HATCHERY AND GENETIC MANAGEMENT PLAN (HGMP) Hatchery Program: South Santiam Spring Chinook Salmon Species or Hatchery Stock: Spring Chinook Salmon (stock 024) Operator/Funding Agency: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife/ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Watershed and Region: Upper Willamette Watershed District Date Submitted: September 1, 2016 Date Last Updated: August 23, 2016 SECTION 1. GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................................................... 7 1.1) Name of hatchery or program: ......................................................................................... 7 1.2) Species and population (or stock) under propagation and Endangered Species Act (ESA) status: ............................................................................................................................... 7 1.3) Responsible organization and individuals: ....................................................................... 7 1.4) Funding source, staffing level, and annual hatchery program operational costs: ............ 8 1.5) Location of hatchery and associated facilities: ................................................................ 9 1.6) Type of program: ............................................................................................................ 10 1.7) Purpose (goal) of program: ............................................................................................ 11 1.8) Justification for the program: ......................................................................................... 11 1. 9 & 1.10) List of program "Performance Standards" and “Performance Indicators": .......... 12 1.11) Expected size of program: ............................................................................................. 21 1.11.1) Proposed annual broodstock collection level: ........................................................ 21 1.11.2) Proposed annual fish releases: ................................................................................ 21 1.12) Current program performance: ...................................................................................... 21 1.13) Date program started: ..................................................................................................... 24 1.14) Expected duration of program: ...................................................................................... 24 1.15) Target watersheds: ......................................................................................................... 24 1.16) Alternative actions considered: ...................................................................................... 24 1.16.1) Key issues and alternatives: ................................................................................... 25 SECTION 2. PROGRAM EFFECTS ON ESA-LISTED SALMONID POPULATIONS ......... 25 2.1) ESA permits or authorizations: ...................................................................................... 25 2.2) ESA-listed natural populations in the target area ........................................................... 26 2.2.1) Description of ESA-listed Salmonid population(s) affected by the program ........ 26 2.2.2) Status of ESA-listed Salmonid population(s) affected by the program: ................ 31 2.2.3) Potential take of listed fish due to hatchery activities: ........................................... 37 SECTION 3. RELATIONSHIP OF PROGRAM TO OTHER MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 3.1) Alignment of the hatchery program with any Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU)-wide hatchery plan: ............................................................................................................................ 40 3.2) Existing cooperative agreements, memoranda of understanding, memoranda of agreement, or other management plans or court orders under which program operates: ......... 49 3.3) Relationship to harvest objectives: ................................................................................. 49 3.3.1) Fisheries benefiting from the program: ...................................................................... 49 3.4) Relationship to habitat protection and recovery strategies: ........................................... 50 3.5) Ecological interactions: .................................................................................................. 51 SECTION 4. WATER SOURCE ................................................................................................. 52 4.1) Water source, water quality profile, and water-driven limitations to production: ......... 52 4.2) Measures to minimize take associated with hatchery water withdrawal, screening, or effluent discharge: ..................................................................................................................... 52 SECTION 5. FACILITIES .......................................................................................................... 53 5.1) Broodstock collection facilities: ..................................................................................... 53 5.2) Fish transportation equipment: ....................................................................................... 53 5.3) Broodstock holding and spawning facilities: ................................................................. 54 5.4) Incubation facilities: ....................................................................................................... 54 5.5) Rearing facilities: ........................................................................................................... 54 2 5.6) Acclimation/release facilities: ........................................................................................ 55 5.7) Operational difficulties or disasters: .............................................................................. 55 5.8) Back-up systems and risk aversion measures to minimize the take of listed natural fish: 55 SECTION 6. BROODSTOCK ORIGIN AND IDENTITY ........................................................ 55 6.1) Source: ............................................................................................................................ 55 6.2) Supporting information: ................................................................................................. 55 6.2.1) History: ................................................................................................................... 55 6.2.2) Annual size: ............................................................................................................ 58 6.2.3) Past and proposed level of natural-origin fish in broodstock: ................................ 58 6.2.4) Genetic or ecological differences: .......................................................................... 59 6.2.5) Reasons for choosing: ............................................................................................ 60 6.3) Risk aversion measures to minimize adverse effects to listed natural fish due to broodstock selection practices: ................................................................................................. 60 SECTION 7. BROODSTOCK COLLECTION .......................................................................... 60 7.1) Life stage to be collected:............................................................................................... 60 7.2) Collection or sampling design: ....................................................................................... 60 7.3) Identity: .......................................................................................................................... 61 7.4) Proposed number to be collected: .................................................................................. 61 7.4.1) Program goal: ......................................................................................................... 61 7.4.2) Broodstock collection levels in recent years: ......................................................... 61 7.5) Disposition of surplus hatchery-origin fish: ................................................................... 62 7.6) Fish transportation and holding methods: ...................................................................... 63 7.7) Fish health maintenance and sanitation procedures: ...................................................... 64 7.8) Disposition of carcasses: ................................................................................................ 64 7.9) Risk aversion measures to minimize adverse effects to listed natural fish due to broodstock collection: ............................................................................................................... 64 SECTION 8. MATING ................................................................................................................ 65 8.1) Selection method: ........................................................................................................... 65 8.2) Males: ............................................................................................................................. 65 8.3) Fertilization: ................................................................................................................... 65 8.4) Cryopreserved gametes: ................................................................................................. 66 8.5) Risk