Year | Accomplishment |
1999 |
** ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
(Listed only for 1999 but typical for all years)
* Minor accomplishments not listed.
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1999 |
COLUMBIA RIVER SAMPLING PROGRAM (ODFW and WDFW): |
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Randomly sampled mainstem Columbia River non-Indian and Treaty Indian commercial fisheries and the recreational fisheries at minimum 20% sampling rate. |
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Randomly sampled Willamette and Clackamas River spring chinook sport fisheries plus fall chinook and coho returning to Oregon escapement areas below Bonneville Dam. |
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Randomly sampled all major Washington tributary recreational fisheries plus spring/fall chinook and coho returning to escapement areas below McNary Dam. |
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Randomly sampled fall chinook recreational fisheries and returns to the spawning grounds on the Hanford Reach on the upper Columbia River. |
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Estimated total catch and effort in the mainstem Columbia River commercial and recreational fisheries (including Buoy 10), and in the spring chinook fisheries in the Willamette and Clackamas Rivers. |
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Estimated spawning populations for Oregon's lower Columbia River tributaries, all major Washington tributaries, and fall chinook returning to Hanford Reach. |
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Estimated returns to Oregon's lower Columbia River fall chinook hatcheries. |
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Estimated stock composition of summer steelhead and brights/tule fall chinook at Bonneville Dam. |
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Estimated catch and effort in all major Washington tributary recreational fisheries and in the fall chinook recreational fishery on Hanford reach. |
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Determined age composition for all Columbia River basin recreational and commercial fisheries (including Washington tributary fisheries) for spring and fall chinook. |
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Determined stock composition of Columbia River mainstem and Washington terminal area fisheries and hatchery/wild ratios of summer steelhead at Bonneville Dam. |
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Produced run reconstruction and pre-season run size forecasts for all major salmonid stocks and ESA substocks. |
1999 |
OREGON OCEAN SAMPLING PROGRAM (ODFW): |
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Sampled Oregon's ocean commercial troll and sport salmon fisheries at a minimum goal of 20% of the weekly landed catch within major ocean sampling catch areas. |
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Sampled 33,670 Chinook salmon of a total 124,869 landed (27%) for CWT's in the Oregon ocean commercial troll fishery;
collected 1,766 CWT's from fin clipped chinook during April through October. |
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Interviewed and sampled 3,187 of 6,305 (52%) ocean sport charter boat trips; 14,011 of 32,216 (43%) ocean private boat trips. Sampled a combined 3,175 (41%) chinook and 6,305 (46%) coho (selective fin-clipped coho fishery sampled using electronic wands) |
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Collected 188 sport Chinook and 502 coho CWT's. Accomplished required minimum of sampling at least 20% of landed catch in both troll and sport fisheries by port of landing and month, although a few individual weeks may have dropped below 20% minimum. |
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Estimated total commercial troll and sport salmon harvest by species in Oregon's ocean fisheries. |
1999 |
CLACKAMAS CWT PROCESSING CENTER (ODFW): |
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Timely processing of sampled snouts by ODFW's Clackamas lab for extraction and decoding of CWTs. |
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A total of 8,962 snouts were processed in 1999. Breakdown by sampled fishery is: Hatchery returns (4,118); River Sport (779), Spawning Ground Surveys (65), Commercial Gillnet (2,079), Ceremonial and Subsistence (53), and Ocean Sport and Troll (1,868) |
2000 |
A total of 7,524 snouts were processed from January through March 2000. Breakdown by sampled fishery is: Hatchery Returns (3,274), River Sport (148), Spawning Ground Surveys (215), Commercial Gillnet (3,885), and Ocean Sport and Troll (2) |
1999 |
DATA MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES (ODFW and WDFW): |
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Ocean and Col R. CWT recovery data merged with catch/sample data to determine survival, distribution, harvest rates, contribution and status of wild, natural and hatchery salmon and steelhead stocks. Data reported to PSMFC's RMIS system and other users. |
