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North Bay watersheds fisheries monitoring program

North Bay watersheds fisheries monitoring program. Gordon Becker, Senior Scientist Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration (CEMAR). Critical concepts. Functional—informs management and advances restoration. Fundable—scientifically sound, useful, fiscally efficient.

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North Bay watersheds fisheries monitoring program

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  1. North Bay watershedsfisheries monitoring program Gordon Becker, Senior Scientist Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration (CEMAR)

  2. Critical concepts • Functional—informs management and advances restoration • Fundable—scientifically sound, useful, fiscally efficient • Collaborative—shared design and results; compatible approaches

  3. Program elements • Monitoring methods • Target species/life stage • Watersheds/streams • Staffing/volunteer considerations

  4. Species of concern

  5. Steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

  6. Juvenile O. mykiss

  7. Steelhead smolt

  8. Monitoring program watersheds

  9. Corte Madera Creek monitoring site

  10. Corte Madera Creek site

  11. Resistance board schematic

  12. Resistance board weir (side view)

  13. Sonoma Creek monitoring sites

  14. Smolt trap

  15. Napa River monitoring sites

  16. Rotary screw trap

  17. u/s from Napa R. screw trap site

  18. typ. Napa R. fyke net site (Redwood Ck.)

  19. Key roles and tasks • Data analysis and reporting • Permit-holding biologist + 2nd lead: site selection, materials acquisition, trap install/removal, trap processing/maintenance • Volunteer coordinator

  20. North Bay Fisheries Monitoring Program Roles and Resources

  21. Program features • Data Quality Assurance Program Plan for standardized analysis and reporting • Out-migrant trapping from March 1 to June 1 • Daily trap processing w/ handling protocols for: species counted, length and weight, anesthetic and recovery, samples and tags

  22. Program results • Out-migrant size/condition • Assemblage including native/non-native • Steelhead smolt presence/absence • Migration timing and relationship to flow • Planning-level abundance estimates • Genetic/population strux. information

  23. Foregone aspects • Population estimates with confidence • Spawner surveys • Multi-year effort • Sampling locations

  24. North Bay Fisheries Monitoring Program Annual Cost Summary

  25. Funding opportunities • NMGS/DFG • IRWMP-related programs • CalFed • Private foundations • Penalty-related progs. (RWQCB, USACE)

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