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HRSEP 1998/99 Final Report
Cutegory (Check one) flWS (/(e.wllrc:e & Wat(!r.~' l7ed SIL'war ...
IfR (Hahitat Res/oration)
V ST (.S·tock Rebuilding)
Area (Check One) ~ VI (Vpncollver Island & South Coast)
NCC (North & Cen/ral Coos/ and Yukon Terri/ory)
FRB (Fraser River Basin)
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Phone : 1(2.50 ) 'J'PI-9'13~ Fax 1(2;0) "li'l-7t n I
AI/ Phone: All Fax: 1 1 1 1
Did you receive DFO input on this project?
Name oj DFO Con/oc/(s): Projecl Title
Start Date
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Project Rationale (problem being addressed) Ij~x/~~t:: j.~1 Was afeasibility study or pre-assessment done for this project? Yes€) Ifyes, please describe. -
Check all that apply
Inventory & Mapping Stock Assessment v' Public Awareness Habitat Restoration Stock Enhancement v Stewardship/Community Planning Other V Specify __t-e.ve.1~~L-~~~~~~ I As..s~ ______
Objective # I : M' c~j
0 ,&>'to
Was it achieved?: (]}s/NO + Details - ~ (.fO'l £1fed - Objective # 2 :
~s. it achieved? : (!;PNo + Details
3 List and descrihe the personnel involved in the project.
V3"':"~\""'~LW # ofpersons trained 8 ~# ofvolunteers involved ~S"'-__ # ofpersons employed Ie # ofvolunteer hours ::2 Q person-days ofemployment created 750
Is the local community involved in this project? List and describe the partnerships involved
Check all that apply
(Check) (Details - name, code or other)
Water body / System(s)
Watershed(s)
Marine Statistical Area(s)
Other
Latitude Longitude 17.7 ....:>c '
UTM Coordinates
4 Species Addressed (Check as many liS applicahle)
Coho Pink \Z Chum Chinook Sockeye Other
Habitat Addressed (Check as many as applicable)
In-channel Offchannel Riparian Estuarine/Marine Lake Other
For Mapping & Inventory Projects: Was your data collected according to the DFO-HEB Info Mgmt. guidelines? (ref Brad Mason) Yes/No Ifyes. was it submitted in digital format?
Linear metres ofarea mapped: Other:
For Stock Rebuilding Projects:
# Adult Salmon Enumerated: # Juvenile Salmon Enumerated: # Salmon markedlTagged or released: Other:
For StewardslliplCommunity Planning Projects:
# Public Presentations/Media Releases: 4 # Landowners Contacted: .1- Other:
For Habitat Restoration Projects:
Fencing: ml (fence to bank) and kms protected:
Riparian re-planting (# plants/trees and ml area): ___
In-channel habitat (n/ area ofsection restored)
Offchannel habitat (ml area created/restored)
Estuarine habitat (m] area created/restored)
Lake habitat (fill area created/restored)
Fish Access:( tn' or km ofhabitat made m·ailable) --- Other: Please enter a general project description helow. Please include an overview ofthe methods and techniques used. Ifrequired, you lIIay attach an addifiol1al.\·heel.
Please describe the current status ofthe project. Has the problem being addressed been solved? (see "project rationale ") What are the ongoing issues in the area and your recommendations for future work.
6 You may al/ach additional documentation to illustrate your project '.\. reJults. (optiolla/)
Documentation Attached (Check as many as applicable)
Maps Brochure
Photos News clippings
V Data report '/.l Other
7 Please ,\pecijy project cost.Ii lIccorllillg to the [o//owillg clIfegorie.'i [or the totlll hudget received [rom HRSEP. You may also atlachfurtherfillollcial statements in other format.\', (1.\' produced by your group's financial systems. It is not necessary tolorlVard copies qlindividual receipts and irrvoices, As per the terms ofour Agreement, please retain these in your file.\·for a minimum period ofthree years, as DFO reserves the right to audit all HRSEP projects.
