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Yakima River Species Interactions Studies Annual Report: 1992

Description: The Yakima Species Interactions Study (YSIS) was begun in September of 1989 to investigate species interactions among fish in response to proposed supplementation of salmon and steelhead in the Yakima Basin. Supplementation is defined as ''the use of artificial propagation in the attempt to maintain or increase natural production while maintaining the long term fitness of the target population, and keeping the ecological and genetic impacts on non-target populations within specified biological … more
Date: August 1993
Creator: Pearsons, Todd N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Genetic Variation in DNA of Coho Salmon from the Lower Columbia River : Final Report 1993.

Description: The goal of this project was to develop techniques to provide the information needed to determine if Lower Columbia River coho salmon represent a 'species' under the Endangered Species Act. Our report features two new nuclear DNA approaches to the improved detection of genetic variation: (1) Studies of DNA-level genetic variation for two nuclear growth hormone genes; (2) Use of arbitrary DNA primers (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA, or 'RAPD' primers) to detect variation at large numbers of … more
Date: April 1, 1993
Creator: Fobes, Stephen; Knudsen, Kathy & Allendorf, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ELISA-Based Segregation of Adult Spring Chinook Salmon for Control of Bacterial Kidney Disease: Annual Report 1991.

Description: Bacterial kidney disease (BKD), caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum (RS), a serious disease of salmonid fish worldwide. The disease has a major impact on spring chinook salmon populations in the Columbia River system. There is strong evidence that RS can be transmitted from parent to progeny, and segregation of progeny based on levels of antigen detected in adult fish may obviate this mode of transmission. Results are presented from the third year of a four year study to investigate segregatio… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Kaattari, Stephen L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Umatilla River Basin Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Project : 1993 Annual Report.

Description: The Umatilla Basin Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Project is funded under the Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Measure 704 (d) (1) 34.02 and targets the improvement of water quality and restoration of riparian areas, holding, spawning and rearing habitats of steelhead, spring and fall chinook and coho salmon. The project focused on implementing instream and riparian habitat improvements on private lands on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (he… more
Date: April 1, 1993
Creator: Shaw, R. Todd
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Laser Marking as a Mass Marking Technique : Annual Report FY 1993.

Description: The first year of work with development of lasers as a mass marking technique provided both disappointing and encouraging results. A Coumarin Dye 480 laser was used to mark coho salmon in a variety of body locations and with varying energy levels. A ``bleached`` white mark was made void of any pigment. Areas marked included the nape area behind the head and in front of the dorsal fin, slightly above the anal fin, the upper lobe of the caudal fin, the dorsal fin and on the operculum. The mark ap… more
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Blankenship, H. Lee & Thompson, Dan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dworshak Dam Impacts Assessment and Fisheries Investigation, 1991-1992 Progress Report.

Description: Lake Pend Oreille, 38,000 hectares, is Idaho`s largest natural lake. Fisheries for kokanee Onchorynchus nerka, rainbow trout Onchorynchus mykiss, and bull trout Salvelinus confluentus have gone through major declines over the last 40 years. To date, the decline in kokanee abundance has not been fully explained. Water level management may be the single largest contributing factor to this decline. Two aspects of water level management appear critical. Dropping water level once kokanee spawning ha… more
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Maiolie, Melo & Elam, Steve
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Valuing the salmon resource: Columbia River stocks under climate change and fishery enhancement

Description: This paper represents an update to ongoing multidisciplinary research in the area of climate change and associated regional impacts to fisheries and economies. This work particularly deals with the total value of Columbia River salmon and the idea that fish have capital value, articulated here as spawning value. Earlier work dealt solely with the Yakima River spring chinook fishery`s response to climate change and fishery enhancement programs and the associated direct economic effects (Anderson… more
Date: April 1, 1993
Creator: Anderson, D. M. & Scott, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research and Recovery of Snake River Sockeye Salmon, 1992 Annual Report.

Description: Significant changes were made in the fish rearing facilities at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game`s (IDFG) Eagle Hatchery during the contract period. Rearing and develop sampling protocols for genetics and pathology were developed. The rearing protocol was derived with assistance of the Technical Oversight Committee, the scientific advisory group, and several fish culturists and nutritionists who were consulted informally. The standards were incorporated into the Research and Propagation Pe… more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Johnson, Keith A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Redfish Lake Sockeye Salmon Captive Broodstock Rearing and Research, 1992 Annual Report.

