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Washington State Steelhead Stock Status Review

PACIFIC COAST STEELHEAD MEETING AMILEE WILSON WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE MARCH 2004. Washington State Steelhead Stock Status Review. NOAA Determination of Washington State Steelhead Status by ESU. Not Warranted for listing Puget Sound (Coastal Steelhead)

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Washington State Steelhead Stock Status Review

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

  2. NOAA Determination of Washington State Steelhead Status by ESU • Not Warranted for listing • Puget Sound (Coastal Steelhead) • Olympic Peninsula (Coastal Steelhead) • Southwest Washington (Coastal Steelhead) • Threatened • L. ColumbiaRiver Sys. (Coastal Steelhead) • M. Columbia River Sys. (Inland Steelhead) • Snake River Basin (Inland Steelhead) • Endangered • U. Columbia River Sys. (Inland Steelhead)

  3. All anadromous species including Chinook, Chum, Coho, Pink, Sockeye, and Steelhead. Salmon and Steelhead Stock Inventory Inclusion of Bull Trout/Dolly Varden (1997) and Cutthroat Trout (2000) stock inventories. Salmonid Stock Inventory Which is it: SASSI or SaSI?SASSI (1992) SaSI (2002)

  4. Salmonid Stock Breakdown for Washington State

  5. 1992: 137 stocks Healthy: 36 = 26% Depressed: 42 = 31% Critical: 1 = 1% Unknown: 58 = 42% 2002: 137 stocks Healthy: 28 = 20% Depressed: 41 = 30% Critical: 1 = 1% Unknown: 66 = 48% Not Rated: 1 = 1% Summary of 2002 SaSI Stock Ratings Note: The first three WA State SaSI ratings are only conceptually compatible with color-coded NOAA Fisheries ratings.

  6. Summary of 2002 SaSI Stock Ratings

  7. Puget Sound ESU – Not Warranted

  8. Production in the mainstem & tributaries appears to be very poor at present 1992 - Healthy; 2002 – Depressed or Unknown Skagit River System(Puget Sound ESU)

  9. Strong system recovery from early eighties to consistently meet EG of 6500 until the year 1999 Majority of stocks: 1992 - Healthy; 2002 - Depressed Snohomish River System(Puget Sound ESU)

  10. 2002 status reflects improved overwintering habitat and increased parr-to-smolt survival and adult returns following the flooding in 1995 1992 – Critical; 2002 - Depressed Stillaguamish/Deer Creek (Puget Sound ESU)

  11. Escapements have generally varied within a range of 25% above or below the escapement goal of 2,000 spawners. 1992 – Healthy; 2002 - Healthy Green River(Puget Sound ESU)

  12. Olympic Peninsula ESU – Not Warranted

  13. Historical bright spot for wild winter steelhead and seems to be maintaining good habitat 1992 – Healthy; 2002 - Healthy Quillayute River(Olympic Peninsula ESU)

  14. No agreed to Esc. Goal 1992 – Healthy; 2002 - Healthy Queets River(Olympic Peninsula ESU)

  15. A wild stock with natural production 1992 – Healthy; 2002 - Healthy Quinault River(Olympic Peninsula ESU)

  16. SW Washington ESU – Not Warranted

  17. Sustained a long decline, but seems to be stabilizing 1992 – Healthy; 2002 – Depressed Humptulips River(SW Washington ESU)

  18. Escapements have been high and relatively stable from 2000 to 2003 1992 – Healthy; 2002 – Healthy Chehalis River (SW Washington ESU)

  19. L. Columbia River ESU - Threatened

  20. Chronically low escapements from 1994 to 2001 1992 - Healthy; 2002 – Depressed Toutle River(Lower Columbia River ESU)

  21. Chronically low escapements; new escapement index established in 1997 but its relationship to the previous escapement index is currently unknown 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed Lewis River (Lower Columbia River ESU)

  22. Kalama River –(Lower Columbia River ESU) • Escapements in 1998 through 2001 have been only 14% to 33% of the goal • 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed

  23. M. Columbia River ESU - Threatened

  24. Data gaps hurt status determination 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed Touchet River(Mid Columbia ESU)

  25. Unexpected up turn in wild escapement 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed Yakima River(Mid Columbia River ESU)

  26. U. Columbia River ESU - Endangered

  27. No SaSI Stock – (Upper Columbia ESU) Counts from Priest Rapids Dam represent all fish returning to the Upper Columbia River ESU

  28. Counts from the Wells Dam 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed Methow/Okanogan Summer Steelhead (Upper Columbia ESU)

  29. Snake River Basin ESU - Threatened

  30. Possible up-ward trend despite data gaps 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed Tucannon River(Snake River Basin ESU)

  31. Data gaps hurt status determination 1992 – Depressed; 2002 – Depressed Asotin Creek(Snake River Basin ESU)

  32. Conclusions • Increase and maintain the number of Healthy stocks • How should we manage the 41 Depressed stocks? • Multitude of “Unknown” stocks • Fisheries lost • Harvest no longer a source of data • 2 year steelhead moratorium • Weather conditions make it impossible to survey most summer steelhead populations

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