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Alternative Gear Implementation Project

Alternative Gear Implementation Project. Pat Frazier WDFW Region 5 Fish Program Manager. Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy. Why we’re doing the Project. Its important for wild fish Its important for communities Its important for fishers. Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy.

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Alternative Gear Implementation Project

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  1. Alternative Gear Implementation Project Pat Frazier WDFW Region 5 Fish Program Manager Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy

  2. Why we’re doing the Project Its important for wild fish Its important for communities Its important for fishers Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy

  3. Ensure Fisheries Are Sustainable and Managed Consistent With ALL-H Recovery Efforts

  4. Non-Treaty Columbia River Fisheries and ESA • Harvest BIOP Conservation Levels • Manage for Fishery Survival in All-H Comprehensive Analysis • Fishery monitoring to Ensure Conservation Effectiveness • Fishery Strategy to Assist Hatchery Reform

  5. FCRPS Biological Opinion Evaluate Methods to Develop or Expand Use of Selective Fishing Evaluate Post Release Mortality for Selective Fisheries Fishery Conservation Effectiveness Program

  6. 2010 Alternative Gear Project Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy Gear: • Purse Seines (6) • Beach seines (5) • Trap Nets (2) Species: Chinook and Coho When: • 30 days per fisher • Mid Aug. through late Oct.

  7. Location of Fishers

  8. 2010 Total Catch by Gear Type

  9. 2010 Mortality Data Mortality Study (24-48 hrs): • Lack of suitable locations • High otter predation • 66 out of 327 (20%) Test Fishery (immediate): • Excellent condition • Small jacks wedged • 0.12% immediate • 29 out of 22,856 Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy

  10. Future Mortality Studies Test Group: • Purse seines & beach seines • Just below Bonneville Dam • 1,000 tags per species per gear type Control Group: • Collect at Bonneville AFF • Release near test fishing grounds • 1,000 tags per species Marking and Recovery: • PIT tags • Recoveries at Bonneville Dam and upstream Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy

  11. Control Group ESA Coverage: • Permit directly through NOAA Fisheries • Mortalities included in research impacts for Alternative Gear Study AFF Operation Alternatives: • Increase days • Additional hours per day • Increased number of fish in holding tank • Variation from temperature protocols

  12. DESIRED OUTCOME Data Sufficient to Account for Harvest of all SpeciesScientifically Sound Release Mortality Accountability Implement Alternative Gear Fishery By 2013 Pat Frazier, Region 5 Fish Program Manager

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