During March 5-7, 2002, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, with partial support
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, sponsored the eighth in a series of workshops on
steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) management. The workshop was attended by approximately 41
Pacific Coast fisheries managers and researchers representing the states of Alaska, Washington,
Idaho, and Oregon, the province of British Columbia, and the Russian Republic. Topics for this
workshop included:

•an update on the status of steelhead in each management jurisdiction;
•updates on recent activities related to Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings;
•potentials and limitations in the use of wild broodstocks for hatchery steelhead production;
•escapement and harvest management strategies; and
•contributed reports on current steelhead research projects.