Projected Amount Actual Amount Details
Wages / Personal Costs $ 3ofOO II 3?,3bl I
Transport / Equipment $ 12,200 II C]o5"1
Office / Overhead $ 4,Soo II 4,Bco
I.._e.\ S ~\V-;..i F.(s+ Other Costs $ Ata '--'..:..p_oo_------'I LI _1.--','---S_2._0------' ~I IAs~~ ~~~ ~.. oc.ucl",o 0
Total Received from HRSEP $ IwpCO
Contributions to the total budget may befrom otller agencies or in-kind contributions from your own organization, please specify:
Amount Details
Other Contributors to Total Project $ I L-I 't J 2.. 600 )
8 PHONE NO. 250 949 9022 Mar. 26 1999 12: 46PI1 P1
Tsulquate River Project
Project Summary
For the period of September 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999
Submitted to
Kwakiutt Band Council
109 Tsakis Way P. O. Box 1440 Port Hardy, Be VON2PO ,FROM ", 'N'.JISEA Quatse River Hatcher\! PHONE NO, 25121 949 912122 Mar, 2(;, 199'" 12:47F'M F'2
September 1 ;
Take measurements offence and fish trap Work with property owners for access Make material list Construct new road section Repair eXisting mad to fence Install gate Excavator in to repair rip rap
September 14:
Crew starts Install fence, trap and fishway Construction of walkway Set anchors Brush cutting Stories Creek coho brood capture (12 females; 30,000 eggs)
September 21:
Tsulquate River coho brood capture (10 females; 28,000 eggs) Fence and trap operational Stephens Creek coho brood capture (80 females; 200,000 eggs) Chum egg,takes Nahwitti River coho brood capture (25 females; 62,500 eggs) O'Connor laKe juvenile rearing and samp6ng Pink sorts and egg takes Quatse coho brood capture and aduH sampling Pre eyed egg picking Streamside miH takes
October 1:
1997 brood coho fall fry releases from O'Connor Lake Glen Lyon brood capture (25 females; 62,500 eggs) Begin coho egg takes Complete pink and chum egg takes Dally fish cuHure and maintenance Waukwass River coho brood capture (50 females; 100,000 eggs) Washlawfis River coho brood capture (30 females; 75,000 eggs) Brood stocking trails cleared and maintained Mend nets
Octobor 15:
Wanokana coho brood capture (2 females; 5,000 eggs) Egg back picking Eyed egg sampling and inventory Cluxewe coho brood capture (80 females; 200,000 eggs) FRQM :, NV I SEA QI.1a tSr: R 1 ve.r Ha tChr:ry PHONE NO. 250 949 9022 Mar. 26 1999 12:47P11 P3
Kokish River coho brood capture (65 females; 180,000 eggs) Waukwass River coho brood capture Net mending
November 1:
Clipping and hand grading of 1998 brood Quatse and Cluxewe steel head Coho egg takes and adult sampling WCB Level 3 First Aid training starting November 9 Fish culture
Docember1:
Egg picking and eyed egg inventories Fish culture Hatchery maintenance O'Connor Lake net pen maintenance
January 1999:
Fish habitat Assessment of Little Tsulquate River Fish Habitat Assessment of Jenkinson Creek Fish feeding at O'Connor Lake net pen site Pond coho from incubation rOOm to cap troughs - 26,532 Tsulquate coho Ponded 7,000 chinook fry Ponded 30,000 Quatse coho Ponded 34,000 Glen Lyon River coho Net washing and sampling at Hatchery and O'Connor Egg picking and washing out stacks in incubation room Helped with egg picking at Marble River Hatchery Hatchery maintenance Release QUatse unfed fry into small tributaries above Quatse Lake Habitat restoration work Fish Cultu re Juvenile rearing strategies and husbandry techniques
February:
Fish culture duties every morning include: • Brushing and flushing 12 cap troughs, 8 circulars, 1 viewing tank, 2 pink ponding tanks and 2 chum ponding tanks Feeding all the fry in above, calculate amount of feed needed • Check all flows on a regular basis and siphon aU header tanks daily Maintenance at O'Connor Lake net pens Unfed fry releases of Glen Lyon, Nahwitti, Cluxewe. Stories Creek, Quatsese.and Quatse coho for the month of February total approximately 127,000 fry Coho fry pOnded for all rivers in month of February total approximately 250,000. Approximately 200,000 chum and pink fry ponded in same period Quatse River stream fertilization Scrub heath trays after fry ponded FRGIM :. ~'1SEA QI.1atse River Hatcher~ PHONE NO. 250 949 9022 Mar. 26 199'3 12:48F'M P4
March:
Fish culture duties Help with Keogh River Project at fence Egg take on steelhead from Quatse River 1999 brood Finish pending all coho from incubation room Scrub all heath trays and diSinfect incubation room Release all unfed fry that are scheduled to be release as unfed fry Total unfed fry released this month is approximately 100,000 Total fry ponded and holding at Quatse Hatchery is approximately 500,000 Released 26,000 Quatse Coho smoHs (30 gram size) from 1997 brood from O'Connor Lake to various tributaries on the Quatse River system Released 15,000 Cluxewe smolts (35 gram size) to various release sites on the Cluxewe River ,.). .. ,., 'F~ • NVISEA Quatse. River Hatcher,:! PHONE NO. 250 949 9022 Feb. 09 1999 01:51PM P2
Jenkinson Creek Fish Habitat Assessment
Conducted By Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association
February 1999
For: The Kwakiutl District Council Fisheries and Oceans Canada North Island Fisheries Center FRO~ :"N0ISEA Quatse River Hatchery PHONE NO. = 949 912122 Feb. 1219 1999 12I1:52PM P3
Introduction
The Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association in partnership with the Kwakiutl District Council, the Habitat Restoration and Salmonid Enhancement program of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the North Island Fisheries Center initiated a Fish Habitat assessment of the Jenkinson Creek tributary of the Tsulquate River. Previous assessments conducted on Jenkinson Creek had shown a problem existed of blocked access to its upper reaches. A collapsed abandoned logging bridge in a confined section of the creek had caused this. Anadromous salmonids can only access the bottom three kilometers ofthe TsulquateRiver.mainstem .• ·As Jenkinson Creek . enters the Tsulquate down stream of this obstruction it.representsa major portion of...·· anadromous salmonid habitat in the entire watershed.
