HATCHERY AND GENETIC MANAGEMENT PLAN (HGMP) Hatchery Program: SAB Fall Chinook Species or Fall Chinook Stock-52 (Rogue stock) Hatchery Stock: Agency/Operator: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Clatsop Economic Development Council (CEDC) Watershed and Region: Lower Columbia River and Estuary Date Submitted: September 28, 2005 Date Last Updated: September 27, 2005 SECTION 1. GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 1.1) Name of hatchery or program. Select Area Bright (SAB) Fall Chinook Salmon 1.2) Species and population (or stock) under propagation, and ESA status. The SAB fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) stock (stock 052) in the lower Columbia River (LCR) originated from Rogue River stock egg transfers to Big Creek Hatchery in 1982 and to CEDC’s South Fork Klaskanine Hatchery in 1983. The wild population of fall chinook in the lower Columbia River is part of the Lower Columbia River Chinook Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU), which contains both fall and spring chinook. This ESU was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1999 (Federal Register Notice 1999). The SAB program fall chinook are not considered part of the Lower Columbia River chinook ESU. 1.3) Responsible organization and individuals Primary management responsibility: Name (and Title): John Thorpe, Chief of Fish Propagation Organization: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Address: 3406 Cherry Avenue, NE, Salem, OR 97303-4924 Telephone: (503) 947-6000 Fax: (503) 947-6202 Email: [email protected] Name (and title): Alan Meyer, Hatchery Manager, Big Creek Hatchery Agency or Tribe: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Address: 92892 Ritter Road, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone: (503) 458-6512 Fax: (503) 458-6529 Email: [email protected] Name (and title): Alan Meyer, Hatchery Manager, Klaskanine Hatchery Agency or Tribe: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Address: 82635-202 Hatchery Road, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone: (503) 325-3653 Fax: (503) 325-2476 Email: [email protected] Name (and title): Tod Jones, Hatchery Manager, SF Klaskanine Hatchery Agency or Tribe: Clatsop Economic Development Council (CEDC) Address: 2001 Marine Drive, Rm. 253, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone: (503) 325-6452 Fax: (503) 325-2753 SAFE Fall Chinook Salmon HGMP 2 Email: [email protected] Name (and title): John North, ODFW Ocean Salmon/Col. River Asst. Fisheries Manager Agency or Tribe: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Address: 17330 SE Evelyn St, Clackamas, OR 97035 Telephone: (503) 657-2000 ext 251 Fax: (503) 657-2095 Email: [email protected] Other agencies, Tribes, co-operators, or organizations involved, including contractors, and extent of involvement in the program: ODFW R&E: 100% funding for SAB production at Big Creek Hatchery and approximately 50% at North Fork Klaskanine Hatchery BPA: Provides partial project funding (CEDC and ODFW-Big Creek/Klaskanine Hatcheries) WDFW: Co-manager of Columbia River fisheries under the Columbia River Compact Note: ODFW R&E funding for the 2005-2007 biennium was reduced by 50%. In addition, a water right request recently submitted by CEDC to obtain August- September water rights for the South Fork Klaskanine Hatchery was recently denied. These two recent developments may force relocation of the SAB broodstock program from North Fork Klaskanine Hatchery to the South Fork facility. The potential program change is currently being evaluated. Most of the descriptions and data presented herein represent the recent past and current program and do not reflect potential program modifications. 1.4) Funding source, staffing level, and annual hatchery program operational costs. Funding Sources: BPA - Approximately 75% funding for CEDC SAB Program (staff/production costs) - 50% funding for North Fork Klaskanine SAB Program ODFW R&E - 100% funding for SAB production at Big Creek Hatchery and approximately 50% of SAB funding at North Fork Klaskanine Hatchery - Approximately 25% funding for CEDC SAB Program (acclimation component) State of Oregon - additional funding for SAB program Voluntary Commercial Fishery Assessment Program - Partial funding for CEDC rearing Operational Information: Full time equivalent staff: CEDC: 7 FTE Klaskanine: 1.5 FTE Big Creek: 8 FTE SAFE Fall Chinook Salmon HGMP 3 Annual operating cost: CEDC: $743,800 Klaskanine: $382,534 Big Creek: $628,377 Comments: Funding and staffing levels for Big Creek and Klaskanine hatcheries and CEDC are for the entire facility and/or project and are not specific to the SAB fall chinook program. 1.5) Location(s) of hatchery and associated facilities. 