2023 Annual Report
The Conservation Angler
is pleased to share our 2023 Annual Report
Highlighting TCA's accomplishments in 2023
and our plans for 2024.
TCA had several big wins for wild fish in 2023.
2023 Conservation Accomplishments in Advocacy, Science and Law
• $1,000,000 Secured for an Independent Economic, Scientific and Ecologic Evaluation of Oregon Hatcheries.
• As part of a broad coalition, secured better Beaver Management & Protection in Oregon.
• Most Extensive Scientific Literature Review of Hatchery Impacts on Wild Salmonids Published in the Peer-Reviewed Journal Fisheries Management and Ecology.
• Petition to List Olympic Peninsula Wild Steelhead Accepted for Review and a Final Determination is Imminent.
• KSP Science & Conservation Program Ongoing Despite the Inability of Western and European Anglers to Participate.
TCA has ambitious goals for 2024
We are excited about 2024 as we plan to import the essence of the angler-based Kamchatka Steelhead Project's science program to North American steelhead rivers, where anglers will catch fish in the company of biologists, who will capture key data points that build a knowledgebase on steelhead diversity, abundance, distribution and productivity. Our goal is to establish pilot programs on two wild steelhead rivers for the 2024 season, adding to the world’s longest-running and most extensive steelhead study.
2024 Goals for Conservation, Advocacy, Science and Law
• Expansion of KSP Style angler-based Science Program to North America.
• Securing Willamette River Hatchery Reforms.
• Securing Reform of out-of-control funding and revision of Hatchery Practices in the Columbia and Snake Rivers
• Apply a Hydro/Habitat/Hatchery/Harvest Approach to Deschutes River Basin Recovery.
• Ensure the Third-Party Study Evaluating the Oregon’s Hatchery Program Matches the Scope of the Legislature’s Direction.
TCA works hard, lean, and efficiently. Maintaining our extensive watchdog and legal advocacy activities while building out our new North American science program will require more funding than we’ve ever requested in the past. The work TCA is pursuing and accomplishing is unique - and it is essential for a future with wild fish. We believe our track record, hard working staff and our shared vision for wild fish is worthy of your support.
TCA is often the only wild fish organization in the room (David Moskowitz in the front row in Olympia in October).
