Author: James R. Harbeck Publisher: ISBN: Category : Chinook salmon Languages : en Pages : 57
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"Radio telemetry was used to determine the migration behavior of adult Chinook salmon in the Lostine River during the 2010, 2011 and 2012 return years. The purpose of the study was to assess potential impediments to upstream passage and examine other characteristics of migrating salmon as they moved toward their spawning grounds. One hundred and fifty eight fish were tagged during the course of the study at the Lostine River weir site. One hundred and fifteen of those fish supplied relevant data for assessment. Fixed telemetry sites and stream flows at specific irrigation diversions were monitored during the migration season. Mobile telemetry surveys were also conducted to detect tagged fish between and above fixed sites. The Tulley Hill, Clearwater, Lostine and Sheep Ridge diversions were not complete barriers to migrating salmon during stream flows experienced by fish in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Passage delay was observed in terms of time needed to cross over the structures in all years. Fish were able to pass over the Clearwater Diversion during stream flows as low as 22 cfs in 2010 and required a mean time of 7 hours and 32 minutes to pass over the structure. Fish were able to pass over the Tulley Hill diversion during stream flows as low as 33 cfs in 2011 and 15 cfs in 2012. They required a mean time of 9 hours and 56 minutes to pass over the structure in 2011 and 7 hours and 18 minutes in 2012. Fish arriving at the Lostine Diversion passed the structure during flows as low as 24 cfs in 2011 and 21 cfs in 2012. They required a mean time of 3 hours and 28 minutes and 3 hours and 20 minutes respectively. Fish were able to pass over the Sheep Ridge Diversion during stream flows as low as 37 cfs in 2010, 48 cfs in 2011 and 25 cfs in 2012. The mean duration of upstream passage over the Sheep Ridge Diversion was 29 hours and 21 minutes in 2010, 3 hours and 12 minutes in 2011 and 12 hours in 2012. The majority of tagged fish were able to pass above the diversion structures on the first attempt in all years. Salmon moved upstream during all hours of the day with the exception of the early hours of initial day light. Fish moving upstream of the weir traveled an average of 9.4 km after release. Males tended to migrate further distances than females. Some males and females made extensive "up and down" stream movements. Migration travel rates between reaches were different in all years. Fish moving upstream through the lower reaches of the Lostine River traveled slower than through the upper reaches. Fish arriving at the Lostine River weir during the later part of the run moved faster upstream than earlier arriving fish. Final tag locations did not correspond to typical Lostine spawning locations. The relationship between when a salmon enters the Lostine River and where it eventually spawns is not yet clear."--Abstract.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 62
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We determined migration timing and abundance of juvenile spring chinook salmon from three populations in the Grande Ronde River basin. We estimated 6,716 juvenile chinook salmon left upper rearing areas of the Grande Ronde River from July 1997 to June 1998; approximately 6% of the migrants left in summer, 29% in fall, 2% in winter, and 63% in spring. We estimated 8,763 juvenile chinook salmon left upper rearing areas of Catherine Creek from July 1997 to June 1998; approximately 12% of the migrants left in summer, 37% in fall, 21% in winter, and 29% in spring. We estimated 8,859 juvenile chinook salmon left the Grande Ronde Valley, located below the upper rearing areas in Catherine Creek and the Grande Ronde River, from October 1997 to June 1998; approximately 99% of the migrants left in spring. We estimated 15,738 juvenile chinook salmon left upper rearing areas of the Lostine River from July 1997 to April 1998; approximately 3% of the migrants left in summer, 61% in fall, 2% in winter, and 34% in spring. We estimated 22,754 juvenile spring chinook salmon left the Wallowa Valley, located below the mouth of the Lostine River, from September 1997 to April 1998; approximately 55% of the migrants left in fall, 5% in winter, and 40% in spring. Juvenile chinook salmon PIT-tagged on the upper Grande Ronde River were detected at Lower Granite Dam from 4 April to 26 June 1998, with a median passage date of 1 May. PIT-tagged salmon from Catherine Creek were detected at Lower Granite Dam from 3 April to 26 June 1998, with a median passage date of 8 