Department of Fisheries Resources Management
Resident Fish Division

The Resident Fisheries Division conducts studies, provides implementation recommendations, and applies resource monitoring to restore native fish populations, protect and manage traditional subsistence fishing opportunities, and provide additional resident fishing opportunities. Input is provided to regional water management forums to promote ecosystems that support the full range of life history needs for native resident and anadromous fish.

• Conserve, restore and recover native resident fish populations including sturgeon, westslope cutthroat trout, and bull trout.
• Rebuild resident fish populations in order to restore and sustain traditional subsistence fisheries for native resident fish species.
• Provide and manage expanded resident fisheries to partly offset the loss of fishing opportunities caused by the permanent blockage at Dworshak Dam.
• Restore and maintain normative hydrologic regimes along with suitable water quality to benefit native resident and anadromous fish.

• Trout Ponds Project
• Westslope Cutthroat Trout Project
• Dworshak Dam Investigations
• Consumptive Sturgeon Fishery
• Snake River In-Season Management
• Regional Fish Management Forums
  
  

  Division Staff
  Staff Person	Title	Phone	E-Mail
  David Statler	Division Director	(208) 476-7417 Ext. 3575	daves@nezperce.org
  Chris Nahnsonhoya	Office Specialist II	(208) 476-7417 Ext. 3571	chrisn@nezperce.org