mark schuck joe bumgarner washington department of fish and wildlife

LYONS FERRY STOCK SUMMER STEELHEAD PROGRAM REVIEW

SNAKE, TUCANNON, WALLA WALLA,AND TOUCHET RIVER BASINS

Mark SchuckJoe Bumgarner

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Program 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 1500 4,500TOTALS 931,000 545,000 4,656 13,968

SAR = 0.5%, SAS = 1.5%

Management 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

Management Objectives(additional or amended)

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

Program is compliant with ESA (HGMP’s, FMEP’s)

Program is compliant with WDFW Hatchery Policies to protect and recover wild stocks

Steelhead Management Driversin Southeast Washington

LSRCP US v OR

Wild Fish Protection& ESA Recovery

RM&E

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 Lyons Ferry Stock Hatchery Facilities

Dayton AP CurlLake AP

Trapping and Spawning

Lyons Ferry Fish Hatchery

Broodstock Origin and History

BroodYear

Wallowa Stock

(ODFW)

WellsStock

(WDFW)

Lyons Ferry Stock

(WDFW)1981 28,0001982 51,000 432,0001983 214,000 428,0001984 222,000 389,0001985 81,000 638,0001986 51,000 317,000 380,000

Smolts released into the Snake, Tucannon, Walla Walla and Touchet Rivers

*Based on releases by stock and returns to Lyons Ferry, we estimate that the LFH stock is 80-85% Wells stock origin

Adult Trapping @ Lyons Ferry

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 10 110

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000Hatchery Wild

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

LFH Broodstock Trapping and Spawning

7/27/17 8/1

8/168/31

9/159/30

10/1510/30

11/1411/29

12/1412/29

1/131/28

2/122/27

3/143/29

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

Run

Year

Disposition of Trapped Adults at LFH (1996-2012 BY)

Killed - Not Used8%

Returned to Snake River

66%

Pre-Spawn Mortality

15%

Spawned12%

Coded-Wire Tag Recoveriesat LFH (1999-2012 BY)

LFH / Lyons Ferry; 48.40%

LFH / Walla Walla, 18.90%

LFH / Tucannon; 12.60%

LFH / Touchet; 19.20%

WAL / Cottonwood,0.40%

TUC / Tucannon,0.10% IDAHO; 0.30% OREGON; 0.10%

Lyons Ferry StockAge Composition

BY 1994-2006

1-salt2-salt3-salt

BY 1986-1993

1-salt2-salt3-salt

WDFW Lyons Ferry 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

ival

Green Egg toSmolt Goal = 65%

Disease/Pathology

89 90 91 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%IHNV Detection Coldwater 2004+ IHNV Outbreaks

Brood Year

Dete

ction

of I

HNV

(% o

f Fem

ales

)

Marking/Tagging

100% AD Fin Clip

Portion LV Fin Clip + CWT Minimum 20,000 Tags

PIT Tagged N PurposeBY 1994-2000 350-1,000 Juvenile MigrationBY 2005-Present 9,000-15,000 Adult Returns

Smolt Releases

Wells/Lyons Ferry Stock Releases

Lyons Ferry Hatchery

WashingtonOregon Grande Ronde

River

Walla Walla River

Tucannon River

Asotin Cr.

Clearwater River

Columbia River

Palouse River

Touchet River

ICH

LMNLGO

LGR Idaho

Release Strategies

Dayton AP

Lyons Ferry Curl Lake AP

Wells/LFH Stock Steelhead Tucannon River Releases

83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 110

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Pahsimeroi

Wells/LFH Stock Steelhead Tucannon River Releases

83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 110

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Pahsimeroi

Wells/LFH Stock Steelhead Walla Walla River Releases

83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 110

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Wells

Wells/LFH Stock Steelhead Touchet River Releases

83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 110

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Wells

Wells/LFH Stock Steelhead Touchet River Releases

83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 110

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Wells

Wells/LFH Stock Steelhead Snake River Releases

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

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

Release Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Pahsimeroi

Oxbow

Adult Returns

Lyons Ferry Stock SteelheadAdult Return Goals

LocationAdult Goal to Project Area

Total Adult Goal

Snake River 630 1,890Tucannon River 876 2,628

Walla Walla River 900 2,700Touchet River 750 2,250TOTALS 3,156 9,468

Project Area (Snake/Tucannon) = All Areas within the Snake River Basin

Project Area (Walla/Touchet) = All Areas within the Snake River + Walla Walla River Basin in Washington

LFH Stock Run Timingat Mainstem Dams

6/16/10

6/196/28 7/7

7/167/25 8/3

8/128/21

8/30 9/89/17

9/2610/5

10/1410/23

11/111/10

11/1911/28

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Bonneville Ice Harbor

Date

Tota

l Run

Snake River SteelheadFishery Opens

Smolt-to-Adult Survival (SAS) Wells/LFH Stock Releases

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 060.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

