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Evaluation of Fishing Activities Fish Mercury Project Steering Committee April 26, 2006

Evaluation of Fishing Activities Fish Mercury Project Steering Committee April 26, 2006. Alyce Ujihara, Jessica Kaslow, May Lynn Tan, Lori Copan, Elana Silver California Department of Health Services Environmental Health Investigations Branch. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities.

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Evaluation of Fishing Activities Fish Mercury Project Steering Committee April 26, 2006

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  1. Evaluation of Fishing ActivitiesFish Mercury Project Steering CommitteeApril 26, 2006 Alyce Ujihara, Jessica Kaslow, May Lynn Tan, Lori Copan, Elana SilverCalifornia Department of Health ServicesEnvironmental Health Investigations Branch

  2. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities • Needs Assessments and Fishing Activities Assessments • Focus Groups • DFG Creel Survey • Contra Costa Boater Survey • Delta Angler Survey

  3. Geographic Focus 2006 • North Delta • Sacramento River • Lake Shasta • Tributaries • Creeks • Reservoirs

  4. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities • Needs Assessments and Fishing Activities Assessments • Focus Groups • DFG Creel Survey • Contra Costa Boater Survey • Delta Angler Survey

  5. Needs Assessment and Fishing Activities Assessment Counties Butte Colusa Contra Costa Glenn Sacramento San Joaquin Shasta Solano Sutter Tehama Yolo Yuba

  6. Needs Assessment Participants • Local Health Officers • Public Health Directors • Environmental Health Directors • Maternal and Child Health Directors • WIC (Women, Infants and Children) • FSNEP (Food Stamp Nutrition Education)

  7. Fishing Assessment Participants • Department of Fish and Game • Wardens • Lieutenants • Fisheries Biologists • County Fish and Game Commissioner • County Agriculture Commissioner

  8. Findings: Sacramento River • Determined popular fishing sites • North portion is mostly boat access • Shore fishing in south portion • Species: salmon, striped bass, shad, trout, sturgeon, catfish, bullhead, clams, crayfish

  9. Findings: Shasta Lake • 95% boat angling Species: • 80% Spotted Bass (mostly catch & release) • 20% landlocked salmon and trout • Minor: crappie, sturgeon, pikeminnow, squawfish, panfish, clams, channel catfish

  10. Other sites discussed • North Delta • Feather River • Yuba River • Stony Gorge and East Park Reservoirs • Whiskeytown Lake • Cottonwood Creek • ….many more

  11. Other areas of concern • Sutter Bypass • Colusa Drain • Rice fields • Agriculture canals • Pond at old DDT dump- Glenn County

  12. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities • Needs Assessments and Fishing Activities Assessments • Focus Groups • DFG Creel Survey • Contra Costa Boater Survey • Delta Angler Survey

  13. Focus Group: LULAC Todos Unidos April 6, 2006 6 male and 2 female anglers Spanish

  14. Focus Group: Hmong United Community of Oroville April 14, 2006 10 male anglers Hmong translator

  15. Focus Groups Questions included: • Reasons for fishing • Fishing sites and seasons • Species eaten and frequency • Preparation methods • Where they get information about fish • Test Delta sign (LULAC only)

  16. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities • Needs Assessments and Fishing Activities Assessments • Focus Groups • DFG Creel Survey • Contra Costa Boater Survey • Delta Angler Survey

  17. DFG Creel Survey • Rivers 1998-2003 • Reservoirs 2000-2006 • Count of shore and boat anglers • Species kept and released • Fish length • Fishing satisfaction

  18. Rivers Sampled 1998-2003 (DFG) • Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead Harvest Monitoring Program • Sacramento River • American River • Feather River • Yuba River

  19. Reservoirs Sampled 2000-2006 (DFG) • Folsom Lake • Jenkinson Lake • New Bullards Bar Reservoir • New Melones Lake • Lake Oroville • Pardee Reservoir • Whiskeytown Lake

  20. Species caught and keptSacramento River below SacramentoDFG Creel Data 2002 • American Shad (>800 kept at rivermile 46) • King Salmon (>60 kept at rivermile 45) • Striped Bass (>50 kept at rivermile 59) • Splittail (>20 kept at rivermile 47) • Steelhead (>15 kept at rivermile 49) • Catfish (15 kept at rivermile 39) • 5 or less carp, sturgeon, sunfish, black bass, rainbow trout, or squawfish kept at any rivermile

  21. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities • Needs Assessments and Fishing Activities Assessments • Focus Groups • DFG Creel Survey • Contra Costa Boater Survey (CALFED) • Delta Angler Survey (CALFED)

  22. Contra Costa Boater Survey • Interviewed 1300 boaters • Fishing was 2nd most popular activity • 50% eat Delta fish • Only 8% once a week or more • Striper (39%), catfish (26%), sturgeon (20%), salmon (15%), black bass (12%) • 49% had heard of advisory

  23. EHIB Evaluation of Fishing Activities • Needs Assessments and Fishing Activities Assessments • Focus Groups • DFG Creel Survey • Contra Costa Boater Survey (CALFED) • Delta Angler Survey (CALFED)

  24. Delta Angler Survey

  25. Delta Angler SurveyOctober-November 2005 • Interviewed 97 anglers • 36% Asian, 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, 12% White • South Delta and San Joaquin River • English, Spanish, Cambodian • Fish consumption patterns • Fishing sites • Advisory awareness

  26. Angler Survey Results • 89% eat sport fish • Striper (72%), catfish (72%), bluegill (49%), largemouth bass (45%), crawdad (20%), carp (12%) • Striped bass fishing sites • 63% Delta • 21% San Luis Reservoir/ Delta Mendota Canal • 17% Other • 63% had heard of advisory

  27. Next Steps • More focus groups • Boaters • Vietnamese • Native Americans • Site visits • Shasta Lake • Sutter Bypass • Rice fields and agriculture canals

  28. How will this information be incorporated into the 2006 sampling plan? • Prioritize sites into “matrix” • Consider: • Where sampled already • Represent each county • Lesser known sites/ illegal fishing • Ethnic groups

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