Steelhead Status Update for British Columbia S. Pollard and M. Beere BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Evaluate recreational and commercial mark-selective fisheries. (35018) Geraldine Vander Haegen, WDFW Charmane Ashbrook, WDFW Chris Peery, U. Idaho Annette.

Advertisements

Workshop: Monitoring and Evaluation of Harvest on Columbia River Salmonids July 31- August 1, 2007.

Assessment of A-run Steelhead population in the Clearwater Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resources Management.

Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Hatchery Evaluations – Salmon River Project No Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resources Management.

Salmonid Population and Habitat Monitoring in the Lower Columbia/Columbia Estuary Provinces Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Frank Leonetti, Snohomish County

DFO's Wild Salmon Policy: The Challenge of Moving from Monitoring to Management Action Smithers, BC March 14, 2007.

Looking for Pieces of the Puzzle: LIFE HISTORY OF SPRING CHINOOK IN THE WILLAMETTE BASIN Kirk Schroeder Brian Cannon Luke Whitman Paul Olmsted Oregon Department.

  Multiple years of sampling to mark and recapture individuals completed between 2006 and 2008   Despite significant effort, population estimates were.

Fraser River Pink Salmon Stock Assessment Program  The Fraser River supports the largest run of Pink salmon in British Columbia with an average total.

Wild Steelhead Stock S t a t u s BC British Columbia in Perspective 1200 km (720 mi) south to north km (300 – 600 mi) wide 950,000 sq.

Stock Status of Steelhead in Alaska By Steve Hoffman ADF&G Sport Fish Ketchikan, Alaska.

Stephanie Carlson 1 and William Satterthwaite 2 1 Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley 2 NOAA-Fisheries, Santa Cruz Managing.

Development of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan: A Brief History Scott Marshall LSRCP Program Administrator U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Salmon Stock Variability And The Political Economy Of The Pacific Salmon Treaty Contemporary Economic Policy July 1996 Paper Author: Kathleen A. Miller.

Using CWT’s to assess survival, ocean distribution and maturation for Chinook stocks across the Pacific Northwest: Are there any predictive capabilities.

Chinook Management Overview Rishi Sharma Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission University of Washington, Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management.

Quantifying Genetic Diversity Steelhead Stocks Eric Parkinson, Art Tautz, Bob Hooton BC Min. Water, Land & Air Protection Photo: E. Keeley.

Columbia River salmon : Who (or what) will save them? John Williams Klarälven meeting in Karlstad 9 May 2011.

Stock Status of Steelhead In California Katie Perry, California Department of Fish and Game.

Emigration behavior of resident and anadromous juvenile O. mykiss: exploring the interaction among genetics, physiology and habitat Sean Hayes, Chad Hanson,

Integrated Status & Trend (ISTM) Project: An overview of establishing, evaluating and modifying monitoring priorities for LCR Steelhead Jeff Rodgers (ODFW)

Pacific Fishery Management Council Jurisdiction –3 miles to 200 miles –4 states (includes Idaho) Members -- appointed –State governments –Federal Agencies.

STEELHEAD: HISTORIC ABUNDANCE PUGET SOUND NORTHWEST COAST.

Utilizing Ecosystem Information to Improve Decision Support for Central California Salmon Project Acronym: Salmon Applied Forecasting, Assessment and Research.

Documenting O. mykiss life histories in the White Salmon River prior to the reintroduction of anadromous fish above Condit Dam. Brady Allen and Patrick.

NON-NATIVE SALMOINDS IN LAKE SUPERIOR Don Schreiner, MNDNR Steve Schram, WIDNR Shawn Sitar, MIDNR Mike Petzold, OMNR.

Nigel Milner APEM Ltd Monitoring and Assessment. Or, “if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it”

A Brief Status Review and Management Update of BC Steelhead BC Ministry of Environment Fish & Wildlife Branch Prepared for West Coast Steelhead Management.

Wild Steelhead Stock S t a t u s BC British Columbia in Perspective 1200 km (720 mi) south to north km (300 – 600 mi) wide 950,000 sq.

Washington State Steelhead Status Review PACIFIC COAST STEELHEAD MEETING JON ANDERSON WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE MARCH 9-11, 2010.