Snake River Tucannon RiverTouchet River Walla Walla River

Brood Year

Surv

ival

Wells/Lyons Ferry StockTotal Adult Returns (SAS)

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

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Total Return Goal

Smolt-to-Adult Return (SAR) Wells/LFH Stock Releases

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 060.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

Snake River Tucannon RiverTouchet River Walla Walla River

Brood Year

Surv

ival

Wells/Lyons Ferry StockAdult Returns to Project Area (SAR)

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

16,000

18,000

20,000

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h

Project Area Return Goal

Lyons Ferry StockProgeny:Parent Ratio

19861987

19881989

19901991

19921993

19941995

19961997

19981999

20002001

20022003

20042005

20060

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Brood Year

Prog

eny

: Par

ent R

atio

AVG = 19

IHNV Outbreaks

Adult Harvest and AccountingLFH Stock Releases (2000-2006 BY’s)

Location Sub-AreaRelease Groups

Mean StrayLyons Ferry Tucannon Touchet Walla Walla

Ocean 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

ColumbiaRiver

SportTribalStray HarvestStray Rack

9.54.40.60.1

14.6%

4.00.92.51.3

8.7%

10.53.50.20.2

14.4%

12.21.40.10.1

13.8%0.90.4

1.3%

SnakeRiver

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

19.70.00.06.9

14.70.00.3

41.6%

4.50.00.02.0

35.012.41.2

55.0%

0.00.00.0

22.311.719.80.4

54.2%

0.00.00.0

24.916.322.80.2

64.2%

14.019.413.80.5

47.7%

TributarySport Harvest N/A 31.0% 28.7% 22.0%

Weir Enumeration 43.7% 5.2% 2.6% N/A

Adult Harvest and AccountingLFH Stock Releases (2000-2006 BY’s)

Location Sub-AreaRelease Groups

Mean StrayLyons Ferry Tucannon Touchet Walla Walla

Ocean 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

ColumbiaRiver

SportTribalStray HarvestStray Rack

9.54.40.60.1

14.6%

4.00.92.51.3

8.7%

10.53.50.20.2

14.4%

12.21.40.10.1

13.8%

0.90.4

1.3%

SnakeRiver

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

19.70.00.06.9

14.70.00.3

41.6%

4.50.00.02.0

35.012.41.2

55.0%

0.00.00.0

22.311.719.80.4

54.2%

0.00.00.0

24.916.322.80.2

64.2%

14.019.413.80.5

47.7%

TributarySport Harvest N/A 31.0% 28.7% 22.0%Weir Enumeration 43.7% 5.2% 2.6% N/A

Adult Harvest and AccountingLFH Stock Releases (2000-2006 BY’s)

Location Sub-AreaRelease Groups

Mean StrayLyons Ferry Tucannon Touchet Walla Walla

Ocean 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

ColumbiaRiver

SportTribalStray HarvestStray Rack

9.54.40.60.1

14.6%

4.00.92.51.3

8.7%

10.53.50.20.2

14.4%

12.21.40.10.1

13.8%

0.90.4

1.3%

SnakeRiver

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

19.70.00.06.9

14.70.00.3

41.6%

4.50.00.02.0

35.012.41.2

55.0%

0.00.00.0

22.311.719.80.4

54.2%

0.00.00.0

24.916.322.80.2

64.2%

14.019.413.80.5

47.7%

TributarySport Harvest N/A 31.0% 28.7% 22.0%

Weir Enumeration 43.7% 5.2% 2.6% N/A

Adult Harvest and AccountingLFH Stock Releases (2000-2006 BY’s)

Location Sub-AreaRelease Groups

Mean StrayLyons Ferry Tucannon Touchet Walla Walla

Ocean 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

ColumbiaRiver

SportTribalStray HarvestStray Rack

9.54.40.60.1

14.6%

4.00.92.51.3

8.7%

10.53.50.20.2

14.4%

12.21.40.10.1

13.8%

0.90.4

1.3%

SnakeRiver

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

19.70.00.06.9

14.70.00.3

41.6%

4.50.00.02.0

35.012.41.2

55.0%

0.00.00.0

22.311.719.80.4

54.2%

0.00.00.0

24.916.322.80.2

64.2%

14.019.413.80.5

47.7%

TributarySport Harvest N/A 31.0% 28.7% 22.0%

Weir Enumeration 43.7% 5.2% 2.6% N/A

Overall Stray = 49%

LFH Stock Stray Distribution2001-06 Brood Years

Snake River Fishery, 68.4%

Columbia River Trib-utary Fishery, 0.9%

Lyons Ferry FH; 28.7%

Columbia River Traps; 0.7% Tucannon; 0.3% Asotin/Alpowa; 0.8% Other Snake Hatcheries, 0.2%

