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Regular Agenda
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
FROM:
Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
AI Scalf, Director - Department of Community Developme$
Stacie Hoskins, Planning Manager/Shoreline Administrator
Michelie McConneli, Associate Planner p
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April 18, 2011
TO:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Continued Discussion: Status of Additional Information on Finfish Aquaculture - For
Preparation of the Draft Jefferson County Response to Ecology on Changes to the Locally
Approved Shoreline Master Program (MLA08-475)
ATTACHED:
Finfish Bibliography
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: During February and March of this year, the Board of County Commissioners
reviewed the DRAFT Jefferson County Response to Ecology on Changes to the Locally Approved SMP
('Draft County Response'). While the Board has provided direction on most of the 61 possible changes
to the Locally Approved SMP, additional discussion is needed on provisions for finfish/net pen
aquaculture. On March 21, 2011, the Board directed staff to collect and review additional scientific,
technical and policy guidance literature to assist the preparation of an alternative proposal for
management of finfish aquaculture use/development within the County's shoreline jurisdiction. Staff
has collected some 60 documents to support continUj!d Board d~cussion on the topic. A Finfish
Bibliography of those documents is submitted with this request.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PROS and CONS:
Ecology's approval is regarding the December 7, 2009 Locally Approved SMP, submitted to Ecology on
March 1, 2010 as Exhibit A of Jefferson County Resolution 77-09 (erroneously referenced In Ecology
documents as 'Ordinance Number 77-09') as the proposed amendments to the Jefferson County
Comprehensive Plan and Jefferson County Code. This SMP Comprehensive Update (MLA08-475) is
required by law and must be completed by December 2011.
In March 2010, the County submitted a Locally Approved Shoreline Master Program (SMP) to the
Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) for final review and approval, per RCW 90.58 and WAC
173-26. After a public review process, Ecology reviewed the County's proposed SMP update for
consistency with state statutory and rule requirements.
On January 26, 2011 Ecology determined that the County has met the procedural and policy
requirements of the Shoreline Management Act and the SMP Guidelines, pending some required
changes. A letter from Ecology's director with three attachments outlines their conditioned approval,
findings and conclusions, required and recommended changes. The County needs to consider the
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required changes and respond as to whether to accept or propose alternatives to those changes as part
of the process for final adoption by the state and by local ordinance.
Staff reviewed the required and recommended changes and provided guidance to the Board on whether
to agree, further study, decline or propose alternative changes, including numerous revisions proposed
for clarification to correct various errors in the document prior to final adoption. The Board discussed
the DCD Recommendation on February 22, February 28 and March 7, 2011 providing feedback to staff
on each item for the County's response to Ecology. The Board reviewed and discussed the Draft County
Response on March 14 and 21, but additional information and discussion is needed on the topic of
finfish aquaculture.
FISCAL IMPACT IcOST -BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
Grant funding for the SMP Update ended In June 2009. Department of Community Development staff
work is covered by the department's annual budget.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Board discuss their review of, and provide staff with any questions about, the
additional literature on finfish aquaculture.
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Date
How to Access Finfish Aql.la_cultl,lreJiibliography-DocumeJlts-OnDne
Documents from the Finfish Bibliography are being posted on the County's
website. As of April 13, documents FF.001 through FF.021 are posted. Additional
Finfish materials will be posted to laserflche as they get scanned.
Review posted Finfish materials via the laserflche WebUnk, using the instructions
below:
1. Open the laserflche WebUnk at
httD:/ Itest.co.iefferson.wa.us/weblinkext/Browse.asDx1dbld=l
2. Click on "Permits"
3. Click on "long Range Planning"
4. Click on "SMP"
5. Click on "Finfish Aquaculture information"
Note: Documents are provided In PDF and many files are very large.
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Jefferson County Shoreline Moster Program Update
Science Considered for Finfish Aquaculture Policies & Regulations
CITATION
FF.OOl Weston, D. Science Applications International Corporation. December 1986.
Recommended Interim Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Net-Pen Culture In puget
Sound. WA Department of Ecolol!V. 54 DO.
FF.OOZ Aquaculture Siting Study. October 1986. Prepared by EDAW Inc. and CH2M/HiiI for WA
Dept. of Ecolol!V. 104 DO.