Growth Trajectories of Wild California Steelhead Parr David Swank 1,2, Will Satterthwaite 1, Michael Beakes 1, Susan Sogard 2, Marc Mangel 1, Rob Titus.

Steelhead Stock Status Review and ESA Oregon Rhine Messmer ODFW District Staff Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Pacific Coast Steelhead Management.

Fisheries & Aquaculture Department

Life History of Western Washington Winter Steelhead, a 30 Year Perspective Hal Michael Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Status of Steelhead in Alaska Brian Marston Area Fisheries Biologist Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Sport Fisheries, Yakutat, Alaska.

Management & Recovery Implications Of Wild/Hatchery Steelhead Interactions Within A Large, Complex Watershed Research Partners: WDFW Skagit River System.

Evaluating Fish Response to Habitat Restoration Overview of Intensively Monitored Watershed Research in the PNW Rationale for IMW approach Extent of current.

Status of Steelhead in Alaska Brian Marston Area Fisheries Biologist Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Sport Fisheries, Yakutat, Alaska.

Evaluation of Recovery Options for Cheakamus River Steelhead Josh Korman Carl Walters Steve Martell Eric Taylor.

Is there evidence for stock segregation in Chinook salmon during ocean residence? Indicators of survival: reconstruction of juvenile size-at-emigration.

I. Alaska, Yukon and Coastal British Columbia Lightly settled/ water abundant region. Increased spring flood risks Glacial retreat/disappearance in south;

An exploratory analysis of climate impacts on Washington steelhead productivity Nate Mantua University of Washington Climate Impacts Group Pacific States.

2004 Oregon Steelhead Status Update Steve Jacobs Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Washington State Steelhead Stock Status Review PACIFIC COAST STEELHEAD MEETING AMILEE WILSON WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE MARCH 2004.

Findings of Congress The Endangered Species Act is the last resort for species at risk of extinction. Under the ESA, the National Marine Fisheries Service.

The influence of variable marine survival on fishery management objectives for wild steelhead Dan Rawding & Charlie Cochran.

Supplementation using steelhead fry: performance, interactions with natural steelhead, & effect of enriched hatchery environments Christopher P. Tatara.

Recruitment in Wild Smolt and Adult Steelhead Trout: the 30-year Experience at the Keogh River. Bruce R. Ward B.C. Ministry of Environment, U.B.C. And.

2010 work planned, new operations, and wrap up Presenter: Robin Ehlke CSS Annual Meeting Apr 2 nd 2010.

Ocean rivers SARs LGR-LGR SARs LGR-LGR Harvest Mouth of Columbia predicted returns Mouth of Columbia predicted returns Juvenile travel time and survival.

Steve Cramer Casey Justice Ian Courter Environmental drivers of steelhead abundance in partially anadromous Oncorhynchus mykiss populations.

Northwest Power Planning Council Fish and Energy Impacts Resulting from Reductions in Summer Bypass Spill July 16, 2003.

Management of the brown crab (Cancer pagurus) fishery in Ireland Oliver Tully Irish sea Fisheries Board (BIM)

Fish and Game Commission Meeting February 5, 2014 Fisheries Branch Stafford Lehr Request for Emergency Regulatory Action.

1 Mainland Gulf Nova Scotia Atlantic Salmon Assessment and Research for 2011 Angling catches and effort based on provincial license stub returns Juvenile.

COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON CUMULATIVE IMPACTS EXAMPLE.

Retrospective bioeconomic analysis of Fraser River sockeye salmon fisheries management Dale Marsden, Steve Martell and Rashid Sumaila Fisheries Economics.

S K E E N A S O C K E Y E C O N S E R V A T I O N

Payette MPG Sockeye Adult Tributary Juvenile Data Tributary Data

Northwest Fisheries Science Center Technical Management Team

MPG Spring-Summer Chinook

Snake River MPG Fall Chinook Adult Tributary Juvenile Data Tributary

Status of Washington Steelhead 2006

Steelhead status in Idaho – 2012 Update

Steelhead stock status in Idaho 2008 update

Steelhead status in Idaho 2010 update

Steelhead status in Idaho 2010 update

The Western Mountains Region

Chapter 1 The Land.