Ice Harbor to Granite = 23.9%Clearwater River = 19.9%Snake ↑ Granite = 20.1%Tucannon River = 3.1%Salmon River = 1.4%

Other Weirs/Traps

Fisheries

Fishery Details2000-2010 Run Years

LocationSnakeRiver

TucannonRiver

Walla WallaRiver

Touchet River Totals

River Miles 179 34 51 55 319

Days Open 212 304 304 304 212-304

$$ $12-25Million

$0.5-1.2Million

$0.4-2.0Million

$0.1-0.9 Million

$13-29 Million

Assumes value of $1,000/harvested fish

Mainstem Snake River and Tributary Fishery Locations

Lyons Ferry Hatchery

WashingtonOregon

Walla Walla River

Tucannon River

Asotin Cr.

Clearwater River

Columbia River

Palouse River

Touchet River

ICH

LMNLGO

LGR Idaho

Fishing Area!

Fishing Area?

Little Goose Dam

Fishery Harvest – Snake and Tributaries1985-2009 Run Years

Fall Winter Spring0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Snake Tucannon Walla Walla Touchet

Season

Perc

ent o

f Tot

al H

arve

st

Steelhead Harvest and Angler DaysSnake, Tucannon, Walla Walla, Touchet

68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 01 04 07 100

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

Harvest Angler Days

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h Angler Days

Natural Stock Monitoring

Data GapsNatural Production Monitoring

Tucannon River (H:W composition?? – PIT Tags to answer) Genetic Introgression??

Asotin Creek (Asotin Project Monitoring - BPA) Touchet River (Dayton downstream??) Walla Walla River (Nursery Br downstream??) Incomplete understanding of the extent of natural

populations on these groups and straying Small Snake Tributaries, maybe 100-300 adults/year High % of hatchery strays (e.g. Almota, Alpowa)

Small Tributary CWT Recoveries

Lyons Ferry Hatchery

WashingtonOregon

Walla Walla River

Tucannon River

Asotin Cr.

Clearwater River

Columbia River

Palouse River

Touchet River

ICH

LMNLGO

LGR

Idaho

Alpowa Cr.

Almota Cr.

Almota Creek (2011-2012)

Natural, 49.3%

Tucannon Endemic;

2.8%

Dworshak, 1.5%

Pahsimeroi; 7.3%

Salmon B; 0.9%

EF Salmon; 0.5%

Lyons Ferry Stock, 37.7%

Tucannon

Lyons Ferry

Wall

a Wall

a

Mean N = 151 fish/year

Alpowa Creek (2008-2012)

Natural, 53%

Tucannon Endemic;

14.8%

Dworshak; 0.1%

Pahsimeroi; 0.8%

Umatilla; 0.2%

Lyons Ferry Stock, 31.9%

Mean N = 302 fish/year

Tucannon

Lyons Ferry

Dayton

Walla Walla

Wild Stock Protections Wild SH refuge areas

Joseph Creek, Wenaha River Basin, Asotin Creek Most headwater areas + selective gear/size regulations

No Wild SH harvest – selective fisheries since 1984 Barbless hooks required to aid wild release ↑ Daily Bag Limit to 3 (2002) (5 SH in 2009)

Removal of hatchery steelhead at weirs/traps (Cottonwood, Asotin, Almota, Tucannon, Dayton, etc…..)

Program SummaryManagement Objectives – Lyons Ferry Stock

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 Summary Management Objectives – Lyons Ferry Stock

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

Maintain and/or enhance natural steelhead populations – NO

Monitor the status/trends of natural populations where LSRCP fish might have affects – YES, but limited in area

Hatchery Reform Actions

↓ Smolt numbers and release locations ↑ Smolt size

↑ survival and emigration success reduce residualism

Removal of hatchery origin adults ↓ spawning in other locations

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

New Broodstock Development (Endemics)

Questions

Mainstem Snake River FisheriesProgram Contribution (RY 2006-2009)

WDFW; 34.2%

ODFW; 27.8% IDFG;

31.9%

USFWS; 6.0%

Mainstem Snake RiverSteelhead Harvest and Angler Days

68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 01 04 07 100

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

Harvest Angler Days

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

h Angler Days

Tucannon/Touchet/Walla Walla RiversSteelhead Harvest and Angler Days

68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 01 04 07 100

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

Harvest Angler Days

Run Year

Num

ber o

f Fis

hAngler Days