NOAA Approves Yurok Tribe Coho Salmon Management Plan
Published Date: 5/28/2026
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Summary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has approved the Yurok Tribe’s plan to manage fishing of endangered Coho salmon in the Klamath River. This plan lets the tribe fish while protecting the salmon’s survival and recovery. The decision supports tribal rights, includes clear rules for fishing limits, and requires monitoring, with no new costs or delays announced.
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Yurok Tribe allowed tribal coho fishing
NMFS made a final determination (Dated: May 26, 2026) approving the Yurok Tribe’s Tribal Resource Management Plan (TRMP) to govern tribal fisheries affecting Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho salmon in the portion of the Klamath River within the Yurok Reservation. The TRMP establishes harvest limits and monitoring and reporting provisions and NMFS concluded the plan "would not appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and recovery" of the ESA-listed coho while providing the proposed tribal harvest opportunities.
Approval requires monitoring and limits
NMFS’s determination is explicit that continued implementation depends on the Tribe carrying out all monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and enforcement tasks in the TRMP and keeping fisheries within the impact limits described in the TRMP. The approval therefore remains contingent on those actions being implemented as described in the plan.
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