U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Quilcene National Fish Hatchery Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan February 2007 COMPREHENSIVE HATCHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN Quilcene National Fish Hatchery Prepared by: Quilcene National Fish Hatchery 281 Fish Hatchery Road Quilcene, WA 98376 Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Office Fisheries Division 510 Desmond Drive SE Lacey, WA 98503 Olympia Fish Health Center 3859 Martin Way E, Suite 101 Olympia, WA 98506 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region One February 2007 Quilcene National Fish Hatchery – Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan Explanation of Purpose Quilcene National Fish Hatchery – Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan This Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan (CHMP) for the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery (NFH) is an operational management plan which outlines policies, legal mandates, goals and objectives relevant to the overall management of the station. This document is a planning and reference tool and is not a decision-making or policy-making document. Additional documents developed in separate processes are referenced in this CHMP and provide biological, policy, legal, and management analysis of the Quilcene NFH. These documents include the Hood Canal Salmon Management Plan and Hatchery Genetic Management Plan. The correct citation for this plan is: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2007. Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan for the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Quilcene National Fish Hatchery, Quilcene, Washington. iii Quilcene National Fish Hatchery - Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan This Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan for the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery addresses the Pacific Region's requirement to integrate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service objectives and priorities with those of co-managers, other agencies, and resource programs; fulfill obligations under the Endangered Species Act and relevant fisheries conservation, mitigation, and management programs; identify and define in specifics what hatchery reforms are implemented to achieve objectives; and provide a foundation for future program and budget development and review. /? Submitted by: Ron Wong Project Leader, Quilcene NF @*6 Bob Wunderlich Date Manager, WWFWO Fisheries Division &n-e q117/06 Sonia ~umford Date Fish Health Biologist, Olympia FHC Approved: Date Quilcene National Fish Hatchery – Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan Acknowledgements Dan Diggs and Doug DeHart developed the initial concept of Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plans, along with Chuck Dunn, Lee Hillwig, Ed Forner, Kate Benkert, Bob Semple, Larry Marchant, Ed Lamotte, Bob Wunderlich, Ron Wong, Ray Jones, Thomas Trock, Brian Cates, and Rich Johnson. Linda Moore provided assistance in the publication of this report. v Quilcene National Fish Hatchery – Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan Table of Contents Explanation of Purpose..................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements......................................................................................................................... v List of Attachments........................................................................................................................ xi Executive Summary...................................................................................................................... xii Plan Overview........................................................................................................................... xii Hatchery Purpose...................................................................................................................... xii Hatchery Goals.......................................................................................................................... xii Harvest contribution.................................................................................................................xiii Economic benefit .....................................................................................................................xiii Planning Issues.........................................................................................................................xiii Hatchery reform.......................................................................................................................xiii Marking....................................................................................................................................xiii Juvenile salmon distribution and production numbers ............................................................xiii Instream Flow .......................................................................................................................... xiv Water shortage (drought) ......................................................................................................... xiv Surplus adult salmon distribution ............................................................................................ xiv Fish passage and ladder management...................................................................................... xiv Penny Creek impasse ............................................................................................................... xiv Actions to Help Recover Listed and Depressed Populations................................................... xiv Funding .................................................................................................................................... xiv CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND..................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of and Need for Plan ................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Description of Planning Process ............................................................................................... 2 1.3 Composition of Planning Team ................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Review and Update of Plan....................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Fisheries Program Mission, Goals, and Priorities..................................................................... 3 1.6 National Fish Hatchery System - Overview and Statutory Mandates/Authorities ................... 4 1.7 Regional Fishery Goals and Priorities ...................................................................................... 6 1.7.1 Implementing Hatchery Reform ........................................................................................ 6 1.7.2 Implementing Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plans............................................ 6 1.7.3 Hatchery Evaluations......................................................................................................... 6 1.7.4 Hatchery Evaluation Teams............................................................................................... 6 1.7.5 Habitat Restoration and Technical Assistance to Other Regional Programs..................... 6 1.7.6 Tribal and Federal Lands ................................................................................................... 6 1.7.7 Fish Passage Improvement ................................................................................................ 6 1.7.8 Endangered Species Act .................................................................................................... 7 1.7.9 Compliance With Court Agreements and Other Legal Obligations .................................. 7 1.7.10 Mitigation......................................................................................................................... 7 1.7.11 Restoration and Recovery of Native Fishes..................................................................... 7 1.7.12 Ecosystem Approach and Cross-program Coordination.................................................. 7 vi Quilcene National Fish Hatchery – Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan 1.7.13 Make Full Use of Computer and Database Technology.................................................. 7 1.7.14 Outreach........................................................................................................................... 7 1.8 Legal and Policy Guidance ....................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2. HATCHERY AND RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS.............................................. 8 2.1 Hatchery Overview ................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Hatchery Purpose...................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Facility and Site Descriptions ................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Archeology/Cultural Resources.............................................................................................. 11 2.5 Watershed/Ecosystem Setting................................................................................................. 12 2.5.1 General Description ......................................................................................................... 12 2.5.2 Geology...........................................................................................................................