The one MaSA has a redd count survey. There are • Spatial distribution no MiSAs. Data collected from juveniles at screw trap and Genetic baseline needs to be Implement a 5-year rotating panel • • • adults at weir and from carcasses sampled during maintained at regular intervals. for baseline genetic samples. Species diversity SBT ground redd counts. SBT proposed to collect DNA • Adult age and diversity data available for 2000-2005, from harvested adults and • 2007, and 2008 from NPM. juveniles collected at screw trap. Yankee Fork Salmon Population IDFG has aerial index redd sites in Yankee Fork and Yankee Fork weir started Supplementation effectiveness SBT developing a Chinook • • • • WF Yankee Fork. Data available since 1957. operating in 2008. Data quality monitoring is needed for SBT program. supplementation program for the IDFG and SBT do multi-pass redd counts in WF and quantity will improve with time Continue multiple pass intensive Yankee Fork. Could include • • Yankee Fork for ISS. due to adult sampling at the weir. ground counts ISS ends. permanent trapping facility in SBT do multi-pass counts in Yankee Fork. Intense Accuracy of GSI to identify this Yankee Fork to improve • • ground counts since 1980 for SMEP and SRHE population needs to be abundance and productivity (Salmon River Habitat Enhancement) programs. determined. estimates. Weir to capture adult Chinook salmon in Yankee Population-scale habitat • • Fork beginning 2008 for SBT supplementation monitoring proposed under Adult abundance program. CHaMP program. Natural-origin Snake River Chinook abundance • estimated at LGR by IDFG using GSI beginning 2008. Age composition and sex ratios also determined IDFG and NOAA have operated an adult captive • rearing program for Chinook in the West Fork Yankee Fork. Program is ending and the last adults will be stocked in 2009. WF Yankee Fork is a treatment stream for the ISS • study. Ends in 2014. Sex ratio, hatchery proportion, length, percent Weir just started operating in • • • Adult productivity spawned, DNA, age structure are obtained from 2008. Data quality and quantity
Spatial distribution • The one MaSA has a redd count survey. There are no MiSAs. Species diversity • Data collected from juveniles at screw trap and adults at weir and from carcasses sampled during SBT ground redd counts. • Adult age and diversity data available for 2000-2005, 2007, and 2008 from NPM. • Genetic baseline needs to be maintained at regular intervals. • Implement a 5-year rotating panel for baseline genetic samples. • SBT proposed to collect DNA from harvested adults and juveniles collected at screw trap. Yankee Fork Salmon Population Adult abundance • IDFG has aerial index redd sites in Yankee Fork and WF Yankee Fork. Data available since 1957. • IDFG and SBT do multi-pass redd counts in WF Yankee Fork for ISS. • SBT do multi-pass counts in Yankee Fork. Intense ground counts since 1980 for SMEP and SRHE (Salmon River Habitat Enhancement) programs. • Weir to capture adult Chinook salmon in Yankee Fork beginning 2008 for SBT supplementation program. • Natural-origin Snake River Chinook abundance estimated at LGR by IDFG using GSI beginning 2008. Age composition and sex ratios also determined • IDFG and NOAA have operated an adult captive rearing program for Chinook in the West Fork Yankee Fork. Program is ending and the last adults will be stocked in 2009. • WF Yankee Fork is a treatment stream for the ISS study. Ends in 2014. • Yankee Fork weir started operating in 2008. Data quality and quantity will improve with time due to adult sampling at the weir. • Accuracy of GSI to identify this population needs to be determined. • Supplementation effectiveness monitoring is needed for SBT program. • Continue multiple pass intensive ground counts ISS ends. • SBT developing a Chinook supplementation program for the Yankee Fork. Could include permanent trapping facility in Yankee Fork to improve abundance and productivity estimates. • Population-scale habitat monitoring proposed under CHaMP program. Adult productivity • Sex ratio, hatchery proportion, length, percent spawned, DNA, age structure are obtained from • Weir just started operating in 2008. Data quality and quantity •
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