Grande Ronde Basin Spring Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program
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GRANDE RONDE BASIN SPRING CHINOOK SALMON CAPTIVE BROODSTOCK PROGRAM 1995 - 2002 Project Status Report FISH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; NORTHEAST REGION OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Timothy L. Hoffnagle Richard W. Carmichael William T. Noll Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife La Grande, Oregon December 2003 Fish Research and Development Project Oregon Grande Ronde Basin Spring Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program Project Status Report Project Period: 1 October 1995 - 31 December 2002 Prepared for: U. S. Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administration Environment, Fish and Wildlife P. O. Box 3621 Portland, Oregon 97208-3621 Project Number 1998-010-01 and Lower Snake River Compensation Plan U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Suite 343 Boise, Idaho 83709 Contract Number 14-16-0001-96507 Prepared by: Timothy L. Hoffnagle Richard W. Carmichael William T. Noll Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife La Grande, Oregon December 2003 Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of our co-managers in the Grande Ronde Basin Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program: Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Manchester Research Station (NOAA Fisheries). This work could not have been completed without the assistance of the fish culturists, research biologists and management biologists from ODFW and the co-management agencies. We also thank the Bonneville Power Administration and Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) for their support and funding of this program and its facilities. Lastly, we thank Dr. Timothy A. Whitesel and all who developed and worked on this project since its inception. Citation: Hoffnagle, T. L., R. W. Carmichael and W. T. Noll. 2003. Grande Ronde Basin Spring Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program, 1995 - 2002 Project Status Report, Fish Research and Development Project, Oregon. Northeast Region, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, La Grande. Grande Ronde Basin Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program - 1995-2002 Status Report Table of Contents Executive Summary............................................................v Introduction ..................................................................1 Historic and Present Population Status .......................................1 Background ............................................................5 Goals and Objectives .....................................................9 Significance to Regional Programs .........................................12 Relationships to Other Programs ...........................................13 Description of Study Area and Facilities ...........................................15 Grande Ronde Basin ....................................................15 Lookingglass Fish Hatchery...............................................16 Wallowa Fish Hatchery ..................................................16 Bonneville Fish Hatchery.................................................16 Manchester Marine Laboratory ............................................16 Methods ....................................................................18 Fish Collection.........................................................18 Captive Juvenile Phase ..................................................18 Captive Adult Phase.....................................................20 Bonneville Fish Hatchery...........................................21 Manchester Marine Laboratory ......................................21 Maturation and Spawning ................................................21 Sorting of maturing fish ............................................21 Spawning matrix development ......................................22 Use of cryopreserved semen ........................................23 Spawning procedures ..............................................25 Egg incubation and F1 rearing .......................................26 Health Monitoring and Disease Treatments . 26 Bacterial kidney disease............................................27 Other diseases ...................................................28 Monitoring and Evaluation ...............................................29 F12 and F Generations....................................................34 Results .....................................................................36 1994 Cohort ...........................................................36 Collections ......................................................36 Size at Collection .................................................36 Growth .........................................................36 Catherine Creek ............................................36 Grande Ronde River ........................................40 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife i Hoffnagle et al 2003 Grande Ronde Basin Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program - 1995-2002 Status Report Lostine River ..............................................40 Mortality........................................................40 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 40 1995 Cohort ...........................................................41 Collections ......................................................41 Size at Collection .................................................44 Growth .........................................................44 Catherine Creek ............................................44 Grande Ronde River ........................................44 Lostine River ..............................................44 Mortality........................................................44 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 48 1996 Cohort ...........................................................48 Collections ......................................................48 Size at Collection .................................................48 Growth .........................................................48 Catherine Creek ............................................48 Grande Ronde River ........................................53 Lostine River ..............................................53 Mortality........................................................53 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 54 1997 Cohort ...........................................................57 Collections ......................................................57 Size at Collection .................................................57 Growth .........................................................57 Catherine Creek ............................................57 Grande Ronde River ........................................57 Lostine River ..............................................60 Mortality........................................................60 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 61 1998 Cohort ...........................................................61 Collections ......................................................61 Size at Collection .................................................61 Growth .........................................................65 Catherine Creek ............................................65 Grande Ronde River ........................................65 Lostine River ..............................................65 Mortality........................................................65 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 67 1999 Cohort ...........................................................68 Collections ......................................................68 Size at Collection .................................................68 Growth .........................................................68 Catherine Creek ............................................68 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ii Hoffnagle et al 2003 Grande Ronde Basin Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Program - 1995-2002 Status Report Grande Ronde River ........................................68 Lostine River ..............................................68 Mortality........................................................73 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 73 2000 Cohort ...........................................................74 Collections ......................................................74 Size at Collection .................................................74 Growth .........................................................78 Catherine Creek ............................................78 Grande Ronde River ........................................78 Lostine River ..............................................78 Mortality........................................................80 Survival to Spawning and Age of Maturity . 80 2001 Cohort ...........................................................81 Collections ......................................................81 Size at Collection .................................................81 Growth .........................................................82 Catherine Creek ............................................82 Grande Ronde River ........................................82 Lostine River ..............................................82 Mortality........................................................82 Spawning .............................................................85 1998 ...........................................................85 Number of spawners ........................................85 Fecundity .................................................85 Egg weight