WALLOWA STOCK SUMMER STEELHEAD PROGRAM REVIEW

GRANDE RONDE RIVER

Joe BumgarnerWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife

WDFW Summer SteelheadProgram Goals

Location

Original SmoltGoals

Current Smolt Goals

Adult Goal to Project

Area

Total Adult Goal

Snake River 126,000 160,000 630 1,890Tucannon 175,000 0 876 2,628

Walla Walla 180,000 100,000 900 2,700Touchet 150,000 85,000 750 2,250

Grande Ronde 300,000 200,000 1,500 4,500TOTALS 931,000 545,000 4,656 13,968

SAR = 0.5%, SAS = 1.5%

Steelhead ProgramManagement Objectives

Establish steelhead broodstock(s) to meet egg needs

Return adult steelhead to the Columbia, Snake, and tributary rivers which meets LSRCP goals

Improve or re-establish sport fisheries

Maintain and enhance natural populations of steelhead and other native salmonids

Coordinate actions with other basin managers

Steelhead ProgramManagement Objectives

(additional)

Monitor the status and trends of natural steelhead populations where LSRCP fish might have affects

Program is compliant with ESA (HGMP’s, FMEP’s) and WDFW Policies to protect and recover wild stocks

Steelhead Management Driversin Southeast Washington

LSRCP US v OR

Wild Fish Protection& ESA Recovery

RM&E

Presentation Outline

Hatchery Production

Adult Returns

Grande Ronde Fishery

Data Gaps

Program Summary

Hatchery Reform Actions

Washington Oregon

Walla Walla River

Tucannon River

Asotin Cr.

Clearwater River

Columbia River

Palouse River

Touchet River

ICH

LMNLGO

LGR Idaho

Grande Ronde R.

Snake R.

Snake R.

Snake R.

Lyons Ferry Hatchery

WDFW Wallowa Stock Steelhead Program Hatchery Facilities

Cottonwood AP and Adult Trap

Trapping and Spawning

Broodstock History and Goals

Source Years # of females spawnedWallowa Hatchery

(ODFW)1981-1992 Refer to ODFW

presentationCottonwood Creek 1992 - Present 56-173

Current Goal = 60 Full Spawn or, 120 Half-Spawn Females

Cottonwood Creek Adult Trap

Acclimation PondIntake Screen

Adult Holding Area

Trap Entrance

Wallowa StockRun Timing at Cottonwood Cr.

2/252/29 3/4 3/8

3/123/16

3/203/24

3/28 4/1 4/5 4/94/13

4/174/21

4/254/29

0

20

40

60

80

100

AVG20032004200520062007200820092010

Date

Perc

ent o

f Tot

al R

un

Spawning

Cottonwood Cr. Adult Trapping

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 110

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

Hatchery Wild

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Disposition of Trapped Adults at Cottonwood Creek

Killed - Not

Used15%

Passed Upstream of Trap

64%

Pre-Spawn Mortal-

ity2%

Spawned

19%

RY’s 1994-2008 RY’s 2009-11

Food Bank10%

Killed - Not Used70%

Pre-Spawn Mortal-

ity6%

Spawned

14%

Coded-Wire Tag Recoveriesin Cottonwood Cr.

Cottonwood; 99.84%

LFH / LFH; 0.01% LFHTucannon, 0.06%

LFH Dayton, 0.05%

TUC Tucannon, 0.03%

Hatchery Rearing

Lyons Ferry Hatchery

WDFW Wallowa StockEgg to Release Survival

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Green Egg to Smolt Eyed Egg to Smolt

Brood Year

Surv

ivva

l

Disease/Pathology

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 120%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Brood Year

Dete

ction

of I

HNV

(% o

f Fem

ales

)

Marking and Tagging

100% AD Fin Clip

Portion LV Fin Clip + CWT1984-1986, 1996-PresentMinimum 20,000 Tags

PIT Tagged N PurposeBY 1998-2000 300 Juvenile MigrationBY 2007-Present 4,000-6,000 Adult Returns/Straying

Smolt Releases

Release Strategies

Cottonwood AP

Washington Oregon

Walla Walla River

Tucannon River

Asotin Cr.

Clearwater River

Columbia River

Palouse River

Touchet River

ICH

LMNLGO

LGR Idaho

Grande Ronde R.

Snake R.

Snake R.

Snake R.

Lyons Ferry Hatchery

WDFW Wallowa Stock Release History

Cottonwood AP

1983-1989

1997

WDFW Wallowa Stock Releases Grande Ronde Basin

82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 120

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Adult Returns

Mitigation Goals

Location# of

AdultsTotal 4,500

Project Area 1,500

Project AreaAll Areas Within Snake River Basin

WDFW Wallowa StockRun Timing at Mainstem Dams

7/1 7/97/17

7/25 8/28/10

8/188/26 9/3

9/119/19

9/2710/5

10/1310/21

10/290

25

50

75

100

BONNICHLGR

Date

Perc

ent o

f Tot

al R

un

Snake River SteelheadFishery Opens

WDFW Wallowa Stock SAS / SAR Survival

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06-0.5%0.0%0.5%1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%4.0%4.5%

SAS SAR

Brood Year

Surv

ival Downriver

Harvest

WDFW Wallowa StockTotal Adult Returns (SAS)

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 090

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Total Return Goal

WDFW Wallowa StockAdult Returns to Project Area (SAR)

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 090

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Project Area Return Goal

WDFW Wallowa StockProgeny:Parent Ratio

1992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520060

10

20

30

40

50

60

Brood Year

Prog

eny:

Pare

nt R

atio

AVG = 30

Percent Harvest and EscapementWallowa Stock Releases

Location Sub-AreaBrood Year

Mean2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Ocean 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.05%

ColumbiaRiver

SportTribalStray HarvestStray Rack

2.62.80.10.1

7.22.40.00.0

2.93.50.10.5

4.09.60.40.6

6.14.70.00.1

5.53.50.20.3

4.74.40.10.3

9%

SnakeRiver

Sport (Below LGD)Sport (Above LGDTribalStray Harvest (Below LGD)Stray Harvest (Above LGD)Stray Rack (Below LGD)Stray Rack (Above LGD)

2.820.80.00.60.00.30.0

1.318.80.00.54.00.30.0

3.38.50.00.91.90.50.0

1.019.40.00.53.10.20.0

4.724.90.00.38.50.10.0

0.726.00.00.52.80.00.0

2.319.70.00.63.40.20.0

26%Grande Ronde Sport Harvest

Stray HarvestStray Rack

43.32.30.0

25.01.80.2

36.81.70.1

29.13.30.0

19.80.90.0

25.30.70.0

29.91.80.1

32%Escapement to Weir Cottonwood Creek 24.4 38.5 39.3 28.6 29.9 34.6 33%

Strays = 4.7%

Wallowa Stock Stray Distribution2001-06 Brood Years

Deschutes Sport, 2.3%

Clearwater River = 43.6%Snake ↑ Salmon R. = 31.8%Salmon River = 7.7%Grande Ronde R. = 1.8%

Sport Fishery = 89.9%

Tucannon Sport, 2.7%

Other, 10.1%

Deschutes, 4.7%

Lyons Ferry, 4.2%

Wallowa, 1.2%

Snake ↑LGR

Grande Ronde Fishery

Grande Ronde Fishery Locations (WA)

Jose

ph Cree

k Bas

in

Wenaha R.

SnakeRiver

CottonwoodAP

WAOR

WAOR

Troy, OR

Bogan’sResort

Schumaker

0 2Miles

Fishery Details

38 RM, 319 Days Open

Angler Info from 2010-2012Angler Trips – 95% are 1-5 Days

96% of Anglers are from WA, OR, ID

4% of Anglers are USA wide

Destination – Grande Ronde2009-2011 Run Years

Fishery Details

38 RM, 319 Days Open Angler Trips – 95% are 1-5 Days 96% of Anglers are WA/OR/ID Origin 4% of Anglers are USA wide ~$1,000 Direct Cost per Steelhead

Harvested (USFWS 2002, WA Steelhead Plan)

$3-8 M/year (RY’s 2000-2008 Harvest Est.)

Fishery Harvest (RY 1985-2010)Grande Ronde River in Washington

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Month

Tota

l Har

vest

Program Contribution (RY 1998-2009)Bogan’s Resort to Oregon Stateline

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

WDFWODFW

Month

Tota

l Har

vest

Total Harvest Washington Portion of Grande Ronde

68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 01 04 070

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000Total Harvest Angler Days

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h Angler Days

Data GapsNatural Production Monitoring

Joseph Creek (ODFW) Large wild population, low number of hatchery strays?

Wenaha Basin Wilderness Area, Remote, Difficult Access Unknown presence of hatchery fish

Local Tributaries near Cottonwood Small, maybe < 50 adults/year High % of hatchery strays (Rattlesnake Cr, Menatchee Cr)

Local Straying

Menatchee Cr. - 2001 Rattlesnake Cr. - 2000

N = 17, 77% Hatchery N = 55, 78% Hatchery

3 River Miles Downstreamof Cottonwood

9 River Miles Upstreamof Cottonwood

Wild Stock Protections Wild SH refuge areas

Joseph Creek, Wenaha River Basin, Asotin Creek Most headwater areas

No Wild SH harvest – selective fisheries since 1984 Barbless hooks required ↑ Daily Bag Limit to 3 (2001) Selective gear/closed area regulations – Trout ↓ Hatchery smolt releases and locations Removal of hatchery steelhead at weirs/traps

(Cottonwood, Asotin, Almota, Tucanonn, Dayton, etc…..)

Program SummaryManagement Objectives – Grande Ronde

Establish broodstock – YES

Achieve LSRCP goals (SAR, SAS, Adults) – Partial

Improve or re-establish sport fisheries – YES

Coordinate actions with other basin managers – YES

Compliant with ESA (HGMP’s, FMEP’s) – YES

Program SummaryManagement Objectives – Grande Ronde

Compliant with WDFW Policies to protect and recover wild steelhead stocks – Partially

Maintain and/or enhance natural steelhead populations – Unknown

Monitor the status/trends of natural populations where LSRCP fish might have affects – NO

Hatchery Reform Actions

Created local broodstock ↑ homing to local area

↓ Smolt numbers and release locations

↑ Smolt size ↑ survival and emigration success ↓ effects of residualism

Hatchery Reform Actions (cont)

Removal of excess adults ↓ spawning in other locations ↓ risk of disease transmission to wild fish

Annually CWT and PIT Tag Determine SAR’s, Adult Returns, Straying

Half spawn females ↑ genetic diversity and fitness

Questions

Deschutes River Strays(Sport/Rack Recoveries in Deschutes River)

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 060%

1%

2%

3%

4%

Brood Year

% o

f Tot

al R

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ove

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Wallowa StockAge Composition

BY 1993-2006

1-salt2-salt3-salt

BY 1982-1992

1-salt2-salt3-salt