FF.OO3 Boyce, J. A. December 1988. WA Department of Ecology: Use Conflicts and Floating
Aquaculture In PUl!et Sound. 43 DO.
FF.OO4 Washington Department of Fisheries. January 1990. Final programmatic environmental
Impact statement: Fish culture In floating net pens. Prepared by Parametrlx. 161 pp.
[Volume 1 of 31
FF.OO5 Washington Department of Fisheries. January 1990. Final programmatic environmental
Impact statement: Fish culture In floating net pens - Response to Comments. Prepared by
Parametrlx. 529 PP. [Volume 2 of 3]
FF.OO6 Washington Department of Fisheries. January 1990. Final programmatic environmental
Impact statement: Fish culture In floating net pens - Technical Appendices. Prepared by
Parametrix. 312 DO. [Volume 3 of 31
FF.OO7 Nash, C. E. (editor). 2001. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMF5-NWFSC-49: The net-pen
salmon farming Industry In the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. 125 pp.
FF.008 Waknltz, F.H. et al. 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC 53: Review of
Potential Impacts of Atlantic Salmon Culture on Puget Sound Chinook Salmon and Hood
Canal Summer-Run Chum Salmon Evolutlonarilv SIl!nlflcant Units. 98 DO.
FF.009 Nash, C.E., P.R. Burbridge, and J.K. Volkman. December 2005. NOAA Technical
Memorandum NMF5-NWFSC-71: Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment of Marine Fish
Aquaculture; Prepared at the NOAA Fisheries Service Manchester Research Station
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FF.OlO US Department of Commerce. Aquaculture Policy. May 2005. 2 pp.
FF.Oll US Department of Commerce. Aquaculture Policy - Draft for Public Comment. February
2011. 2 PP.
FF.OlZ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Draft Aquaculture Policy - Draft for
Public Comment. February 2011. 11 pp.
FF.013 National Aquaculture Act of 1980. Act of September 26, 1980, Public Law 96-362, 94 Stat.
1198, 16 U.S.C. 2801, et sea. 16 DO.
FF.Ol4 Goldburg, R. J., M. S. Elliott, R. L. Naylor. 2001. Marine Aquaculture In the United States:
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FF.OI6 Ladenburg, C. and S. Sturges. May 1999. Potential Offshore Finfish Aquaculture In the State
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FF.OI7 Environmental Protection Agency: Compliance Guide for the Concentrated Aquatic Animal
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FF.OI8 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Code of Conduct for
ResDonslble Fisheries. 1995. 49 DO.
FF.OI9 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Technical Guidelines for
Responsible Fisheries 5. Aquaculture Development. 1997; Reprinted 2004. 47 pp.
FF.020 Washington State Department of Health; Fish Facts for Healthy Nutrition; Wild vs. Farmed
Salmon rweboaRel. last Uodated December 2010. 3 DO.
FF.021 WA Department of Fish & Wildlife. April 2008. Aquatic Farm Registration Form. 2 pp.
FF.022 Alvarez, D. 2011. Outline of '86 "Recommended Interim Guidelines for the Management of
Salmon Net Pen {aaua} Culture". 7 DO.
FF.023 Amos, K. 2003. Disease Interactions in Wild and Atlantic Salmon [slldeshow]; Pacific States
Marine Fisheries Council Conference. 59 DO.
FF.024 Amos, K.H. and Appleby, A. September 1999. Atlantic Salmon In Washington State: A fish
management perspective. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 13 pp.
FF.025 BeamIsh, R. J., S. Jones, CEo Neville, F. Sweeting, G. Karreman, S. Sakslda, and E. Gordon.
2006. Exceptional marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in
2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully In a
marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada. ICES Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 63.
PD. 1326 -1337.
FF.026 Beardslee, K. June 2007. Wild Fish Conservancy comment letter to WA Dept. of Ecology re:
Draft Renewal NPDES Permits, American Gold Seafoods Marine Net Pens. 17pp.
FF.027 Benbrook, C.M. February 2002. Antibiotic drug use In U.S. aquaculture. The Institute for
ARriculture and Trade Pollcv. 18 nn.
