What are the major benefits of SAFE for Salmon?
1. Provides new economic benefits for lower Columbia River and coastal communities. 2. Reduces hatchery salmon straying on wild spawning grounds. 3. Eliminates wasteful bycatch of sturgeon, steelhead and wild salmon by nets. 4. Provides more sportfishing off the Washington and Oregon coasts. 5. Prioritizes the Columbia River for sportfishing; thus increasing spring seasons by nearly half, doubling fall seasons and moving all of the summer season into the sport fleet. 6. Actually increases commercial salmon catches. 7. Offers the non-angling public stability and reliability at the fish market. 8. Reverses the decline of angling license revenue to ODFW/WDFW.
