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CATEGORY A: SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

Project Description		Principal Investigators	Year Funded
Development of Field Methods to Determine the Effects of Hatchery Release Methods on Residualism and Interactions Between Hatchery and Wild Juvenile Salmonids in Relation to Stream Carrying Capacity		Howard Fuss, WDFW; Stephen Riles, NOAA Fisheries	2000

Commercial Selective Harvest of Coho Salmon and Chinook Salmon on the Willapa River Using Tangle Nets and Gill Nets		Geraldine VanderHaegen, WDFW	2001

Impacts of Size Selective Gillnet Fisheries on Puget Sound Coho Salmon Populations		Curtis Knudsen, Steve Phelps and Craig Busack, WDFW	2001

Salmon Marine Trophic Demand-Distribution		David Beauchamp, UW	2003

CATEGORY B: RECOVER AND CONSERVE NATURAL SPAWNING POPULATIONS

Project Description		Principal Investigators	Year Funded
Genetic Characterization of Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon		Ken Currens, NWIFC; Jim Shaklee, WDFW; Michael Crewson, Makah Tribe	2000

White River Acclimation Pond Evaluation		Chuck Baranski, WDFW; Blake Smith, Puyallup Tribe; Richard Johnson, Muckleshoot Tribe	2001

Differences in Natural Production Between Hatchery and Wild Coho Salmon		Anne Marshall, WDFW, and Dr. Mike Ford, NOAA Fisheries	2005

Comparing the Success of Three Fish Cultural Strategies Implemented to Recover Snow Creek Coho Salmon		Steve Schroder, WDFW	2001

Evaluation of Conservation Hatchery Rearing and Release Strategies for Steelhead Recovery in the Hamma Hamma River		Barry Berejikian, NMFS	2004

CATEGORY C: IMPROVE QUALITY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HATCHERY PROGRAMS

Project Description		Principal Investigators	Year Funded
Development of Engineered Streams for Salmon Production		Ernest Brannon, UI	2001

Increase Post-Release Survival by Rearing Coho with NATURES Semi-Natural Raceway Habitat		Desmond Maynard, NOAA Fisheries	2001

Using Semi-Natural Rearing Habitat to Improve Smolt-Adult Survival of Chinook Salmon		Geraldine VanderHaegen, WDFW; Bill St. Jean, Nisqually Tribe	2005

Development of BKD Vaccine		Jed Varney, WDFW	N/A

Nature vs. Nurture: Do Hatchery Practices Impair Brain Development and Compromise Fitness of Salmon?		Penny Swanson, NOAA Fisheries	2001

CATEGORY D: PROTECT GENETIC RESOURCES

Project Description		Principal Investigators	Year Funded
Interactions between Wild and Hatchery Steelhead: Evaluating Key Assumptions		Thomas Quinn, UW	2002

Residualism in Wild and Domesticated Broodstock Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): growth modulation during juvenile rearing can reduce rates of residualism		Cameron Sharpe, WDFW	2001

Olfactory Imprinting in Hatchery Salmon		Andrew Dittman, NOAA Fisheries	N/A

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