Proposal title | Lyons Ferry Complex (Lyons Ferry and Tucannon Hatchery) Operations and Maintenance |
Proposal ID | 200112 |
Organization | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Name | Harold R. Harty |
Mailing address | P.O. Box 278 Starbuck, WA 99359-0278 |
Phone / email | 5096469201 / hartyhbh@dfw.wa.gov |
Manager authorizing this project | Dan Herrig, Coordinator; LSRCP |
Review cycle | LSRCP |
Province / Subbasin | Mountain Snake / Clearwater |
Short description | Restore Snake River Fall Chinook fisheries and populations through release of sub-yearling and yearling smolts produced at the Lyons Ferry Complex. Provide a trout fisheries through release of juvenile rainbow trout produced at the Lyons Ferry Complex |
Target species | Oncoryhnchus tshawytscha, fall chinook; Oncorynchus mykiss (Kamploop) rainbow trout |
Year | Accomplishment |
1995 |
Propagate 50K fry and 25K fingerling Spokane stock rainbow trout |
1996 |
Propagate 50K fry and 25K fingerling Spokane stock rainbow trout |
1997 |
Propagate 200K yearling fall Chinook, 254K sub-yearling fall Chinook, 50K fry and 25K fingerling Spokane stock rainbow trout |
1998 |
Propagate 68K yearling fall Chinook, 76K sub-yearling fall Chinook, 23K fingerling Kamloop rainbow trout and 50K fry Spokane stock rainbow trout |
1999 |
Propagate 232K yearling fall Chinook, 351K sub-yearling fall Chinook, 23K fingerling Kamloop rainbow trout and 50K fry Spokane stock rainbow trout |
2000 |
Propagate 136K yearling fall Chinook, 898K sub-yearling fall Chinook, 25K fingerling Kamloop rainbow trout and 50K fry Spokane stock rainbow trout |
2001 |
Propagate 116K yearling fall Chinook, 862K sub-yearling fall Chinook, 25K fingerling Kamloop rainbow trout and 50K fry Spokane stock rainbow trout |
Project ID | Title | Description |
|
Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (LSRCP) |
Mitigation for damages caused to populations of fish and wildlife within the Lower Snake River as a result of construction of the four lower Snake dams (part of the FCRPS) |
|
US v Oregon CRFMP |
Production will meet agreements negotiated in the CRFMP. |
|
Idaho Fish and Game - Resident trout program |
Lyons Ferry production transferred to IDF&G for release in the Clearwater Basin. |
199801004 |
LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation - Nez Perce Tribe (NPT) |
Lyons Ferry production transferred to NPT operated acclimation facilities for release in Clearwater Basin. Documents adult run size, evaluates acclimated rearing, size and time of release. |
8335000 |
Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery |
Lyons Ferry production transferred to NPT operated acclimation facilities for release. Fall Chinook broodstock for NPT hatchery derived from adult returns of Lyons Ferry production |
199801003 |
USFWS - Fall Chinook Spawning Distribution |
Fall Chinook spawning distribution within basin via radio telemetry and aerial flights |
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2002 cost | Subcontractor |
1. Coordinate Lyons Ferry Complex operations with co-managers |
a. Develop Annual Operations Plan (AOP) directing Lyons Ferry Complex operations and co-manager activities. |
continuous |
$2,300 |
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b. Participate in periodic Lyons Ferry Complex operations reviews and quarterly coordination meetings with co-managers to coordinate activities. |
continuous |
$0 |
|
2. Produce 150K smolt Snake River stock fall Chinook |
a. Collect broodstock at Lyons Ferry Hatchery and Lower Granite Dam, transport to adult holding at Lyons Ferry Hatchery |
continuous |
$96,725 |
|
|
b. Spawn adults and incubate eggs at Lyons Ferry Hatchery |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
c. Pond fry and juvenile per production profile |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
d. Perform fish health (i.e., sinpection, treatment, etc.), propagation (i.e., feeding, pond cleaning, etc.) and facility main- tenance on a scheduled and as needed basis. |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
e. Adipose fin clip, CWT and VI (elastomer) tag |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
f. Transport to NPT acclimation facilities for release |
continuous |
$0 |
|
3. Produce 1.2M sub-yearling Snake River stock fall Chinook (estimated as sub-yearling production dependant on egg take and PAC decisions |
a. Collect broodstock at Lyons Ferry Hatchery and Lower Granite Dam, transport to adult holding at Lyons Ferry Hatchery |
continuous |
$813,026 |
|
|
b. Spawn adults and incubate eggs at Lyons Ferry Hatchery |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
c. Pond fry per production profile |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
d. Perform fish health (i.e., inspection, treatment, etc.), propagation (i.e., feeding, pond cleaning, etc.) and facility maintenance on a scheduled and as needed basis. |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
e. Adipose fin clip, CWT and VI (elastomer) tag |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
f. Transport to NPT acclimation facilities for release |
continuous |
$0 |
|
4. Produce 25K fingerling Kamloop rainbow trout |
a. Receive at Tucannon Hatchery 37K eyed eggs from Hayspur Hatchery |
continuous |
$15,076 |
|
|
b. Trough and pond fry and juvenile per production profile |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
c. Transfer juvenile to Lyons Ferry Hatchery for final rearing and marking |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
d. Perform fish health (i.e., inspection, treatment, etc.), propagation (i.e., feeding, pond cleaning, etc.) and facility maintenance on a scheduled and as needed basis. |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
e. Left ventral fin clip |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
f. Transfer to Idaho Fish and Game for release |
continuous |
$0 |
|
5. Produce 50K fry Spokane rainbow trout |
a. Receive eyed eggs from Spokane Hatchery |
continuous |
$32,422 |
|
|
b. Trough and pond fry per production profile |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
c. Perform fish health (i.e., inspection, treatment, etc.), propagation (i.e., feeding, pond cleaning, etc.) and facility maintenance on a scheduled and as needed basis. |
continuous |
$0 |
|
|
d. Transfer to Idaho Fish and Game for release |
continuous |
$0 |
|
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Although they have taken considerable action to prevent their program from causing further jeopardy for wild stocks, and will continue to do so, they inform the ISRP that they will not stop mitigation actions authorized under the LSRCP. They blame NMFS in one instance, for not providing guidance on the amount of reduction needed to preclude deleterious effects in wild fish, but WDFW should take responsibility in determining what steps to take to avoid potential harm caused by the fish they release. The intent of this program is to use LSRCP authorization to produce fish for harvest, but a primary intent of other basin programs is to conserve native species and increase abundance to useful and persistent levels. These differing views of "basin management" may have several incompatibilities.
If hatchery production (Project 200114) was reduced by 7,000 lb annually to redirect some money into habitat structure construction (p 4), does that habitat structure work continue today?