May. PIT-tagged salmon from the Lostine River were detected at Lower Granite Dam from 31 March through 26 May 1998, with a median passage date of 28 April. Juveniles tagged as they left the upper rearing areas of the Grande Ronde and Lostine rivers in fall and that overwintered in areas downstream were detected in the hydrosystem at a higher rate than fish tagged during winter in the upper rearing areas, indicating a higher overwinter survival in the downstream areas. Fish from Catherine Creek showed no difference in detection rates between the fall and winter tag groups, indicating similar overwinter survival in the upper and lower rearing areas. Chinook salmon parr were generally associated with low velocity habitat types during winter in Catherine Creek, and both winter and summer in the Lostine River. In summer 1997, we PIT-tagged parr on Catherine Creek and the Minam and Imnaha rivers in order to monitor their subsequent migration as smolts through the Snake and Columbia River hydrosystem. We found significant differences among populations in smolt migration timing at Lower Granite Dam in 1998. Fish from Catherine Creek and the Minam and Imnaha rivers were detected in the hydrosystem at rates of 16.4, 20.5, and 28.1%, respectively. In 1998, we estimated parr abundance and the number of parr produced per redd in Catherine Creek and the Lostine River. We estimated that 429 mature, age 1+ male parr and 13,222 immature, age 0+ parr were present in Catherine Creek in August. An average of 29 mature, age 1+ male parr and 287 immature, age 0+ parr were produced from each redd constructed in 1996 and 1997, respectively. We estimated that 75 mature, age 1+ male parr and 40,748 immature, age 0+ parr were present in the Lostine River in August. An average of 3 mature, age 1+ male parr and 832 immature, age 0+ parr were produced from each redd constructed in 1996 and 1997, respectively. For every anadromous female spawner in Catherine Creek and the Lostine River in 1998, there were an estimated 13 and 3 mature male parr, respectively.
Author: Caitlin Burgess Publisher: ISBN: Category : Salmon Languages : en Pages : 88
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Program RealTime provided tracking and forecasting of the 1999 inseason outmigration via the internet for stocks of wild PIT-tagged spring/summer chinook salmon. These stocks were ESUs from sixteen release sites above Lower Granite dam, including Bear Valley Creek, Big Creek, Cape Horn Creek, Catherine Creek, Elk Creek, Herd Creek, Imnaha River, Lake Creek, Loon Creek, Lostine River, Marsh Creek, Minam River, South Fork Salmon River, and Secesh River, Sulfur Creek and Valley Creek. Forecasts were also provided for a stock of hatchery-reared PIT-tagged summer-run sockeye salmon from Redfish Lake and for the runs-at-large of Snake River wild yearling chinook salmon, and steelhead trout. The 1999 RealTime project began making forecasts for a new stock of PIT-tagged wild fall subyearling chinook salmon, as a substitute for forecasts of the wild run-at-large, discontinued June 6. Forecasts for the run-at-large were discontinued when a large release of unmarked hatchery fish into the Snake River made identification of wild fish impossible. The 1999 Program RealTime performance was comparable to its performance in previous years with respect to the run-at-large of yearling chinook salmon (whole season MAD=3.7%), and the run of hatchery-reared Redfish Lake sockeye salmon (whole season MAD=6.7%). Season-wide performance of program RealTime predictions for wild Snake River yearling chinook salmon ESUs improved in 1999, with mean MADs from the first half of the outmigrations down from 15.1% in 1998 to 4.5% in 1999. RealTime performance was somewhat worse for the run-at-large of steelhead trout in 1999, compared to 1998, particularly during the last half of the outmigration when the MAD increased from 2.7% in 1998 to 6.1% in 1999. A pattern of over-predictions was observed in half of the yearling chinook salmon ESUs and the steelhead run-at-large during the month of May. Lower-than-average outflows were observed at Lower Granite dam during the first half of May, the only period of low flows in an year with otherwise higher-than-average-flows. The passage distribution of the stock new to the RealTime forecasting project, the PIT tagged stock of fall subyearling chinook salmon, was predicted with very good accuracy (whole season MAD=4.7%), particularly during the last half of the outmigration (MAD=3.6%). The RealTime project reverted to a pre-1998 method of adjusting PIT-tagged smolt counts at Lower Granite Dam because of its superior performance during the last half of the outmigration.