Description: This report summarizes fish culture and research activities conducted from December 1991 to October 1992 by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the Redfish Lake (Idaho) sockeye salmon captive broodstock study. Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has funded restoration efforts for Redfish Lake sockeye salmon. Snake River sockeye salmon, now represented only by the Redfish Lake population, were formally listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the NMFS in Decem… more
Date: April 1, 1993
Creator: Flagg, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Columbia and Snake rivers flow improvement measures for salmon: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

Description: Public comments are sought on this final SEIS, which supplements the 1992 Columbia River Salmon Flow Measures Options Analysis (OA)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Bonneville Power Administration and the Bureau of Reclamation proposes five alternatives to improve flows of water in the lower Columbia-Snake rivers in 1993 and future years to assist the migration of juvenile and adult anadromous fish past eight hydropower dams. These are: (1) W… more
Date: March 1, 1993
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Habitats of Weak Salmon Stocks of the Snake River Basin and Feasible Recovery Measures : Recovery Issues for Threatened and Endangered Snake River Salmon : Technical Report 1 of 11.

Description: This report describes spawning aggregations of Snake River salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act, and numerical status of aggregations. It summarizes habitat quality and problems between the natal area and the open ocean. It reviews critical habitat designation, identifies mitigative measures and suggests monitoring and research.
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Chapman, D. W. & Witty, Kenneth L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Delisting Criteria and Rebuilding Schedules for Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook, Fall Chinook and Sockeye Salmon : Recovery Issues for Threatened and Endangered Snake River Salmon : Technical Report 10 of 11.

Description: We develop a framework for distinguishing healthy and threatened populations, and we analyze specific criteria by which these terms can be measured for threatened populations of salmon in the Snake River. We review reports and analyze existing data on listed populations of salmon in the Snake River to establish a framework for two stages of the recovery process: (1) defining de-listing criteria, and (2) estimating the percentage increase in survival that will be necessary for recovery of the po… more
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Cramer, Steven P. & Neeley, Doug
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Snake River Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus Nerka) Habitat/Limnologic Research : Annual Report 1992.

Description: This report outlines long-term planning and monitoring activities that occurred in 1991 and 1992 in the Stanley Basin Lakes of the upper Salmon River, Idaho for the purpose of sockeye salmon nerka) recovery. Limnological monitoring and experimental sampling protocol, designed to establish a limnological baseline and to evaluate sockeye salmon production capability of the lakes, are presented. Also presented are recommended passage improvements for current fish passage barriers/impediments on mi… more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Spaulding, Scott
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Umatilla River Basin Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Project: 1991 Annual Report.

Description: The Umatilla habitat improvement program targets the improvement of water quality and restoration of riparian areas, holding, spawning,and rearing habitats of steelhead, spring and fall Chinook and coho salmon. This report covers work accomplished by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation from April 1991 through May 1992. This program is funded under the Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (Measure 704 (d)(1) 34.02) as partial mi… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Scheeler, Carl A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Upstream Passage, Spawning, and Stock Identification of Fall Chinook Salmon in the Snake River, 1992 : Annual Report FY 92-93.

Description: This report summarizes the activities and results for the second year (1992) of a three year study. The goals of the study were as follows: (1) to determine the source (s) of interdam losses of adult fall chinook salmon between Ice Harbor Dam (IHR) and Lower Granite Dam (LGR), as well as upstream of LGR; (2) identify spawning locations upstream of LGR for calibration of aerial redd surveys, and to assist with redd habitat mapping and carcass recovery (for genetic stock profile analysis). Radio … more
Date: December 1993
Creator: Blankenship, H. Lee & Mendel, Glen Wesley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fish passage and protection

Description: This report consists of reprints on fish passage and protection topics from: American Fisheries Society; American Society of Civil Engineers; Harza Engineering Company; Hydro Review Magazine; Idaho National Engineering Laboratory; Independent Energy Magazine; National Hydropower Association; Northwest Hydroelectric Association; United States Army Corps of Engineers; United States Committee on large dams; and the United States Department of the Interior.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Rinehart, B. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Historic Data for Juvenile and Adult Salmonid Production. Phase 1, Final Report.

