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Fall 2007

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 23, Number 1

Categories: Management | Fall 2007

Salmon Recovery in Idaho: What is a Big Fish Worth?

L. Dwayne Barney, Jr., Boise State University

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JournalofPrivateEnterprise,VolumeXXIII,Number1,Fall2007SalmonRecoveryinIdaho:WhatisaBigFishWorth?L.DwayneBarney,Jr.BoiseStateUniversityWithinthewesternUnitedStates,Idahoistheonlylandlockedstatewithachinooksalmonrun.Everysummerchinooksalmon,called"kings"inAlaska,completea900-milejourneyuptheColumbia,Snake,andSalmonRiversystemstospawninthecrystal-clearheadwatersoftheSalmonRiveranditstributaries.Thesalmonrunisoneofnature'smarvels,andanyonethatwitnessesschoolsofthemagnificentfishworkingtheirwayupasmallmountainstreamissuretobeawestruck.Unfortunately,a"tragedyofthecommons"hasjeopardizedthefutureofIdaho'sanadromousfishruns,includingchinooksalmon,steelhead,andsockeye(collectivelycalled"salmon"here).DamsalongtheSnakeandColumbiaRiverhavealsocontributedtothesalmon'sdecline.However,recentdatasuggestthatimprovingtechnologyisincreasinglyabletomitigatedamagetothesalmonfromthedams.Butbeyondthedams,seriousthreatstothefishes'long-termsurvivalresultfromdifficultiesindefiningandenforcingpropertyrightsforthefish.SalmonborninIdahofollowtheSnake,Salmon,andClearwaterRiverstotheColumbiaRiverandthendownstreamtothePacificOcean.Thesalmonspendthemajorityoftheiradultlifeintheocean,enteringfishingwatersofftheshoresofOregon,Washington,CanadaandAlaska.Afterthreeorfouryearsintheocean,theyre-entertheColumbiaRiverforthelongmigrationbackupstreamtospawn.NativeAmericansandsportsfishermenthroughoutthePacificNorthwestvigorouslypursuethesalmonduringtheirupstreamjourney.OncetheyreachIdahoashortsalmonfishingseasonofuncertaindurationoccurs,causingsportsmentoracetoharvestthefishbeforetheIdahoDepartmentofFishandGameannouncesthefishingcutoffdate.CompetinginterestshaveledtoaspiriteddebateregardingL.DwayneBarney,Jr.84

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Title	Salmon Recovery in Idaho: What is a Big Fish Worth?
Authors/Creators:	L. Dwayne Barney, Jr., Boise State University
Year:	2007
Volume:	23
Number:	1
Pages:	84 - 100
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Natural resources, Resources management, Tragedy of the commons, Environmental management

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Barney, Jr., L. Dwayne / 2007. "Salmon Recovery in Idaho: What is a Big Fish Worth?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 23(1): 84-100.