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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 – Daily News succeed if bred from wild GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — New research has found that a hatchery using wild salmon to spawn the next generation can help rebuild endangered salmon runs without passing on genetic problems that threaten future returns. The study, published Monday in the online edition of the scientific journal Molecular Ecology, contrasts ear- lier research suggesting that hatcheries themselves genetically select for fish that go on to fail once they are released into the wild. Study: Hatchery fish can Researchers from the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission and the Nez Perce Tribe tracked an endangered run of chinook salmon in Johnson Creek in the Salmon River Basin in Idaho from 1998 through 2010 — more than two full generations. The commis- sion and the Nez Perce Tribe have long been strong advocates for using hatcheries to rebuild endangered salmon runs, a practice questioned by some scientists. Genetic sampling from 7,726 adult fish returning to spawn showed that fish born and raised in the hatchery from parents taken from the wild produced adult fish that returned from the ocean at a higher rate — an aver- age of 4.69 times higher — than fish spawned natural- ly in the river. When those returning fish spawned nat- urally in the river, they produced offspring that returned at an average rate of 1.32 times higher over two brood years. They also found that male fish raised in hatch- eries typically had a lower rate of success reproducing than wild males. ''This helps us realize that supplementation pro- grams can be effective at boosting populations that are endangered while having very limited genetic impact on wild populations,'' said co-author Shawn Narum, lead geneticist for the commission. Hatcheries have long been used to make up for lost habitat, such as dams blocking access to spawning grounds, and the vast majority of salmon in the Colum- bia basin are born in hatcheries. But it eventually became clear that traditional hatchery practices were one of the problems that have led to 13 runs of salmon and steelhead being protected by the Endangered Species List. While scientists have urged practices to change, change has been slow, and hatcheries produc- ing salmon only from wild brood stock are rare. It is more difficult and more expensive to go into the wild to collect fish for spawning than it is to wait for fish to swim into the hatchery. David Noakes, professor of fisheries at Oregon State University and senior scientist at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center, was not part of the study. He said the research was well done and published in a highly respected journal. Over 25 years of experience The North State's premier supplier of stoves STOVE JUNCTION It's HOT now! 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(AP) — An expansion of death benefits for the fami- lies of public safety work- ers and a renewal of the Hollywood tax credit are among the bills Gov. Jerry Brown acted upon late Sunday, the last day to sign or veto the more than 900 pieces of legislation that reached his desk this fall. The Democratic gover- nor rejected legislation written by Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, that would have given the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters more time to file for job-related death benefits. have doubled the statute of limitations for these bene- fits to nine years, was an attempt to accommodate cases in which a worker has a prolonged battle with cancer, tuberculosis or another illness presumed to be job-related. Perez had argued that the state should take care of those who expose them- selves to harmful chemi- cals for the good of the community. The bill, which would veto message, Brown said the state did not have enough information about health risks among public servants to evaluate the potential costs of expand- ing death benefits, which can exceed $300,000 per family. ''What is needed is rational, thoughtful consid- eration of balancing the serious fiscal constraints In an unusually long faced at all levels of gov- ernment against our shared priority to adequately and fairly compensate the fam- ilies of those public safety heroes who succumb to work-related injuries and disease,'' Brown said in the message. the tax credit is likely to return less than one dollar in tax revenue for every dollar spent. Brown vetoes death-benefit bill He said AB2451, as written, could cost hun- dreds of millions of dol- lars. The governor encour- aged lawmakers to use a forthcoming National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health study of firefighter deaths to craft future legislation. Perez told reporters on Monday that he would work to allay the ''legiti- mate concern'' about the cost of the bill. ''But you also have to look at what we're asking people to do,'' he said. ''We ask people on a daily basis, in doing their jobs, to put their lives on the line.'' Brown also signed two nearly identical bills extending a Hollywood tax break for films and televi- sion shows shot in Califor- nia as part of his last- minute legislative action. Proponents say that since the credit was imple- mented in 2009, it has gen- erated billions of dollars in economic activity by encouraging film produc- tion to remain in Califor- nia. But in June, the non- partisan state Legislative Analyst's Office found that The bills — AB2026 by Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar, and SB1197 by Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Monterey Park— will extend the tax break for two years and provide up to $200 million in incentives. ''What we hear so often from the film industry is that they want to film here in California, but financial- ly it is challenging,'' Fuentes said in a statement issued Sunday. ''What we're doing with this bill is retaining and creating jobs by leveling the playing field and making Califor- nia competitive again.'' A few lawmakers opposed the tax credit, say- ing it unfairly favored one industry over others. The American Cancer Society also opposed the bills and said the credits should go only to tobacco-free movies. several other noteworthy bills in the hours before the signing deadline: Among other bills, he: The governor acted on — Signed AB1960 by Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, which will require the state to track the number of gay and lesbian business own- ers with which it contracts. California already collects data on contractors' race, ethnicity and gender. The bill would not require busi- ness owners to identify their sexual orientation. ''With the Governor's sig- nature, California is now the first state to have a law dedicated to the advance- ment of LGBT-owned businesses,'' Dickinson said in a statement. —Vetoed SB1233 by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, which would have required the attorney general to prepare up to nine language translations of some initiative and ref- erendum summaries for petition circulators to dis- play. Brown said in a state- ment that the bill was well- intentioned but added ''substantial burdens to the petition process without commensurate benefit.'' He noted that most ballot initiatives submitted to the state never reach the circu- lation stage. — Vetoed AB889, which would have provid- ed overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor pro- tections to an estimated 200,000 caregivers, nan- nies and house cleaners in California. Brown said the bill by Assemblymen Tom Ammiano, D-San Francis- co, and V. 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