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Wide variety of reports produced by WDFW and ODFW, including annual status reports summarizing fish runs, population status, fisheries and escapements. |
1999 |
REGIONAL MARK PROCESSING CENTER'S ACTIVITIES (PSMFC): |
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Regional access to all CWT data (release, recovery, and catch/sample records) provided through PSMFC's on-line 'Regional Mark Information System' (http://www.rmis.org/). |
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
COLUMBIA BASIN CWT SAMPLING
Joint ODFW/WDFW Program
(Objectives 1-3) |
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$0 |
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1. Recover CWTs from adults returning to the Columbia River |
a. Randomly sample salmonids landed in non-Indian, including select area and treaty Indian commercial fisheries. |
ongoing |
$247,579 |
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b. Randomly sample salmonids landed in sport fisheries occurring in the mainstem Columbia River, including Buoy 10, and all major Washington tributaries. |
ongoing |
$408,963 |
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c. Randomly sample salmonids returning to escapement areas (e.g. dams, hatcheries, and natural spawning areas). |
ongoing |
$234,906 |
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2. Estimate total number of salmon landed in Columbia River commercial and sport fisheries and returning to escapement areas. |
a. Estimate total number of salmonids landed, by species, in Columbia River non-Indian (including select area) and treaty Indian commercial fisheries for use in determining CWT expansion factors. |
ongoing |
$53,598 |
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b. Estimate total number of salmonids landed in sport fisheries in the Columbia River mainstem (including Buoy 10) and all major Washington tributaries for use in determining CWT expansion factors. |
ongoing |
$69,321 |
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c. Estimate total number of salmonids returning to escapement areas (e.g. dams, hatcheries, and natural spawning areas) for use in determining CWT expansion factors. |
ongoing |
$53,871 |
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d. Estimate number of bright and tule fall chinook, based on skin color, and group A and group B summer steelhead, based on size, passing Bonneville Dam for use in developing run size estimates. |
ongoing |
$115,399 |
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3. Summarize and analyze data collected under Objectives 1 and 2. |
a. Provide CWT recovery data, including expansion factors, to PSMFC for inclusion in the RMIS database. |
ongoing |
$17,866 |
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b. Determine age composition of salmonids landed in the Columbia River (including major tributaries) sport and commercial fisheries, and returning to escapement areas for use in determining annual run sizes. |
ongoing |
$105,532 |
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.c. Determine stock composition of salmonids landed in the Columbia River (including major tributaries) sport and commercial fisheries, and returning to escapement areas for use in determining annual run sizes. |
ongoing |
$25,727 |
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d. Determine hatchery/wild composition of group A and group B summer steelhead landed in the Columbia River (including major tributaries) sport and commercial fisheries, and returning to escapement areas for use in determining annual run sizes. |
ongoing |
$33,248 |
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e. Determine number of salmonids, by species and stock, returning to the Columbia River annually for the purpose of determining status of Columbia River salmonid populations. |
ongoing |
$54,076 |
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f. Make run forecasts, by species/stock for coming year for management strategies (i.e., fishery management, hydrosystem operations, and hatchery operations) necessary to protect listed and depressed stocks. |
ongoing |
$61,802 |
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OCEAN CWT SAMPLING: ODFW
Program (Objectives 4-6) |
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$0 |
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4. CWT Recovery in Oregon Ocean Chinook and coho Fisheries |
a. Randomly sample ocean commercial troll salmon fisheries at ports and buying stations for effort, catch and CWT's |
Ongoing |
$76,982 |
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b. Randomly sample ocean sport salmon fisheries at ports and landing access locations for effort, catch and CWT's |
Ongoing |
$165,409 |
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5. Determine total Oregon ocean commercial troll and sport effort and landings by time/area from expansions of sampled data in both fisheries. |
