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Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run/Fall-Run Chinook Salmon On The Lower Yuba River

Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run/Fall-Run Chinook Salmon On The Lower Yuba River. 5/19/2010 - 12/2/2010 Leslie Alber. Photo by J.d . Richey. Objective. To determine spatial and temporal distributions immigration period (spring) holding period (spring through fall)

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Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run/Fall-Run Chinook Salmon On The Lower Yuba River

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  1. Acoustic Telemetry: Adult Spring-Run/Fall-Run Chinook Salmon On The Lower Yuba River 5/19/2010 - 12/2/2010 Leslie Alber Photo by J.d. Richey

  2. Objective • To determine spatial and temporal distributions • immigration period (spring) • holding period (spring through fall) • spawning period (fall) Photo by J.d. Richey

  3. Methods • Hook and Line Sampling • Tagged 41 Adult Chinook Salmon • 30 Spring-Run • May 19, 2010 – June 11, 2010 • 11 Fall-Run • August 23, 2010 – October 27, 2010 Photo by J.d. Richey

  4. Methods • Vemco V13 transmitters • via esophageal/gastric insertion Random repeat intervals of 30-90 sec Body Depth & Head Length Photo by J.d. Richey Fork & Total Length Photo by J.d. Richey Photo by J.d. Richey Photo by J.d. Richey Floy Tagged Genetic Sample (Caudal Fin Clip) Photo by J.d. Richey Photo by J.d. Richey Photo by J.d. Richey Photo by J.d. Richey

  5. 23 VR2Ws from the Yuba River/Feather River Confluence to Englebright Dam • Downloaded and maintained by Jonathan Nelson, Russ Bellmer and The Heritage & Wild Trout Program Passive Tracking VEMCO VR2W Monitoring Receivers Photo by Jonathan Nelson Photo by Jonathan Nelson

  6. Active Tracking Weekly June 1, 2010 to December 2, 2010 • VEMCO VR100 • mobile tracking receivers • w/ VH100 • directional hydrophones By Jet Boat By Pontoon Boat

  7. StudyArea Narrows Reach RM 21.1 – 22.3 Parks Bar Reach RM 13.3 – 17.6 Dry Creek Reach RM 11.0 – 13.3 Timbuctoo Bend Reach RM 17.6 – 21.1 Daguerre Point Dam Reach RM 8.0 – 11.0 Englebright Dam Reach RM 22.3 – 23.1 Hallwood Reach RM 3.1 – 8.0 Marysville Reach RM 0 - 3.1

  8. Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Tracked In The Lower Yuba River • 13 Did not move downstream before passing DPD Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Detected Detected in the Englebright Reach • 15 • 2 • 17 30 Recovered at River Mile 16.4 Detected in the Feather River • 1 • 2 1 Moved downstream before passing DPD • 1 • 30 Detected above DPD Upstream most detection in the Narrows Reach

  9. Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Tracked In The Lower Yuba River Only detected in the DPD plunge pool and at 05 Spring-Run Chinook Salmon detected Not detected above DPD Last detected in the Feather River • 30 Moved downstream from tagging location • 5 • 12 • 7 • 4

  10. Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Tracked In The Lower Yuba River • 4 • 7 • 1 • 3 Detected in the Englebright Reach Fall-Run Chinook Salmon detected Detected above DPD • 11 Upstream most detection in the Narrows Reach Moved downstream before passing DPD

  11. Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Tracked In The Lower Yuba River Only Detected at tagging location (RM 7.5) Fall-Run Chinook Salmon detected Not detected above DPD Moved upstream from tagging location • 11 • 1 Last detected in the Feather River • 1 • 4 Moved downstream from tagging location • 1 • 2

  12. Spring-Run

  13. Fall-Run

  14. Number of Days Spent In The DPD Plunge Pool (Spring-Run)

  15. Number of Days Spent In The DPD Plunge Pool (Fall-Run)

  16. 16 9 2010 Spring-Run Fall-Run 2009 Spring-Run 3 4 18 11 76% 24% 56% 44% 55% 45% 18 0 138 1 0 2 52 0 210