Site Location and Description:
The Tsulquate River watershed is located near the town of Port Hardy and drains in a southeast direction into Hardy Bay. This is a community watershed and the only source of water for the District of Port Hardy. Water~s collected ala dam built on set of falls . approximately three kilometers above tide water. Port Hardy District dam is the farthest upstream that anadromous salmonids can access in the mainstem of the Tsulquate River. Rsh present in this area include coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) chum salmon (Oncorhynchus ketal steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarld) and Dolly Varden charr (Sa/velinus rna/rna)
Jenkinson Creek
Reach #1: Jenkinson Creek upstream of Tsulquate River junction to first canyon (600 meters). This section had an average bankfull width of 9.5 meters. Gradient in this section is 3%. A tributary. flowing south. enters Jenkinson Creek approximately 100 upstream of the Jenkinson Creek and Tsulquate River junction. This tributary provides some habitat for juvenile salmonids and possibly some adult holding and spawning area up stream to an impassible three meter falls.
Reach #2; Two canyons border this area. The downstream canyon (canyon #1) is clear of obstruction and provides good aduH holding pools and cover. The upstream canyon (canyon #2) narrows the river to a three-meter width and is plugged with stumps and large woody debris fonning an impassible barrier to anadromous salmon ids.
Reach #3: This reach commences at canyon #2 and runs upstream to an old logging road bridge, which has collapsed into the creek. A considerable amount of material from past logging has built up on this blockage. The difference In water height above the blockage is 3 meters compared to the downstream side ofthe barrier:
Reach #4: Upstream of the collapsed abandoned logging bridge. This section has excellent habitat for salmonids of all life stages. Several smaller tributaries enter Jenkinson Creek in this section. This represents most of the habitat that was once available to anadromous salmonlds In the entire Tsulquate River watershed. , , . .FRGM :. '~ISEA Quat6e River Hatchery PHONE NO. 250 949 9022 Feb. 09 1999 01:52PM P4
Recommendations:
In order to restore access to upper Jenkinson Creek for anadromou8 salmonids the as for mentioned barriers must be removed. This Is likely best done by labour Intensive means. Use of heavy equipment may be required to remove some of the larger debris and help with any placements up and downstream of both blockages. It will be necessary to stabilize some of the large wood in the channel so that it does not cause further blockages in the future.
Conclusion:
Jenkinson Creek is of considerable fisheries value. It represents a large proportion of anadromous salmonid habitat in the Tsulquate River. In order to maintain these fish in this stream the barrters that are limiting adult and juvenile access must be removed. This will allow salmonids to utilized more than ten kilometers of stream that is currenUy unavailable to them. Barrier removal will be particularly beneficial to coho and steelhead that require considerable freshwater rearing time. .12/11/98 14:38 FAX 1 250 949 9677 KWAKIUTL DIST. CL 1i!l002
KWAKIUTL DISTRICT COUNCIL TSULQUATE RIVER PROJECT Report From Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 1998
Background: The Tsulquate River Project originally began as a Kwakiutl Band Project. It changed to a Kwakiutl District Council Project because of all the partnerships that were established through the development of the proposal. We now have the Kwakiutl District Council, Kwakiutl Band, Gwa-Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Band, Quatse Hatchery, Pt. Hardy High School, the G-N community school and college, the Pt. Hardy Community. North Van. Island Aboriginal Management Society, HRDC, Fisheries Renewal BC and HRSEP all contributing to this project.
