Fish have always been a source of sustenance and livelihood for the Pacific Northwest. In the past 150 years, habitat alterations, hydroelectric development and harvest pressure have impacted salmon and steelhead populations in the Pacific Northwest. To help mitigate these impacts, hatcheries have been used to supplement declining fish populations.
The context for fish management has changed dramatically in the last two decades with an increasingly complex regulatory structure under the Endangered Species Act, new scientific information, climatic variation and changing public expectations.
Please join our outstanding faculty as we address the following issues related to fisheries and hatcheries:
Who Should Attend:
Attorneys
State and Municipal Officials
Engineers
Climatologists and Scientists
Consultants
Environmentalists
Thursday, May. 27, 2010
| 9:00 | Introduction and Overview |
Stoel Rives LLP
Karnopp Petersen LLP
| 9:10 | Legal and Regulatory Framework / New Developments |
• Endangered Species Act: Relevant provisions, how applied in fisheries context; Recent ESA/salmon cases;
Proposed new section 7 regulations - potential application; Puget Sound Steelhead added to salmon 4(d) rule.
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act: Basic framework
Stoel Rives LLP
Stoel Rives LLP
Seattle, WA
• Treaty Rights / Harvest Issues: U.S. vs. Oregon; U.S. vs. Washington; Culvert Case; Columbia River FMP;
Pacific Salmon Treaty
Karnopp Petersen LLP
Sr. Policy Asst., Sustainable Fisheries Div., NW Region
NOAA Fisheries Service
Kanji & Katzen PLLC
| 11:00 | The Role of Hatcheries and the Science Decision |
Science – Perspectives on the Use of Hatcheries; Issues Presented in Reintroduced Populations
State Hatcheries Div. Mgr.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Program Mgr., Dept. of Fisheries Resources Mgmt.
Nez Perce Tribe
Chief, Salmon and Steelhead Recovery for Idaho, Oregon and Washington
NOAA Fisheries Service
| 1:30 | Fisheries Regulation and Management |
Setting the Ocean Fisheries; Fisheries Management in the Columbia River; Fisheries Management in Puget Sound
Salmon Branch Chief, Sustainable Fisheries Div.
NOAA Fisheries Service
Fisheries Scientist
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Dir., Southwest Washington Region
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
| 2:30 | Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program – Building a Hatchery in 2010 |
The Colville Confederated Tribes are in the process of developing a new and significant hatchery program to restore salmon and provide harvest; the legal, technical, and scientific issues being confronted are discussed.
Ziontz Chestnut Varnell Berley & Slonim
Dir., Fish and Wildlife
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
S.H. Smith Fisheries Consulting, Inc.
| 3:30 | Case Study: Federal Columbia River Power System |
Legal issues and implications, including the Jeopardy and Recovery Standards
Ziontz Chestnut Varnell Berley & Slonim
Murphy & Buchal LLP
U.S. Department of Justice
Earthjustice
| 4:45 | Questions and Answers |
Beth S. Ginsberg, Program Co-Chair, an attorney with Stoel Rives LLP, focuses on environmental, wildlife and natural resource litigation, permitting, and counseling for both public and private interests She has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
John W. Ogan, Program Co-Chair, is an attorney with Karnopp Petersen LLP. His practice emphasizes Federal Indian and tribal law. He previously practiced at Cockrill Weaver & Ogan PC, where his practice focused on assisting the Yakama Nation to meet its fish, wildlife and natural resources objectives.
John. B Arum is an attorney with Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim where he practices in the field of environmental law.
He is on the Board of Directors for the Washington
Environmental Council.
Heather Bartlett is the State Hatcheries Division Manager with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Her current priorities include aligning hatchery production to meet harvest objectives to support sustainable fishing opportunity and coordinate implementation of hatchery reform in Washington.
James L. Buchal, a litigation specialist with Murphy & Buchal LLP and author of The Great Salmon Hoax, has extensive business, environmental litigation and energy experience.
Peter Dygert, PhD, is the Salmon Branch Chief, Sustainable Fisheries Division, with the NOAA Fisheries Service.
Stuart Ellis is a fisheries scientist with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the current Chairman of the Columbia River Technical Advisory Committee.
Coby Howell, a trial attorney with the Wildlife and Marine
Resources Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, is responsible for litigation involving the Endangered Species Act and related wildlife statutes.
David B. Johnson is the Program Manager of the Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Nez Perce Tribe. He is responsible for providing overall direction for the Department, including understanding and communicating regional issues (biological, financial, legal, etc.) surrounding salmon recovery to Tribal policy leaders and Department staff.
Robert P. Jones, Jr. is Chief, Salmon and Steelhead Recovery for Idaho, Oregon and Washington, with the NOAA Fisheries Service in Portland, Oregon.
Steve Mashuda a staff attorney in the Northwest office of Earthjustice, focuses primarily on Columbia-Snake River salmon litigation for the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition.
Guy Norman, Director of the Southwest Washington Region of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, began employment with the Washington Department of Fisheries as a fishery biologist in 1977 and has been involved in Columbia Basin fisheries resource management throughout his entire career.
Joe Peone, Director of Fish and Wildlife for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CCT), is an enrolled member of the CCT and has worked at its Fish and Wildlife division for 22 years, including as a Fish Biologist for seven years and as its Director for 15 years.
Larry G. Rutter is a Senior Policy Assistant, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Northwest Region, with NOAA Fisheries Service. He also serves as acting U.S. Federal Commissioner to the Pacific Salmon Commission, representing the U.S. in all matters relating to the Pacific Salmon Treaty.
John Sledd is Of Counsel to Kanji & Katzen PLLC. He is currently coordinating counsel for the tribes in the “culverts” subproceeding of United States v. Washington, which seeks to ensure that habitat protection measures are taken by the State to bring about a rejuvenation of the fisheries on which the Washington tribes have relied for so long.
Stephen H. Smith, Owner of S.H. Smith Fisheries Consulting, Inc., has been an independent fisheries consultant since 2000, following a 28-year career in the federal government as a fisheries biologist in the Pacific Northwest.
Ryan P. Steen, an attorney in the Resources, Development and Environment practice group at Stoel Rives LLP, focuses
on environmental, natural resources, wildlife and water law, and assists clients with permitting and counseling matters.
This seminar is approved for the following credits
Washington State Bar Association
6.0 General CLE Credits
Oregon State Bar
6.5 General CLE Credits - The Seminar Group is an Accredited Sponsor
If this seminar has not been approved for the credits you require, let us know and we will look into it for you.
Information on Continuing Education Credits
| Single Registration |
$495.00 |
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| 2 or more (each) |
$470.00 |
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| Government Employee |
$395.00 |
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| Non-Profit / NGO |
$395.00 |
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| New Associate |
$360.00 |
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| Paralegal |
$360.00 |
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| Student |
$297.00 |
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| Printed Course Materials |
$100.00 |
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| DVD Homestudy |
$505.00 |
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| CD Homestudy |
$505.00 |
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| Downloadable Course Materials |
$100.00 |
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| On Demand (All Sessions) |
$495.00 |
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| On Demand Session 1 |
$155.00 |
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| On Demand Session 2 |
$150.00 |
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| On Demand Session 3 |
$75.00 |
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| On Demand Session 4 |
$100.00 |
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| On Demand Session 5 |
$125.00 |
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Fee Description
Cancellation Policy
We will refund your tuition less a $50 cancellation charge if we receive your cancellation by 5/21/2010.
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