Author: Tony Eskelin Publisher: ISBN: Category : Chinook salmon Languages : en Pages : 96
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The migratory timing and distribution of Kenai River Chinook salmon was examined using radio telemetry for 2014 and 2015. Spawning destinations were determined for 153 Chinook salmon in 2014 and 39 in 2015. Radiotagging data since 2010 are presented with data from 2014 and 2015 when appropriate. Of the Chinook salmon radiotagged during the early run in 2014, 81% (SE 4%) spawned in tributaries (range 72-85% since 2010). Radiotagged tributary-spawning Chinook salmon primarily spawned in the Killey River, Benjamin Creek, and Funny River during all years. Estimated Killey River Chinook salmon escapements based on weir passage and radiotag distribution within the Killey River drainage ranged from 3,564 (SE 500) to 3,934 (SE 627) during 2012-2015. In 2014, all but 2 Chinook salmon radiotagged during the late run (after 30 June) spawned in the mainstem of the Kenai River. The highest proportion of radiotagged mainstem spawners in 2014 were downstream of the Soldotna Bridge at RM 21 (39% SE 6%) and between the Moose River confluence at river mile (RM) 36.3 and Skilak Lake outlet at RM 50 (36% SE 6%). During 2012-2014, an average of 4.0% (SE 1.2%) of assigned mainstem spawning destinations were downstream of the RM 13.7 Chinook salmon sonar. For tributary spawners during 2010-2014, 69% and 95% were in waters with existing closures and restrictions upstream of Slikok Creek on July 1 and July 15, respectively. On 1 July, 23% of tributary spawners were in waters open to fishing upstream of Slikok Creek and 8% were downstream of Slikok Creek. In July, mainstem-spawning Chinook salmon radiotagged in 2012-2014 were primarily (51-59%) in waters open to fishing downstream of Slikok Creek; the rest were upstream: 23-30% in unrestricted waters and 12-20% in closed or restricted waters.
Author: David M. Price Publisher: ISBN: Category : Chinook salmon Languages : en Pages : 154
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I examined habitat electivity and movement patterns of adult spring chinook salmon at microhabitat and channel unit spatial scales, and seasonal to annual temporal scales in seven streams in the Grande Ronde, John Day, and Imnaha basins. The objective was to compare habitat use and availability among streams, channel units, and microhabitats, and to assess chinook salmon fidelity to those habitats using radio-telemetry. The analyses showed that habitat quality and availability in the seven study streams varied. Each stream posed different physical constraints on adult chinook salmon habitat; this was reflected by the differential use of habitat by salmon among streams. Salmon elected pools almost exclusively in the John Day Basin, whereas pools and riffles were elected in near equal proportion in the Grande Ronde and Inmaha basins. Within streams, use was similar between years. Almost all salmon were observed in association with cover, but the type of cover largely reflected availablity. Chinook salmon elected the deepest depths within channel units (microhabitat scale), but not necessarily the deepest channel units among streams (channel unit scale). Chinook salmon did not elect cooler stream temperatures within channel units in any study stream, except the Middle Fork John Day River. Radio-tagged chinook showed a high fidelity to habitats, except when stream temperatures approached lethal limits. Due to stream specific differences in habitat availability and use, multiscale habitat assessments for individual streams are recommended to increase the success of watershed restoration activities.
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