FF.028 Buschmann, A. H., V. A. Riquelme, M. C. Hernandez-Gonzalez, D. Varela, J. E. Jimenez, L. A.
Henriquez, P. A. Vergara, R. Guinez, L. Filun. 2006. A review of the Impacts of salmonid
farming on marine coastal ecosystems In the southeast Pacific. ICES Journal of MarIne
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FF.029 Conners, B. M., M. Krkosek, J. Ford, and L. M. Dill. 2010. Coho salmon productIvity in
relation to salmon lice from Infected prey and salmon farms. Journal of Applied Ecology,
Vol. 47. PD. 1372 -1377.
FF.030 Gardner, J. and D. L. Peterson. January 2003. Making Sense of the Salmon Aquaculture
Debate - Executive Summary; Analysis of Issues related to netcage salmon farming and wild
salmon In British Columbia; Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council. 12 pp.
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FF.031 Gardner, J. and D. L. Peterson. January 2003. Making Sense of the Salmon Aquaculture
Debate; Analysis of issues related to netcage salmon farming and wild salmon in British
Columbia: Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.
FF.03Z Icicle Acquisition Subsidiary LLC, DBA American Gold Seafoods. June 2009. Fin Fish
AQuaculture Compliance Procedures r'WDFW Ooerations Permit']. 27 PP.
FF.033 Jefferson County Resolution No. 89-86. Emergency Moratorium on Filing and Processing
Substantial Development Permits for the Growth and Culture of Fish in the Marine Waters
of Jefferson Countv {Fish Farmsl. November 10 1986. 1 D.
FF.034 Kerwin, J. 2003. The Role ofthe Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Atlantic
Salmon Management [slideshow]; Pacific States Marine Fisheries Council Conference. 45
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FF.035 Krkosek, M., A. Morton, J. P. Volpe, and M. A. Lewis. 2009. Sea lice and salmon population
dynamics: effects of exposure time for migratory fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society,
Vol. 276. Po. 2819 - 2828.
FF.036 Krkosek, M., J. S. Ford, A. Morton, S. Lele, M.A. Lewis. December 19, 2008. Response to
Comment on "Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm
Salmon". Science Vol. 322. 2 PP.
FF.037 Krkosek, M., J. S. Ford, A. Morton, S. Lele, R.A. Myers, M. A. Lewis. December 14, 2007.
Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm Salmon, Science, Vol.
318. Pp. 1772 -1775; Plus Science; Corrections - Erratum, Posted December 19, 2008. Pp. 1
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FF.038 Krkosek, M., M. A. Lewis, A. Morton, L. N. Frazer, and J. P. Volpe. October 17,2006.
Epizootics of wild fish induced by farm fish. PNAS, Vol. 103, No. 42. Pp. 15506 -15510.
FF.039 Krkosek, M., M. A. Lewis, J. P. Volpe, and A. Morton. 2006. Fish Farms and Sea Lice
Infestations of Wild Juvenile Salmon In the Broughton Archipelago - A Rebuttal to Brooks
(2005).Revlews In Fisheries Science, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 14. 11 pp.
FF.04O LeVander, L. October 2007. Response to Comments for the 2007 Draft Marine Salmon Net
Pen NPDES Permits for American Gold Seafoods [8 Puget Sound locations]. WA Department
of Ecology, Northwest Regional Office, Water Quality Section, Industrial Unit. 103 pp.
FF.041 McCreery, S. July 2002. Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee advisory letter to
Whatcom Countv Council, Natural Resources Committee. 4 PP.
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D. Kelso, and M. Mangel. May 2005. Fugitive Salmon: Assessing the Risks of Escaped Fish
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FF.049 Rensel, J. E. November 2003. Water quaiity and sediment Impact management of finfish net
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net pens. Seriola and Cobia Aquaculture Dialogue (SCAD) 19-20 February 2009, Seattle, WA
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FF.OS2 Skagit County Resolutions 14302, 14698 and 15188 - Regarding Extension of [1987] Fish Net
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FF.OS3 Silverman, H. 2002. Ever Wander What's Being That Farmed Salmon Steak? Facts and
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FF.060 Washington Fish Growers Association. Fall 2002. Code of Conduct: Saltwater Salman Net-
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FF.061 Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program; Title 23. August 8, 2008. 246 pp.
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