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Contract Number:

60569

Contract Title:

2008-306-00 EXP DESCHUTES FALL CHINOOK RESEARCH

Contract Start Date:

4/15/2013

Contract End Date:

4/14/2014

WE ID:

157. Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data

Work Element Usage Report

Title:

E: 157 - Conduct Carcass Surveys 2013 - 2014

Description:

Warm Springs is the lead agency for data collected from Rkm 70.4 downstream; ODFW is the lead agency for data collected Rkm 70.4 and upstream. Data collected upstream of Rkm 70.4 is done with assistance from CTWSRO staff.

Carcass surveys will be conducted in the lower 161 Rkm of the Deschutes River. Carcasses will be inspected for CWT and PIT tags and various secondary marks. Information gathered from carcass surveys will be shared with various entities to determine exploitation, escapement, and natal basin.

From brood year 2001 – 2008, juvenile summer/fall Chinook have been coded wire tagged (Baker and Graham 2010). Our long-term goal is to provide ocean distribution and Columbia River exploitation rates for Deschutes River summer/fall Chinook. We will also use this information to verify if CWTed summer/fall Chinook from Lions Ferry Hatchery (LFY) can be used as surrogates to represent Deschutes River fish when ocean distribution and exploitation tag data is unavailable.

CWT and PIT tag data will be submitted to tagging coordinators during 2014.

Baker, C. F., and J. Graham. 2010. Coded wire tagging of fall Chinook salmon in the Deschutes River, Oregon. 2002 - 2009 summary report. Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Warm Springs, OR.

WE Agreement Type:

Contracted

Deliverable Specification:

Fall Chinook carcass surveys will be conducted 4 – 5 days per week in the lower Deschutes River from mid-October 2013 through mid-February 2014. The river will be divided into three survey reaches: Rkm 0 - 38, Rkm 38 - 70, and Rkm 70 - 161. Two jet boats, each manned with a two-person crew, as well as a crew of riverbank walkers will be employed to recover carcasses. Long- and short-handled gaffs will be used to remove carcasses from the river.

Recovered carcasses will be examined for CWT and PIT tags as well as presence of various secondary marks. Biological data collected will include fork and mideye-to-hypural plate lengths, sex, and spawning success. Estimated recovery location will also be noted, including reach and commonly used geographical names. After processing, carcasses will be severed in two at the dorsal fin to prevent re-counting during subsequent surveys and returned to the river.

All carcasses will be scanned for CWTs using a handheld CWT detector wand. Snouts will be removed from fish testing positive for a CWT and/or adipose clipped fish. Removed snouts will be placed in a plastic bag to be returned to the office and frozen until they can be dissected for tag retrieval. Each snout bag will include an identification card with biological data for individual fish and approximate recovery location. CWT recoveries will be reported to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission tag coordinator for entry into RMIS.

To identify the presence of a PIT tag, all fish will be scanned with a handheld detector. Tag numbers will be recorded on the datasheet and saved in the handheld detector to be downloaded at a later date. Recovered tags will be reported to PTAGIS.

WSE Effective Budget:

$46,668

% of Total WSE Effective Budget:

32.46%

WSE Start:

04/15/2013

WSE End:

04/14/2014

WSE Completion:

04/11/2014

WSE Progress:

Concluded

WSE ID Continued From:

n/a

WSE ID Continued To:

n/a

Finite or Recurring:

Recurring

Budget History

SOWRevision	Planned	Updated	Contractor Comments (optional)	BPA Comments (optional)
Work Element Budget (Current Performance Period)	$58,000	$46,668

