45993

2003-017-00 EXP ISEMP - USFWS ENTIAT R FISHERIES EFFECTNESS M & E

2/1/2010

1/31/2011

157. Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data

Work Element Usage Report

H: 157 - Conduct a mark-recapture study on the Entiat River as part of IMW

This task funds the USFWS to lead a mark-recapture study of juvenile anadromous salmonids at sites in the Entiat River watershed under the Entiat Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW) experimental design.

The mark-recapture study will use various capture techniques including but not limited to electrofishing, seining, snerding, snorkel-herding, dip netting, and e-herding.

All USFWS staff involved with this survey work will be trained in various capture methods and have prior snorkeling experience. Snorkeling will be done in dry suits. Water temperature will be collected during each survey.

Surveys will be conducted during two time periods throughout the year: in summer (July 23 - August 15, or start date will be triggered when discharge is less than 400 cfs at the Entiat River gage) and winter/spring (February/March). This contract covers the summer capture period only. The USFWS is responsible for providing from 6 to 9 personnel for the summer survey period as sampling needs dictate. Each survey will be completed within a three week period. Surveys will be conducted following the protocol currently in development.

The USFWS are responsible for ensuring that USFWS personnel are at the site in enough time to be ready to begin surveys at the time specified by the USFWS crew leader. The USFWS crew leader will be responsible for ensuring that the capture activities start at the appropriate time in the morning to maximize the time available to complete each capture and tagging event before water temperatures become limiting. This will mean early start times during the summer collection period.

At each selected site, the collected juvenile salmon and steelhead will be PIT tagged to enable life-stage specific survival estimates via recapture in subsequent seining/collection surveys, at rotary screw traps, extended length PIT tag arrays, and mainstem dam PIT tag interrogation facilities. Additionally, each PIT tagged individual will be weighed, measured for length, and life stage identified. Scale samples will be collected from a subset of steelhead collected. Physical site description will include, at a minimum, site length sampled, and proportion of major instream habitat types within this site.

Quality controlled raw data and quality controlled summarized fish species and size data with GPS locations, will be entered by USFWS and stored in Microsoft Access databases known at Automated Template Modules (ATMs) that will be provided by NOAA Fisheries. Data will be uploaded by December 31, 2010 to NOAA Fisheries using the ATM and notice will be provided to BPA and Terraqua, Inc. when the data has been uploaded. The contractor will be responsible for all quality assurance/quality control steps necessary to ensure that data is properly collected and entered into the ATM.

Data will include:
1. geographic location of sampled sites (latitude and longitude);
2. total stream length surveyed;
3. number of fish captured by species, scale samples obtained, and life history stage;
4. length and weight for a sample of collected fish;
5. codes for deployed PIT tags, referenced to the individual records of tagged fish;
6. description and sample rate for other deployed marks;
7. recapture information for marked fish when encountered (length, weight, life history stage, and PIT tag code if applicable); and
8. length of site and physical instream habitat description.

$20,000

10.90%

05/01/2010

12/31/2010

12/31/2010

Concluded

n/a

n/a

Recurring