1) Klaskanine Hatchery is at RM 3.0 on the North Fork Klaskanine River in the Columbia Estuary watershed, Clatsop County, Oregon. SAB program functions include: Primary broodstock source Broodstock collection Adult holding Spawning Juvenile rearing/acclimation 2) South Fork Klaskanine Hatchery is at RM 3.0 on the South Fork Klaskanine River in the Columbia Estuary Watershed, Clatsop County, Oregon. SAB program functions include: Broodstock source Broodstock collection Adult holding Spawning Incubation Juvenile rearing/acclimation Release location 3) Big Creek Hatchery is at RM 3.3 on Big Creek in the Columbia Estuary Watershed, Clatsop County, Oregon. SAB program functions include: Incubation Juvenile rearing 4) Youngs Bay Net Pens at RM 1.5-1.7 in Youngs Bay in the Columbia Estuary Watershed, Clatsop County, Oregon. SAB program functions include: Juvenile rearing Release location 5) Tidewater section of Youngs and Klaskanine Rivers at RM 8.0/0.0 on the Youngs and Klaskanine rivers, Columbia Estuary Watershed, Clatsop County, Oregon. SAB program functions include: Broodstock collection SAFE Fall Chinook Salmon HGMP 4 1.6) Type of program. Isolated Harvest 1.7) Purpose (Goal) of program. The primary goal of the program is to provide higher quality fall chinook for harvest in LCR Select Area commercial and recreational fisheries than the traditional tule chinook hatchery stock. Select Area fisheries provide harvest of hatchery-produced salmon released from and returning to Select Areas with minimal interception of non-SAFE salmon stocks. Thus, fishing opportunities can be maintained while helping to conserve naturally-produced native stocks. A secondary goal is to supplement harvest in Oregon commercial troll, Oregon ocean recreational, and Columbia River mainstem commercial and recreational fisheries. Select Area fisheries are managed to provide broodstock for the Klaskanine Hatchery SAB program (a separate HGMP). 1.8) Justification for the program. Select Area fisheries for SAB fall chinook provide harvest of a high quality hatchery-produced salmon released from and returning to Select Areas with minimal interception of non-SAFE salmon stocks. Select Area bright fall chinook are less mature and in prime condition upon return to the Columbia River estuary, compared to lower river tule stock fall chinook which are rapidly maturing and have poor flesh quality. Therefore, SAB fall chinook have a higher market value and provide greater economic benefit to local fisheries. In addition, because SAB fall chinook are Rogue River stock, they migrate south of the Columbia River when released, thereby providing opportunities for harvest in Oregon ocean commercial and recreational fisheries whereas tule fall chinook contribute to fisheries north of the Columbia River. Currently all (100%) smolts released are mass-marked with a left-ventral (LV) fin clip to facilitate identification and provide accountability in harvest, straying, and spawning programs. A 100% marking rate allows for selective harvest of hatchery fish while minimizing impacts on wild populations. The program was initially established at Big Creek and South Fork Klaskanine hatcheries but was eventually relocated to the North Fork Klaskanine Hatchery in 1996 to minimize straying of the stock which occurred with Big Creek releases. Straying is currently low and harvest rates have increased substantially since fish now migrate through the Youngs Bay Select Area fishery. 1.9) List of program “Performance Standards”. See Section 1.10 SAFE Fall Chinook Salmon HGMP 5 1.10) List of program “Performance Indicators”, designated by "benefits" and "risks." 1.10.1) “Performance Indicators” addressing benefits. Benefits Performance Standards Performance Indicators Monitoring & Evaluation Contribute hatchery fish to Harvest of SAB fall Fish buyer and dock-side target fisheries. chinook in LCR Select Area creels, recoveries of CWT commercial and recreational marked fish from fisheries. commercial and recreational sampling programs. Successfully maintain a Achieve a smolt to adult Marking and tagging of brood stock of SAB fall survival rate and specific release groups, plus chinook. escapement adequate to sampling of adult catch and collect 900 female escapement. broodstock. Design and implement Projects are identified, Research and monitoring projects that improve the reviewed, and implemented programs have and continue quality of the SAB fall that aim to increase survival to be incorporated into chinook program. of program fish while project designs. Examples minimizing impacts on wild of projects include: fish. rearing/release studies and feeding studies. See Section 12. Release groups that are Type and number of With the exception of the sufficiently marked for program marked fish, both 1987-1989 brood years, all proper identification. fin clips (mass marking) SAB fall chinook smolts and tags (group id.). have been uniquely