  17. Ladder Use North vs. South 18 Spring-Run North Photo by J.d. Richey North LadderSouth LadderUnknown 7 Fall-Run Spring-Run 11 6 1 23 0 1 2009 Spring-Run Fall-Run 4 2 1 South

  18. By September 13, 2010 (Date of first marked redd) 14 of 17 Spring-Run Chinook Salmon were detected above the Hwy 20 Bridge • BySeptember 19, 2010 the remaining 3 were detected above the Hwy 20 Bridge • Between September 21, 2010 and November 3, 2010 all 7 Fall-Run Chinook Salmon were detected above the Hwy 20 Bridge Below the Hwy 20 Bridge Above the Hwy 20 Bridge

  19. Recovered Acoustic Tags Hammon Grove Index Area Redd Survey Site Recovered on the Feather River – 1 in river and 1 at the hatchery

  20. Narrows Reach Englebright Dam Reach Spring-Run 17 15 # of days detected Avg. Min Max # of days detected Avg. Min Max 11 1 43 11 2 23 7 4 Fall-Run # of days detected Avg. Min Max # of days detected Avg. Min Max 3 2 4 3 2 5

  21. Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Spring-Run Chinook Salmon

  22. Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Fall-Run Chinook Salmon

  23. Lower Yuba River Movement of Adult Spring-Run and Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Englebright Dam Timbuctoo Bend Daguerre Point Dam 9 1 7 6 8 2 5 4 3 9 1 2 1 3 7 5 8 6 8 11 10 11 Narrows Pool Hwy 20 Bridge 10 7 9 8 4 6 5 9 2 3 7 7 7 3 5 7 9 9 3 8 5 8 6 3 5 9 8 3 8 30 27 26 25 24 21 22 23 29 21 22 19 29 15 19 11 18 20 12 21 15 14 14 15 16 14 17 10 28 21 27 20 10 14 19 15 20 18 17 29 21 12 12 29 12 29 29 13 29 12 13 29 29 19 12 19 16 15 29 26 16 27 16 15 13 Week 22 10/10/2010 – 10/16/2010 Week 23 10/17/2010 – 10/23/2010 Week 26 11/7/2010 – 11/13/2010 Week 24 10/24/2010 – 10/30/2010 Week 25 10/31/2010 – 11/6/2010 Week 28 11/21/2010 – 11/27/2010 Week 27 11/14/2010 – 11/20/2010 Week 29 11/28/2010 – 12/4/2010 Week 9 7/11/2010 – 7/17/2010 Week 7 6/27/2010 – 7/3/2010 Week 6 6/20/2010 – 6/26/2010 Week 5 6/13/2010 – 6/19/2010 Week 8 7/4/2010 – 7/10/2010 Week 3 5/30/2010 – 6/5/2010 Week 2 5/23/2010 – 5/29/2010 Week 1 5/16/2010 – 5/22/2010 Week 4 6/6/2010 – 6/12/2010 Week 16 8/29/2010 – 9/4/2010 Week 18 9/12/2010 – 9/18/2010 Week 20 9/26/2010 – 10/2/2010 Week 10 7/18/2010 – 7/24/2010 Week 21 10/3/2010 – 10/9/2010 Week 19 9/19/2010 – 9/25/2010 Week 12 8/1/2010 – 8/7/2010 Week 13 8/8/2010 – 8/14/2010 Week 17 9/5/2010 – 9/11/2010 Week 14 8/15/2010 – 8/21/2010 Week 15 8/22/2010 – 8/28/2010 Week 11 7/25/2010 – 7/31/2010 Week of first marked redd Simpson Lane Bridge

  24. Acknowledgments • Jen Bergman, Casey Campos, Derek Givens, Ryan Greathouse, Naoaki Ikemiyagi, Duane Massa, Bryan Nelson, Ann Sugiura & Kyle Thompson • (PSMFC Yuba River Crew) • Russ Bellmer, Roger Bloom, Brian Hennes, Jonathan Nelson, • and The Heritage & Wild Trout Program • River Management Team • Land Owners (UC Davis Extension, Cordua Irrigation District, PG&E, Yuba Recreation Inc.)

  25. Questions ?

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