Milestones

5 Milestones

Sort	Type	Title	Start	End	Status	Modified By	Modified Date
A	EC	Environmental Compliance Requirements Complete	4/15/2013	9/27/2013	Concluded	Jen Graham	12/3/2012 4:38:05 PM
		Description: On-the-ground work associated with this work element cannot proceed until this milestone is complete. Milestone is complete when final documentation is received from BPA environmental compliance staff (completion can be based on pre-existing environmental documentation from BPA).
B		Conduct Carcass Surveys	10/15/2013	2/14/2014	Concluded	Jen Graham	1/25/2013 1:06:38 PM
		Description: Conduct carcass surveys 4 - 5 days per week in the lower Deschutes River.
C		Database Development, Entry, & Verification	10/15/2013	4/14/2014	Concluded	Jen Graham	1/25/2013 1:06:38 PM
		Description: A database will be developed for collected data to be entered. All data will be verified for completeness and accuracy.
D	PUBPROTOCOL	Review, revise, and Publish protocol, study design, and methods in monitoringmethods.org	4/15/2013	4/14/2014	Concluded	Jen Graham	12/3/2012 4:38:05 PM
		Description: The Protocol (including temporal and spatial design) and Methods for this work element are stored at monitoringmethods.org and need to be finalized (i.e., "Published" through monitoringmethods.org), preferably prior to data collection. Preparations for contract renewals must include reviewing any previously published Protocols/Methods to ensure that they are consistent with how work will be done in any subsequent contract.
E	DELIV	Conduct Carcass Surveys		4/14/2014	Concluded	Jamie Cleveland (Inactive)	1/29/2013 12:28:42 PM
		Description: Fall Chinook carcass surveys will be conducted 4 – 5 days per week in the lower Deschutes River from mid-October 2013 through mid-February 2014. The river will be divided into three survey reaches: Rkm 0 - 38, Rkm 38 - 70, and Rkm 70 - 161. Two jet boats, each manned with a two-person crew, as well as a crew of riverbank walkers will be employed to recover carcasses. Long- and short-handled gaffs will be used to remove carcasses from the river. Recovered carcasses will be examined for CWT and PIT tags as well as presence of various secondary marks. Biological data collected will include fork and mideye-to-hypural plate lengths, sex, and spawning success. Estimated recovery location will also be noted, including reach and commonly used geographical names. After processing, carcasses will be severed in two at the dorsal fin to prevent re-counting during subsequent surveys and returned to the river. All carcasses will be scanned for CWTs using a handheld CWT detector wand. Snouts will be removed from fish testing positive for a CWT and/or adipose clipped fish. Removed snouts will be placed in a plastic bag to be returned to the office and frozen until they can be dissected for tag retrieval. Each snout bag will include an identification card with biological data for individual fish and approximate recovery location. CWT recoveries will be reported to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission tag coordinator for entry into RMIS. To identify the presence of a PIT tag, all fish will be scanned with a handheld detector. Tag numbers will be recorded on the datasheet and saved in the handheld detector to be downloaded at a later date. Recovered tags will be reported to PTAGIS.

Metrics

Implementation Metrics

Metric	Planned	Actual
1464. Primary R, M, and E Focal Strategy [Population Status, Hydrosystem, Tributary Habitat, Estuary/Ocean, Harvest, Hatchery, Predation, Multiple Strategies]	Population Status	Population Status
1472. Primary R, M, and E Type [Status and Trend Monitoring, Action Effectiveness Research, Uncertainties Research, Project Implementation/ Compliance Monitoring]	Uncertainty Research	Uncertainty Research
1478. Secondary R, M, and E Type [Status and Trend Monitoring, Action Effectiveness Research, Uncertainties Research, Project Implementation/ Compliance Monitoring]	Status and Trend Monitoring	Status and Trend Monitoring

Location

Work Site ID	Latitude	Longitude	State	County	Province	Subbasin
82224	45.387595	-120.871319	Oregon	Sherman	Columbia Plateau	Deschutes
82235	45.259862	-121.036929	Oregon	Wasco	Columbia Plateau	Deschutes
82246	44.724404	-121.247644	Oregon	Jefferson	Columbia Plateau	Deschutes

Focal Species

Primary Focal Species:

Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Deschutes River Summer/Fall ESU

Secondary Focal Species:

None

Environmental Compliance

None

RM&E Metadata

Data Repositories:

Title	Link
StreamNet Data Store	https://app.streamnet.org/datastore_search_classic.cfm

Study Plan:

Study Plan Name	Study Plan Owner	Protocol State	Sample Design Name
CTWS RM&E - Carcass survey in the lower Deschutes River (2008-306-00) v1.0	Lyman Jim	Draft	Conduct Carcass Surveys 2016 - 2017 - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs v1.0

Methods:
N/A

Metrics:

Title	Category	Subcategory	Subcategory focus 1	Subcategory focus 2
	Fish	Abundance of Fish (ID: 46)	Fish Life Stage: Adult - Carcass	Fish Origin: Both
	Fish	Timing of Life Stage: Fish (ID: 101)	Fish Life Stage: Adult Fish	NA

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Implementation Metrics