NOAA PIT Tag needs

NOAA needs to develop an internal PIT tag plan

integrating research and monitoring objectives

Primary Issues• FCRPS BiOp Requirements

• Status monitoring• Precision of estimates

• Adequate PIT Tag coverage of groups of interest (ESU,DPS, MPG, etc)

• Uncertainties associated with PIT tagging• Detection sites• Compass model

BiOp Requirements

• FCRPS Survival• Transport vs. In-River• SAR• Adult Upstream Conversion Rates• Evaluations of mitigation and

enhancement measures• PTAGIS maintenance and improvement

Status Monitoring

• Monitoring of intensively monitored watersheds

• Monitoring of populations of concern

Precision

Other Precision ConcernsIncreased surface passage = decreased detectionMCN-BON survival. Precision of annual and within-season SAR’s and

TIR’sReach survivals for other ESU’s (e.g., upper

Columbia wild-origin fish, Lower Columbia ESU’s) are often imprecise or absent

Uncertainties

• Tag Effects

Detection

• Increased detector coverage-Upper Columbia, Tributaries, PIT tag trawl

• New technologies-spillway detection, flat plates, other innovations

• Improvements to PTAGIS