MID‐C WILD ADULT STEELHEAD TRIBUTARY BYPASS WORKSHOP Yakima River Steelhead: A Summary of Columbia & Snake River Adult PIT‐Tag Detections
Chris Frederiksen & David Lind: YN Fisheries Yakima River Summer Run Steelhead
Populations Single Major Population Group (MPG) -Mid Columbia DPS Yakima River adult steelhead counts Upper Yakima R. Gmean: 151 Enumeration 2005-2014 - Avg 4,203 (2,005-6796)
- 3% hatchery strays Naches R. Gmean: 840
Prosser
Toppenish Cr. Gmean: 599
Satus Cr. Gmean: 660 Yakima River MPG PIT-Tagging
PIT-Tagging Effort (2004-2012) ~ 15,000 wild juvenile steelhead tagged
Upper Yakima R. 1) Tributary locations Electro-shocking 2) Mainstem locations - Outmigrant survival - Adult return rates Adult return years (2005/06 - 2013/14) Naches R. -Years pooled Electro-shocking *167 Adult returns Chandler Juvenile Facility
Toppenish Cr. Screw-Trapping
Satus Cr. Screw- trapping 167 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14
Detected only below McNary (Bonneville and/or Dalles) 5% 21% 9% Chief Joseph Dam Detected only at Wells Bonneville and Dalles and Grand Coulee McNary
Detected at Prosser without detection in 5% Rocky Reach Snake or Upper Columbia Rock Island Detected at Prosser after detection in Snake or Upper Columbia 60% Detected In Snake or Wanapum Upper Columbia and NOT detected later at Prosser Little Goose Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles Columbia River Mainstem Detections: Below McNary
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Bonneville (n=167)
Wanapum 35 Little Goose Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor 132
McNary Dam
Continued to McNary John Day Dam Bonneville Dam No Further Detections The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 7 Lower Deschutes River dip‐ins (7/20/13 to 11/9/13) out of 32 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville Dam in return year 2013‐14
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Lower Deschutes
Wanapum
1 Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
6
McNary Dam
Continued to McNary John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 No Further Detections Miles 167 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14
Detected only below McNary (Bonneville and/or Dalles) 5% 9% Chief Joseph Dam Detected only at 21% Wells Grand Coulee Bonneville and Dalles and McNary Detected at Prosser without detection in 5% Rocky Reach Snake or Upper Columbia Rock Island Detected at Prosser after detection in Snake or Upper Columbia 60% Detected In Snake or Wanapum Upper Columbia and NOT Little Goose detected later at Prosser Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 167 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14
Detected only below McNary (Bonneville and/or Dalles) 5% Detected only at 9% Chief Joseph Dam 21% Wells Bonneville and Dalles and Grand Coulee McNary
Detected at Prosser without detection in 5% Rocky Reach Snake or Upper Rock Island Columbia Detected at Prosser after detection in Snake or Upper Columbia
Detected In Snake or 60% Wanapum Upper Columbia and NOT Little Goose Priest Rapids detected later at Prosser Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 167 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14
Detected only below McNary (Bonneville and/or Dalles) 9% 5% Chief Joseph Dam
21% Wells Detected only at Grand Coulee Bonneville and Dalles and McNary
5% Rocky Reach Detected at Prosser without detection in Rock Island Snake or Upper Columbia
Detected at Prosser 60% after detection in Wanapum Snake or Upper Little Goose
Priest Rapids Columbia Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 167 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14 Detected only at Bonneville 5%
Detected only at Chief Joseph Dam Bonneville and McNary 9% 21% Wells Grand Coulee
Detected at Prosser without detection in 5% Snake or Upper Columbia Rocky Reach
Rock Island Detected at Prosser after detection in Snake or Upper Columbia 60%
Detected In Snake or Wanapum
Upper Columbia and Little Goose
NOT detected later at Priest Rapids Lower Monumental Prosser
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 167 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and returning to Bonneville from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14
Detected only below McNary (Bonneville and/or 5% Dalles) 9% Chief Joseph Dam 21% Wells Detected only at Grand Coulee Bonneville and Dalles and McNary Detected at Prosser without detection in Snake 5% Rocky Reach or Upper Columbia Rock Island Detected at Prosser after detection in Snake or Upper Columbia Detected In Snake or 60% Upper Columbia and NOT Wanapum detected later at Prosser Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles Yakima River Steelhead Adult Detections: Above McNary Dam
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
McNary PIT‐tag Detections (n=132) Wanapum Little Goose
Priest Rapids Returned Lower Monumental directly to 17.4% Prosser Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
Lost tags 6.8%
McNary Dam Strayed from 75.8%
Yakima John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 123 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin and Detected Above McNary from return year 2005‐06 through return year 2013‐14
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
815 Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
