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Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run Chinook Salmon on The Lower Yuba River

Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run Chinook Salmon on The Lower Yuba River. LESSONS LEARNED PILOT STUDY MAY 12, 2009 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 Leslie Alber. To determine spatial and temporal distributions immigration period (spring) holding period (spring through fall)

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Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run Chinook Salmon on The Lower Yuba River

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  1. Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run Chinook Salmon on The Lower Yuba River LESSONS LEARNED PILOT STUDY MAY 12, 2009 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 Leslie Alber

  2. To determine spatial and temporal distributions • immigration period (spring) • holding period (spring through fall) • spawning period (fall) Objective

  3. Tagged 30 adult spring-run Chinook Salmon • Hook-and-line sampling • MAY 12, 2009 – MAY 26, 2009 • Vemco V13 transmitters via esophageal/gastric insertion • Random repeat intervals of 30-90 sec • Passive Tracking • Active Tracking • 19 VEMCO VR2W monitoring receivers • Yuba/Feather River Confluence  Narrows Reach (below Englebright Dam) • Maintained & downloaded by Jonathan Nelson and the Wild Trout crew • VEMCO VR100 mobile tracking receiver w/ VH110 directional hydrophone • Weekly surveys by boat (Narrows  Confluence) or foot (Narrows  Englebright) • May 20, 2009 – November 13, 2009 Methods

  4. VR2W Locations Study Area

  5. 29 Fish Detected • (58086 - 58114) • 24Fish detectedabove DPD • 5Never detectedabove DPD • 10Detectedin the Narrows reach • 2Last detected in the Feather River • 3"Lost" Never detectedafter DPD

  6. 8Detectedbelow DPD plunge pool/ Station 05/05A • 1 Held at DPD before and after being detected downstream • 2Last detected in the Feather River • 2Tagged at RM2 • 3Detected downstream before holding at DPD • 6Tagged at DPD

  7. Highest receiver upstream Lowest receiver downstream

  8. 24 Fish passed DPD

  9. The area between DPD and Hwy 20 was most likely used largely as a migratory corridor.

  10. By August 31, 2009 (date of first observed redd) 16 fish were detected at or above Hwy 20 • The remaining 8 fish were first detected in this section between September 1, 2009 and September 25, 2009 Below Hwy 20 Above Hwy 20

  11. 1 4 2 9 5 Sept. 7-11, 2009 Sept. 14-18, 2009 Sept. 21-28, 2009 Sept. 28- Oct. 2, 2009 Oct. 5-9, 2009

  12. Lower Yuba River Movement of Adult Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Timbuctoo Daguerre Point Dam Narrows Pool Feather River Hwy 20 Bridge Index-Area Site RST site * Week Following First Observed Redd June 30- July 6, 2009 Sept. 29- Oct. 5, 2009 Oct. 27- Nov. 2, 2009 July 28- Aug. 3, 2009 July 21-27, 2009 Sept. 15-21, 2009 Sept. 22-28, 2009 May 26- June 1, 2009 June 16-22, 2009 Aug. 25-31, 2009 Aug. 11-17, 2009 Aug. 18-24, 2009 Sept. 8-14, 2009 July 14-20, 2009 Oct. 13-19, 2009 Oct. 20-26, 2009 Aug. 4-10, 2009 Nov. 10-13, 2009 June 23-29, 2009 June 2-8, 2009 Oct. 6-12, 2009 Nov. 3-9, 2009 Sept. 1-7, 2009 July 7-13, 2009 May 12-18, 2009 June 9-15, 2009 May 19-25, 2009 Simpson Lane Bridge

  13. Individual movement patterns were diverse • Fish held in the DPD plunge pool • 1/3 of the Chinook tagged were tracked in the Narrows Reach • All fish tracked above DPD were detected at or above Hwy 20 during the spawning period Summary

  14. Jonathan Nelson, Roger Bloom, Brian Hennes and the Wild Trout Crew • Brian Kreb, Jen Bergman, Duane Massa, Casey Campos, Ryan Greathouse, Kyle Thompson, Colin Purdy, Derek Givens, & Naoaki Ikemiyagi (PSMFC Yuba River Crew) • River Management Team • Land Owners (UC Davis Extension, Cordua Irrigation District, PG&E, Yuba Recreation Inc.) Acknowledgments

  15. Questions?

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