Progress: The crew consists of one supervisor and five crew members. The supervisor's wages are covered through Fisheries Renewal BC (FRBC). The crew's wages are covered by NVIAMS, HRDC and top-up comes out of HRSEP dollars.
The supervisor began Sept. 1 preparing the trap box and screens that would later be fixed to the concrete dam on the Tsulquate River. The first two crew members started Sept. 14, 1998 and assisted in putting in the trap box. The next two crew members did not start until October 5 and immediately began assisting in broodstock capture. The final crew member did not start until October 26 and has been fully trained in fish identification and broodstock techniques.
In late October and early November the Tsulquate Project saw three youth from the Pt. Hardy High School assist the crew in broodstock capture and dead pick of eggs. This project enabled the students to complete their required career preparation component of their curriculum.
At present the five crew members are taking' a first aid course at the G-N College. The crew will look at completing a watershed inventory and assessment on a tributary of the Tsulquate River as a. next step in the workplan. Attached is a detailed report from the supervisor.
Conclusion: We have been happy with the progress oHhe Tsulquate River Project. A major benefit of this project is being realized which is the development partnerships and trust between groups who in the past have not worked together. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors of this project and in particular HRSEP for assisting us in moving forward in the future.
Thank you.
Scott Harris Resource Planner IC.tIC- ,12!1~!98 14:38 FAX 1 250 949 9677 KWAKIUTL DIST.CL ~003
FRQ!'1 : NV1SEA QuatsI!: Riyror Hatcher" PHONE NO. : 2~0 949 9022 Dro". 10 1998 02:51PM P2
Tsulquate River Project
Project Summary
for the period of September 1,1998 to December 10,1998
Submitted to
KwakiutJ Band Council 109 Tsakis Way PO Bc;IX 1440 pori Hardy, Be VON2PO .12!1~!98 14:38 FAX 1 250 949 9677 KWAKIUTL DIST.CL 1I1l004
FROM: NU'ISER Quatse Rlv",," Hatchery PHO~E NO. : 250 949 9022 D~o. 10 1998 02:51PM P3
September 1 :
Take measurements for fence and fish trap Work with property owners for access Make material list Construct new road section Repair existing road to fence Install gate EXcavator in to repair rip rap
September 14:
Crew starts Install fence. tap and fishway Construction of walkway Set anchors Brush cutting stories Creek coho brood capture ( 12 females; 30,000 eggs)
September 21 :
Tsulquate River coho brood capture (10 females; 28,000 eggs) Fence and trap operational Stephens Creek coho brood capture (80 females; 200, 000 eggs) Chum egg takes Nahwittl River coho brood capture (25 females; 62,500 eggs) O'Connor Lake juvenile rearing and sampling Pink sorts and egg takes Quatse coho brood capture and adult sampling Pre eyed egg piei October 1: 1997 brood coho fall fry releases from O'Connor lake Glen Lyon brood capture (25 females; 62,500 eggs) Begin coho egg takes Complete pink and chum egg takes Daily fish culture and maintenance Waukwass River coho brood capture (50 females; 100,000 eggs) Washlawlis River coho brood capture (30 females; 75,000 eg9s) Brood stocking trails cleared end maintained Mend nets 012/11,.198 14: 39 FAX 1 250 949 9677 KWAKIUTL DIST. CL 141005 FRd~ : NVISEA Q~atse Rlue~ Hatchery PHONE NO. : 250 949 9022 Dec. 10 1998 02:52PM P4 October 15: Wanokana coho brood capture (2 females; 5,000 eggs) Egg back picking Eyed egg sampling and Inventory Cluxewe coho brood capture (80 females; 200,000 eggs) Kokish River coho brood capture ( 65 females; 180,000) Waukwass River coho brood capture lIIet mending November 1: Clipping and hand grading of 1998 brood Quatse and Cluxewe steelhead Coho egg takes and adult sampling wee Level 3 First Aid training starting November 9 Fish culture December 1: Egg picking and eyed egg inventories Fish culture Hatchery maintenance O'Connor Lake net pen maintenance January to March 1999: Fish Habitat Assessment of Little Tsulquate River Fish Habitat Assessment of Jenkinson Creek Habitat Restoration work Fish Culture Juvenile rearing strategies and husbandry techniques