmon&#8221; proposal is based on misinformation, half-truths, and downright distortions.
A Rebuttal to NSIA&#8217;s &#8220;SAFE for Salmon&#8221; proposal.
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/04.2009/rebuttal-to-safe-for-salmon/</link>
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		<title>Spring Fact Sheet 4-22-09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbia River Compact JOINT STAFF REPORT SPRING FACT SHEET NO. 1, April 22, 2009
Spring Fact Sheet No. 1
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/04.2009/spring-fact-sheet-4-22-09/</link>
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		<title>Subscribe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the latest and breaking news from Salmon For All, please subscribe below to our website updates.
We dont like SPAM (we prefer canned salmon). SFA updates are delivered by Google&#8217;s Feedburner, so rest assured the ONLY THING you will ever be notified about are updates to the Salmon For All website. Your info is NEVER [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/subscribe/</link>
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		<title>Compact Action Notice &amp; Fact Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 13, 2009
The Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington met today and took the following actions:
4/13/2009 Compact Action Notice
4/13/2009 Winter Fact Sheet
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/04.2009/compact-action-notice-fact-sheet/</link>
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		<title>SFA Gear Demo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Salmon For All T-shirt &#8211; Size Large
Two color screen printed Salmon For All on a Heather colored Hanes &#8220;Beefy T.&#8221;

                
                
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/sfa-gear-demo/</link>
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		<title>Fisher Poets 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Poets lure listeners with salty tales&#8221;
Deeda Schroeder
Daily Astorian

As Cameron  Brister sipped his beer Friday night at the bar in the Wet Dog Cafe, the  58-year-old former corporate analyst was considering a new career.
He  moved to Astoria about a year ago from Fresno, Calif. From the first time he&#8217;d  looked it up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2009/fisher-poets-2009/</link>
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		<title>Spring Chinook Catch Data Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbia River Spring Chinook Non-Indian Catch Data, 2000-2008
Download data analysis 2000-2008
Right Click “Save Target As…” to save on your PC.
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2009/spring-chinook-catch-data-analysis/</link>
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		<title>Strong return of Columbia River coho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strong return of Columbia River coho, Puget Sound pink salmon projected
OLYMPIA &#8211; A return of more than one million Columbia River coho salmon &#8211; the largest run since 2001 &#8211; is expected to brighten fishing prospects this year from the Washington coast to the Upper Columbia River.
Salmon forecasts also show strong coho runs to many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2009/strong-return-of-columbia-river-coho/</link>
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		<title>Work Is Our Joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Story Of The Columbia River Gillnetter

Press the triangle above to play (Requires Adobe Flash Player).
Drift gillnetting came to the Columbia River in the early 1850s. Many gillnetters on the river today are third and forth generation descendants of fishermen who immigrated to the region in the nineteenth century. Here they established new communities and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/history/work-is-our-joy-movie/</link>
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		<title>Quickie Salmon Casserole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quickie Salmon Casserole
There are probably as many recipes for salmon casserole in the Columbia River fishing fleet as there are fishermen. This one is taken from the Northwest Fishermen&#8217;s Wives Cookbook, first published in 1978. The recipe uses canned evaporated milk, at one time a staple on the Columbia River, especially in winter months when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2009/quickie-salmon-casserole/</link>
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		<title>Overnight Salt Salmon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overnight Salt Salmon
Diane Anderson was of Swedish descent on her father&#8217;s side of the family and a marvelous cook. Her recipe for overnight salt salmon comes from the Northwest Fishermen&#8217;s Wives Cookbook, published in 1978.
Cut a salmon fillet into pieces. Sprinkle pickling salt over the salmon and place each piece in a bowl. Fill bowl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2009/overnight-salt-salmon/</link>
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		<title>Laks Looda (Salt Salmon Casserole)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Featured Recipe:  Laks Looda (Salt Salmon Casserole)
The Columbia River gillnet fleet claims many a family tradition of good fish cooking. This recipe from Ellen Niemi, originally published in the Northwest Fishermen&#8217;s Wives Cookbook in 1978, is a Finnish recipe and may be made with salted, fresh or canned salmon.

Salt salmon, sliced thin, or 2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/03.2009/laks-looda-salt-salmon-casserole/</link>
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		<title>SFA Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Bruce Buckmaster is the former co-owner of Bio-Oregon. He has served on the Columbia River Sea Lion Task Force, the Oregon Hatchery Resource Center Advisory Board, and is past president of the Oregon Department of Fish &#38; Wildlife&#8217;s Native Fish Policy Task Force.

Steve Fick is the owner of Fishhawk Fisheries of Astoria, Oregon, and Kenai, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/sfa-board/</link>
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		<title>Oregon seafoodschool.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another excellent source of seafood recipes is the Oregon Seafood Research Lab.
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		<link>http://www.seafoodschool.org/</link>
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		<title>Recipes from aboutseafood.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For an excellent source of seafood recipes, please visit the National Fisheries Institute.
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		<link>http://www.aboutseafood.com/</link>
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		<title>Contact Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Thank you for your interest in contacting Salmon For All.
Salmon for All, Inc.
P. O. Box 56
Astoria, OR 97103
Phone: 503.325.3831
Fax: 503.325.2725
Email:Info@SalmonForAll.org
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/contact-us/</link>
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		<title>Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This page includes key online resources and is followed by a selected list of print and media references on Columbia River salmon fisheries compiled by Irene Martin.
Fish Links
Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS)
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association
Local, State and Federal Agencies
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST)
Washington Department of Fish and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/links/</link>
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		<title>Membership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our members include gillnetters, fish    buyers, processors, and associated businesses. We invite you to join us and    make your voice heard. Sign-up or renew your membership online by completing    the form below.
Download The Membership Form
Right Click &#8220;Save Target As&#8230;&#8221; to save on your PC.
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		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/membership/</link>
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		<title>Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Salmon for All is committed to the following goals:

Supporting conservation. We advocate for seasons that support fisheries while working within impacts derived for ESA listed stocks. Viable fisheries, in turn, provide advocacy regarding conservation and environmental issues affecting salmon. Multiple user groups and stakeholders have an obligation to serve as advocates for salmon. All have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/goals/</link>
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		<title>History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbia River Commercial Fishermen: Fishing for the General Public

The Columbia River non-Indian commercial salmon fishery traces its roots back to the mid-19th century (watch a video). Following the development of the salmon canning process, Columbia River salmon were introduced to a growing world market. The first Columbia River cannery was operated by the Hume family [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/history/</link>
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		<title>The Salmon For All Organization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
For the past four decades, our mission has remained constant.

We are committed to providing ongoing education concerning the public harvest of Columbia River salmon.


We advocate actively in legislative and fisheries deliberations.


We work to ensure the health of the Columbia River and support its responsible use by Treaty Native nations, industry and recreational users.

Salmon for All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org</link>
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		<title>About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1958 as an association of gillnetters, fish buyers, processors, and associated businesses, our mission is &#8220;To provide protection and conservation of Columbia River salmon resources.&#8221;
Salmon for All began in response to legislative proposals aimed at eliminating the Columbia River fishery and depriving consumer access to fish that are paid for by the public. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.salmonforall.org/about/</link>
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