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Select Area Fishery Enhancement Project SELECT AREA FISHERY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT FY 2007- 08 ANNUAL REPORT October 2006 - September 2008 Prepared by: Geoffrey Whisler Garth Gale Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Patrick Hulett Jeremy Wilson Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Steve Meshke Alan Dietrichs Toni Miethe Clatsop County Fisheries Prepared for: U.S. Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administration Environment, Fish and Wildlife P. O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208 BPA Project # 199306000 ODFW Contract # 35929 WDFW Contract # 36072 CCF Contract # 35247 October 2009 GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AD Adipose NF North Fork ATPase Adenosine Triphosphatase NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric BHS Bacterial Hemorrhagic Septicemia NOAA Administration Northwest Power and BKD Bacterial Kidney Disease NPCC Conservation Council National Pollutant Discharge BO Biological Opinion NPDES Elimination Systems Natural Resource Conservation BPA Bonneville Power Administration NRCS Service CCF Clatsop County Fisheries NSD No Survey Done Clatsop Economic Development Oregon Adult Salmonid Inventory CEDC OASIS Committee and Sampling Columbia River Estuary Study CREST ODF Oregon Department of Forestry Taskforce Oregon Department of Fish and CWT Coded-Wire Tag ODFW Wildlife Oregon Department of Oregon Fish and Wildlife DEQ OFWC Environmental Quality Commission DO Dissolved oxygen OSU Oregon State University ESA Endangered Species Act PPM Parts per million Environmental Monitoring and EMAP PIT Passive Integrated Transponder Assessment Program Pacific States Marine Fisheries ESU Evolutionarily Significant Unit PSMFC Commission FIFO Fish In Fish Out R&E Restoration and Enhancement FONSI Finding Of No Significant Impact RMPC Regional Mark Processing Center FTE Full Time Employee SAB Select Area Bright fall Chinook Select Area Fisheries HSRG Hatchery Scientific Review Group SAFE Enhancement Independent Economic Analysis IEAB SARs Smolt-to-Adult Survival Rates Board IFG Idaho Fish and Game SF South Fork Salmon and Trout Enhancement IMW Intensively Monitored Watershed STEP Program Independent Scientific Review ISRP TAC Technical Advisory Committee Panel KK Klaskanine Hatchery TOC Total Organic Carbon United States Army Corps of LCR Lower Columbia River USACE Engineers United States Fish and Wildlife LHO Low Head Oxygen USFWS Service LV Left Ventral VSI Visual Stock Identification Marine and Environmental Washington Department of Fish MERTS WDFW Research and Training Station and Wildlife Washington Fish and Wildlife NEV Net Economic Value WFWC Commission TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ..........................................................................................................IV LIST OF FIGURES..........................................................................................................V ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................................VII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................VIII 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 1 BACKGROUND..........................................................................................................................................................1 HISTORY .....................................................................................................................................................................1 FISHING SITES AND FACILITIES..........................................................................................................................5 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.....................................................................................................................................6 INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF THE SELECT AREA FISHERIES PROJECT ................................................7 Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) and the Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB) ....7 Select Area Fishery Evaluation Project Economic Analysis Study by The Research Group .....................8 Hatchery Scientific Review Group .......................................................................................................................9 2. PRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 11 HATCHERIES ...........................................................................................................................................................11 NET PENS .................................................................................................................................................................11 SPRING CHINOOK..................................................................................................................................................12 Spring Chinook Production Modifications.........................................................................................................12 Deep River Net Pens ......................................................................................................................................12 Gnat Creek Hatchery ......................................................................................................................................13 2005 Brood Spring Chinook ...............................................................................................................................14 2006 Brood Spring Chinook ...............................................................................................................................15 SAB FALL CHINOOK .............................................................................................................................................15 2006 Brood SAB Fall Chinook ...........................................................................................................................16 2007 Brood SAB Fall Chinook ...........................................................................................................................16 COHO.........................................................................................................................................................................17 2005 Brood Coho .................................................................................................................................................18 2006 Brood Coho .................................................................................................................................................18 3. HARVEST: FISHERIES AND SEASONS................................................................ 38 RUN-SIZE FORCASTS ...........................................................................................................................................38 Spring Chinook.....................................................................................................................................................38 Select Area Bright Fall Chinook .........................................................................................................................39 i Coho.......................................................................................................................................................................39 FISHERY MANAGEMENT: SEASON SETTING AND IN-SEASON MANAGEMENT .................................39 FISHERY MONITORING: ESTIMATION OF HARVEST AND STOCK & AGE COMPOSITION................41 In-Season Monitoring ..........................................................................................................................................41 Commercial Fisheries..........................................................................................................................................41 Recreational Fisheries.........................................................................................................................................42 ESA COMPLIANCE.................................................................................................................................................43 Winter and Spring Fisheries ...............................................................................................................................43 Fall Fisheries.........................................................................................................................................................44 Reporting...............................................................................................................................................................44 POST-SEASON ANALYSES .................................................................................................................................44 FISHERIES (FALL 2006 – WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER 2008 SEASONS)...................................................45 Winter/Spring/Summer Season Select Area Commercial Fisheries ............................................................45 Fall Season Select Area Commercial Fisheries ..............................................................................................46 2006 Fall Season Commercial Fisheries..........................................................................................................47 Youngs Bay......................................................................................................................................................47
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