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PIT Tag Specification Document Columbia Basin PIT Tag Information System 2009 PIT Tag Specification Document Prepared by Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission for the PIT Tag Steering Committee October 15, 2009 Compiled and Edited by Dave Marvin and Jenn Nighbor Table of Contents I. 2009 Changes .............................................................................................................................5 II. Overview ....................................................................................................................................6 A. PIT Tag Information System Data Event Model .................................................................6 B. Data Use and Ethics .............................................................................................................8 C. Procedure to Request a New Validation Code .....................................................................9 D. Separation by Code Support ................................................................................................9 III. Data File Definitions ................................................................................................................12 A. Tag Data File ......................................................................................................................12 B. MiniMon Interrogation File ...............................................................................................24 C. MultiMon File ....................................................................................................................27 IV. Code Lists ................................................................................................................................28 A. Species Codes ....................................................................................................................28 B. Run Codes ..........................................................................................................................28 C. Rearing Type Codes ...........................................................................................................29 D. Verbose Species Run and Rearing Type Codes .................................................................29 E. Coordinator ID Codes ........................................................................................................30 F. Conditional Comments (Flag Codes).................................................................................36 G. Hatchery Codes ..................................................................................................................39 H. Capture Method Codes ......................................................................................................41 I. Tagging Method Codes ......................................................................................................42 J. Organization Codes ............................................................................................................43 K. Tag, Release, and Recovery Site Codes .............................................................................44 L. PIT Tag Steering Committee Members, 2009 ...................................................................85 V. Glossary of Terms ....................................................................................................................86 2009 PIT Tag Specification Document Table of Contents 2 Appendix A. Hydrologic Unit Codes............................................................................................95 A1. Classification System .........................................................................................................95 A2. Explanation of Hydrologic Unit Codes..............................................................................96 A3. Hydrologic Unit Names .....................................................................................................96 A4. Columbia Basin Hydrologic Unit Codes ...........................................................................97 Appendix B. Antenna Group Naming Standards ..........................................................................99 B1. Naming Standard for PIT Tag Antenna Groups at Juvenile Fish Facilities ....................99 B2. Naming Standard Example ..............................................................................................100 Appendix C: Interrogation Site Configurations ..........................................................................101 C1. Bonneville Powerhouse 2 Juvenile (B2J).......................................................................102 C2. Bonneville Bradford Island Adult Fish Ladder (BO1)...................................................103 C3. Bonneville Cascades Island Adult Fish Ladder (BO2) ..................................................104 C4. Bonneville Washington Shore Adult Fish Ladder (BO3) ..............................................105 C5. Bonneville Washington Shore Ladder Vertical Slots (BO4) .........................................106 C6. Clark Flat Acclimation Site (CFJ) ..................................................................................107 C7. Easton Acclimation Site (ESJ) .......................................................................................108 C8. Little Goose Dam (GOJ) ................................................................................................109 C9. Lower Granite Dam Adult Fish Ladder and Trap (GRA) ..............................................110 C10. Lower Granite Dam Juvenile Fish Facility (GRJ) .......................................................111 C11. Ice Harbor Fish Ladders and Full Flow Bypass (ICH) ................................................112 C12. Jack Creek Acclimation Site (JCJ) ...............................................................................113 C13. John Day Dam (JDJ) ....................................................................................................114 C14. Lower Monumental Dam (LMJ) ..................................................................................115 C15. McNary Oregon Shore Ladder (MC1) .........................................................................116 C16. McNary Washington Shore Ladder (MC2) ..................................................................117 2009 PIT Tag Specification Document Table of Contents 3 C17. McNary Juvenile Fish Facility (MCJ) ..........................................................................118 C18. Priest Rapids Dam Fish Ladders (PRA) .......................................................................119 C19. Prosser Fish Ladders and Sampling Facility (PRO).....................................................120 C20. Rock Island Dam Fish Ladders (RIA)..........................................................................121 C21. Rocky Reach Dam Adult Fishway (RRF) ....................................................................122 C22. Roza Dam Adult Fishway (RZF) .................................................................................123 C23. Wells Dam Fish Ladders (WEA) ................................................................................124 C24. Interrogation Site Configuration History ......................................................................125 C25. Interrogation Site Operations History ...........................................................................187 Appendix D. Columbia Basin Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) Maps ..........................................193 Appendix E. Perpetual Day-of-Year (DoY) Calendars ..............................................................198 E1. Perpetual DoY Calendar — Non-Leap Years ..................................................................198 E2. Perpetual DoY Calendar — Leap Years ..........................................................................199 2009 PIT Tag Specification Document Table of Contents 4 I. 2009 Changes The following is a list of significant changes made to the 2004 PIT Tag Specification Document resulting in this 2009 PIT Tag Specification Document: 1. Changed “2004” year references to “2009” throughout. 2. Section I now contains the list of changes from the previous document. Section II now contains the Program Overview. 3. Section II: Overview – Modified the “PIT Tag Data Event Model” and expanded the description. 4. Section II: Request PIT Tag Distribution – Removed section. 5. Section III: Updated all occurrences of “Tagging File” to “Tag Data File”, “Coil ID” to “Antenna ID”, “Checksum” to “Transceiver ID”, and “Monitor” to “Antenna Group”. 6. Section III: Updated the COORDINATOR ID tag header record definition to include references to a “long term project” as agreed to by the PTSC in 2005. Section IV: Removed the redundant Tag, Release, Recovery Location Table sorted by River KM. 2009 PIT Tag Specification Document I. 2009 Changes 5 II. Overview A. PIT Tag Information System Data Event Model Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags have been used since 1987 to monitor the movement and behavior of anadromous salmonids in the Columbia and Snake River basins. The Columbia Basin PIT Tag Information System (PTAGIS) was implemented in 1991 to manage the collection, correlation, and exchange of Columbia Basin PIT tag data. PTAGIS encompasses dedicated data collection software, a centralized relational database management system, and standardized data descriptions and reporting processes. In 2002, the scope of the Columbia Basin PTAGIS
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