a. Estimate total commercial troll salmonid landings, by species, to determine CWT expansion factors |
Ongoing |
$1,512 |
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b. Estimate total sport salmonid landings, by species, to determine CWT expansion factors |
Ongoing |
$1,512 |
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6. Summarize annual effort, landings, and CWT data to determine stocks represented in Oregon ocean salmonid fisheries |
a. Upload consolidated ocean port sampling salmonid data onto ODFW mainframe. |
Ongoing |
$4,031 |
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b. Complete error check of CWT recovery data base |
Ongoing |
$11,067 |
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c. Match CWT release data with CWT recovery data; final error checks; process CWT expansions; report Oregon total ocean salmon catch and CWT data to PSMFC "RMIS" center |
Ongoing |
$1,512 |
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d. Provide stratified time/area ocean fishery data and analysis and, CWT recovery information to regional managers; annual report |
Ongoing |
$27,940 |
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CLACKAMAS CWT TAG RECOVERY
LAB: ODFW (Objectives 7-8) |
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$0 |
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7. Process fish heads containing CWTs |
a. Recover and decode CWTs |
Ongoing |
$103,000 |
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8. CWT Recovery Data Delivery |
a. Verify and report CWT recoveries to ODFW's data management operations and to PSMFC's RMIS system |
Ongoing |
$68,134 |
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PSMFC REGIONAL MARK PROCESSING CENTER:
(Objectives 9-10) |
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$0 |
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9. Provide regional CWT data management |
a. Maintain and upgrade the regional database for all CWT releases and recoveries, including release and recovery data from ODFW, WDFW and USFWS. |
Ongoing |
$86,359 |
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b. Maintain and upgrade PSMFC's on-line "Regional Mark Information System" (RMIS), to facilitate on-line user retrieval of regional CWT release, recovery, and catch/sample data. |
Ongoing |
$64,769 |
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c. Produce and distribute special request reports and/or subsets of raw data for CWT releases, recoveries, and catch/samples. |
Ongoing |
$21,590 |
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10. Provide regional coordination of marking programs. |
a. Serve on regional committees that involve coordination of marking and coded wire tags. This includes PSC's Data Sharing, Data Standards and Catch/Effort committees and chairing the Regional Mark Committee. |
Ongoing |
$28,067 |
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b. Assist in the resolution of political issues in marking salmonids, including mass marking of hatchery stocks and the impact on the integrity of the coastwide CWT program. |
Ongoing |
$15,113 |
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**PSMFC administrative fee (2%) on pass-through funds |
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$20,843 |
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1) COL BASIN: ODFW's increased costs reflect a 2% increase in salary plus step increases at 5%. In addition, two R-95 tube detectors are budgeted ($56,400 total) to meet the shift to electronic sampling for CWTs. WDFW added staff time to sample the lower Yakima R. Additional costs were incurred in switching the PSMFC employees from the state to the federal GS salary schedule.
2) OCEAN: PFMC added a commercial troll coho "selective" fishery in 2000, expanded troll fishing days, and added fishing time/area. Ocean sport coho salmon selective fisheries have expanded for both Columbia R. ocean area and the central coast area. Increased costs are for added seasonal port sampler time and to cover COLA's and salary adjustments. 3) PSMFC's Mark Center added a position (now 3 staff) in mid FY2000 to keep up with accelerating data management needs for integration of CWT information at the subbasin and subregion levels to meet Fish/Wildlife Program's emphasis on monitoring and evaluation.
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
In the ocean portion of the project, PFMC added a commercial troll coho "selective" fishery in 2000, expanded troll fishing days, and added fishing time/area. Ocean sport coho salmon selective fisheries have expanded for both the Columbia River ocean area and the central coast area. Increased costs are for added seasonal port sampler time and to cover COLA's and salary adjustments. PSMFC's Mark Center added a position (now staff of three) in mid FY 2000 to keep up with accelerating data management needs for integration of CWT information at the subbasin and subregion levels to meet Fish/Wildlife Program's emphasis on monitoring and evaluation.
There is no change in scope of work.