Presentation transcript:

Steelhead Status Update for British Columbia S. Pollard and M. Beere BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Overview 1. Stocks and Ecotypes in BC 2. Regional Trends in Abundance 3. Sport Fishery and Stocking Trends 4. BC Policy, Management and Challenges

Stocks and Ecotypes in BC

Vancouver Island (Cowichan, Keogh,Stamp) Thompson Mid Coast (Bella Coola, Dean) Skeena Vancouver Nass Stikine Taku L. Fraser (Chilliwack, Coquihalla) Chilko/Chilcotin

Stocks and Ecotypes ~430 steelhead stocks Three main ecotypes: 1)Coastal winter 2)Coastal summer 3)Interior summer EcotypeMajor systemsNumber of stocks Coastal winter (Dec-May) L. Fraser, S. Coast, VI, Boundary Bay, L. Skeena, L. Nass, N. Coast ~ Coastal summer (late Spring) L. Fraser, VI, Bella Coola, Dean~30-40 Interior Summer (Summer-fall) Mid-Fraser, U. Nass, U. Skeena, Stikine, Taku ~70-80

Most BC stocks occur in small coastal watersheds <300 km 2, typically support <10,000 smolts Coastal BC streams generally not naturally productive due to geology, high precipitation and gradient, in some cases declining salmon stocks Interior BC streams highly variable natural productivity, influenced by growth season and geology; south more productive, north limit of range considered very low (i.e. 4-5 years to grow a smolt) Aggregate abundance for BC ~340,000 wild steelhead Abundance and productivity

Geography x ecotype determine: Angler accessibility Exposure to various commercial/FN salmon fisheries Migration paths exiting/approaching rivers Vulnerability to freshwater limiting factors such as low flows Sport interest Conservation status

(Ahrens 2004) Routine management zone Conservation concern Extreme conservation concern Conservation Status

Regional Trends in Abundance

Stock assessment tools: Total adult counts (n=5) – weirs, resistivity counters Abundance indices Adults Gillnet test fisheries (n=2) Fishwheels (n=1) Snorkel surveys (n=10-20) - winter, coastal summers Aerial counts (n=1) – interior summer Steelhead Harvest Analysis (catch, effort) – provincial Juveniles Fry and parr sampling (often hydro-related)

Find the fishwheel....

Heber River (WC) – snorkel surveys Tsitika River (EC) – snorkel surveys Vancouver Island Coastal summer stocks

Englishman River – snorkel surveys for adults Cowichan River fry densities Vancouver Island Coastal winter stocks ?

Keogh River (coastal winter stock)

Chekamus River Lower Mainland Coastal summer stocks

Winter run stock ?

Thompson/ Interior Fraser Interior summer runs

Mid Coast Dean (coastal summer run) catch

North Coast Skeena (interior summer run stocks)

Nass (interior summer run)

Sport Fishery and Stocking Trends

Results of Steelhead Harvest Analysis (SHA) – Effort by Region and Provincially

Effort Distribution over Top 5 Streams by Region

The Hatchery Factor SEP Period Av # Fry/yr Av # Smolts/yr M.07M M.60M M.91M M.82M M.63M M.60M M

Lower Mainland

Vancouver Island

North Coast

Vancouver Island

Mid Coast

Interior Fraser

Take-home messages on trends: Mixed; recent increase or much declined but stable Fewer systems supporting effort provincially Shifted focus to north moving into an era of highly variable, unpredictable ocean conditions

BC Policy, Management and Challenges

Provincial objective: Maximize escapement upstream  Conservation e.g. Thompson  Socio-economic e.g. Skeena Where interception occurs: Minimize encounter rates in non- selective fisheries Where are we going? Steelhead Stream Classification Policy up for 5 year review  Classification as wild (default) or hatchery-augmented  All wild fish catch and release, harvest on hatchery fish  Hatcheries only for sport fish augmentation, not rebuilding Consistency in management approach  The great bait debate --- bait ban for all summer run fish ?  Seasonal closures where extended freshwater residency occurs

Thank You. Acknowledgements Mike McCulloch Greg Wilson Rob Bison Ron Ptolemy George Scholten Bob Hooton