Description: Survival of hatchery reared Columbia River chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) salmon from release to return is highly variable and thought to be related to river flow during juvenile outmigration in the spring. The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship between survival of coded-wire-tagged (CWT) Columbia River salmonids and in-river flow and other freshwater factors. This report covers Phase 1, in which two methods to estimate survival were developed and evaluated, and criteria… more
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Hilborn, Ray; Pascual, Miguel; Donnelly, Robert & Coronado-Hernadez, Claribel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposed modifications to the Lower Mokelumne River Project, California: FERC Project No. 2916-004. Final environmental impact statement

Description: This final environmental impact statement (FEIS) has been prepared for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) to consider modifications to the existing Lower Mokelumne River Project (LMRP) (FERC Project No. 2916-004) in California. Chinook salmon and steelhead trout populations in the lower Mokelumne River have experienced recent declines and fish kills associated, in part, with discharges from Camanche Dam. The California Department of Fish and Game and the California Sportfishi… more
Date: November 1, 1993
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Statistical Evaluation of Travel Time Estimation Based on Data from Freeze-Branded Chinook Salmon on the Snake River, 1982-1990.

Description: The purpose of this investigation is to assess the strengths and limitations of existing freeze brand recapture data in describing the migratory dynamics of juvenile salmonids in the mainstream, impounded sections of the Snake and Columbia Rivers. With the increased concern over the threatened status of spring and summer chinook salmon in the Snake River drainage, we used representative stocks for these races as our study populations. However, statistical considerations resultant from these ana… more
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Smith, Steven G.; Skalski, J. R. & Giorgi, Albert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research Plan to Determine Timing, Location, Magnitude and Cause of Mortality for Wild and Hatchery Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Smolts Above Lower Granite Dam. Final Report.

Description: From 1966 to 1968, Raymond estimated an average survival rate of 89% for yearling chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) migrating from trap sites on the Salmon River to Ice Harbor Dam, which was then the uppermost dam on the Snake River. During the 1970s, the estimated survival rate declined as the proportion of hatchery fish increased and additional dams were constructed. Recent survival indices for yearling chinook salmon smolts in the Snake River Basin indicate that substantial mortaliti… more
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Committee, Lower Granite Migration Study Steering
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Marine Mammals on Columbia River Salmon Listed under the Endangered Species Act : Recovery Issues for Threatened and Endangered Snake River Salmon : Technical Report 3 of 11.

Description: Most research on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in recent years has been directed to downstream migrant salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) losses at dams. Comparatively little attentions has been given to adult losses. Recently an estimated 378,4000 adult salmon and steelhead (O. mykiss) were unaccounted-for from Bonneville Dam to terminal areas upstream. It is now apparent that some of this loss was due to delayed mortality from wounded by marine mammals. This report reviews the recent literature to de… more
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Park, Donn L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Population Viability of the Snake River Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha) : Recovery Issues for Threatened and Endangered Snake River Salmon : Technical Report 11 of 11.

Description: A stochastic simulation model of spring chinook population dynamics was parameterized using 36 years of redd count data from five index streams on the middle fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. Two versions of the model, one in which spawning age structure was presumed to follow an evolutionarily stable strategy and another in which spawning age structure was constrained to observed values were examined. The models were then used to generate 1000 statistically representative population projectio… more
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Emlen, John Merritt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling of tamped and decoupled explosions in salt (Simulation is easy. Prediction is difficult!)

Description: We compare predictions of the strain hardening model of Glenn (1990), with and without damage, to free field and seismic observations of SALMON, STERLING, and 64 kt (tamped) and 8 kt (decoupled) explosions in an Azgir salt dome in the former Soviet Union (FSU). We find good agreement between the model (without damage) and observations of both SALMON and STERLING. In contrast, the average spectral ratio of the tamped to decoupled Azgir explosions is systematically smaller than predicted by the s… more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Goldstein, P. & Glenn, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Expert initial review of Columbia River Basin salmonid management models: Summary report

Description: Over the past years, several fish passage models have been developed to examine the downstream survival of salmon during their annual migration through the Columbia River reservoir system to below Bonneville Dam. More recently, models have been created to simulate the survival of salmon throughout the entire life cycle. The models are used by various regional agencies and native American tribes to assess impacts of dam operation, harvesting, and predation on salmonid abundance. These models are… more
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Barnthouse, L. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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