100 Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
Directly from McNary McNary Dam Overshot and Did Not Return John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Overshot and Returned The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 3 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Snake River Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Ice Harbor 2 Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
2 McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 3 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Snake River Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Tucannon River 1 Wanapum Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
1 McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 20 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Upper Columbia Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Priest Rapids 11
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids 3 Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
8 McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 20 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Upper Columbia Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Rock Island 3
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental 1
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
2
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 20 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Upper Columbia Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Rocky Reach 3
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental 1
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
2
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 20 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Upper Columbia Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Wells 2
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor 1 1
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles 20 out of 23 steelhead PIT tagged as juveniles in the Yakima Basin that strayed above McNary were detected in the Upper Columbia Basin
Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Last Stray Detection Methow River
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
1 McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam Returned to Prosser Did Not Return The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles Summary of Adult strays above McNary Dam
Estimated Return Rate for Stray Steelhead (n=23) Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee ‐ Snake River: 2 of 3 (66.6%) ‐Upper Columbia: 13 of 20 (65%)
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
McNary PIT‐tag Detections (n=132) Wanapum Little Goose
Priest Rapids Returned Lower Monumental directly to 17.4% Prosser Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
Lost tags 6.8%
McNary Dam Strayed from 75.8%
Yakima John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles How accurate is the data?
Total Adult Returns (2005/06 ‐ 2013/14) ‐38,580 adults ‐167 Adult detections * 0.43% tag rate
‐2nd Independent method Yakima Steelhead Stray Estimates: Priest Rapids Dam Adult Tagging
Priest Rapids Dam Adult Steelhead Sampling Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee ‐ Known sample rate ‐ Known # Sthd returning to Yakima
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles ® Yakima Steelhead Stray Estimates: Priest Rapids Dam Adult Tagging
Priest Rapids Dam Adult Steelhead Sampling Chief Joseph Dam
Wells Grand Coulee ‐ Known sample rate ‐ Known # Sthd returning to Yakima
Rocky Reach
Rock Island
Return # Yak Sthd Priest Dam Expanded: # Sthd Surviving to Total # Yak Sthd (65% WanapumProsser % of run % of run Year tagged Sample rate Prosser Survival) Count survived strayedLittle Goose Priest Rapids 2007 45 0.10369 434 668 3310 13.1%Lower Monumental 20.2% 2008 27 0.08781 307 473 3450 8.9% 13.7% Ice Harbor 2009 58 0.08108 715 1101Prosser 6796Dam 10.5% 16.2% 2010 78 0.08369 932 1434 6196 15.0% 23.1% 2011 47 0.08108 580 892 6359 9.1% 14.0% 2012 28 0.08747 320 492 4788McNary Dam 6.7% 10.3% 2013 51 0.08747 583 897 4139 14.1% 21.7% John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Mean 11.1%Miles ® 17.0% Yakima River Temperature at Kiona: 2001-2013
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Avg 45 Max Min Min Threshold Max Threshold Distribution: Arrival Time to McNary for Yakima River Steelhead (n=132)
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6 3/3 2/3 1/6 4 12/9 11/11 Little Goose 10/14 2 9/16 Lower Monumental 8/19 0 McNary Detection Date (Grouped By Week) Ice Harbor 7/22 Prosser Dam C 6/24 Prosser
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McNary Direct Snake Strayed, Yakima River Delta August, 1997 Yakima River Delta Oct 6, 2012
Slide provided by Becka Wasel: Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group Yakima River Delta Causeway: Breech Scenarios
Slide provided by Becka Wasel: Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group Summer Chinook Homing For Comparison With Summer Steelhead Homing (All Return Years)
5.7% Lost Between Bonneville and Chief Joseph Dam
Wells PRO/PRA/ICH Grand Coulee 21.6% 15.5% Returned Directly To Prosser
Rocky Reach Strayed to Snake or Upper Columbia And Rock Island Returned To Prosser 57.2% Strayed And Did Not Return To Prosser
Wanapum
Little Goose
Priest Rapids Lower Monumental
Prosser Dam Ice Harbor
McNary Dam
John Day Dam Bonneville Dam The Dalles Dam 0102030405 Miles