Sockeye Reintroduction III

Salmonid Hatcheries and Harvest Management

Project ID	11-Yaka-02
Recovery Domains	Middle Columbia River
Start Date	04/03/2012
End Date	10/10/2012
Year	2011
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/25/2024

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Description

Under this project 10,000 adult sockeye were trapped at the Priest Rapids Dam and then transported to the Lake Cle Elum and outplanted. Also the YN staff traveled to Canada to meet with the Okanagan Nation Alliance and assisted them with their sockeye program. Also a 30’ circular tank was purchased to aid in the acclimation of the sockeye at Cle Elum Lake.

The following number of DNA samples were taken during the trapping and will be analyzed under another funding source:

July 02nd : # 1250 collected 200 DNA samples taken
July 03rd: # 1936 collected 200 DNA samples taken 10 radio tags
July 05th : # 1751 collected 100 DNA samples taken
July 06th : # 1648 collected 50 DNA samples taken
July 09th : # 1076 collected 100 DNA samples taken
July 10th : # 500 collected 50 DNA samples taken
July 11th : # 925 collected 100 DNA samples taken 20 radio tags
July 12th : # 914 collected 100 DNA samples taken 20 radio tags

Project Benefit

The main goal of this project is to reintroduce sockeye back to Yakima River basin (est. numbers of 200,000 historically). They were extirpated from the basin in the late 1890’s when crib dams were built for irrigation storage. This prevented adults from returning to their spawning areas above the five lakes. Also, continue to think outside the box concerning sockeye. This could include removal of evasive species (lake trout) through fishing derbies or gill netting off of spawning areas or fertilizing the lakes to enhance zooplankton (food source for young sockeye) The Yakama Nation and the other federal and state agencies feel that Lake Cle Elum is the best suited lake for the reintroduction as its upper watershed is within the Alpine lakes wilderness area and the rest is in forest service control.

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$35,700

Other

$65,000

Report Total:

$100,700

Worksites

Lake Cle Elem

Worksite Identifier: Lake Cle Elem
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Yakima (170300)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed: 170300010105

State: Washington
Recovery Domain: Middle Columbia River
Latitude: 47.255845202470915
Longitude: -121.06777936219895

ESU

Un-Named ESU Sockeye

Map

Photos

Metrics

D.0 Salmonid Hatcheries and Harvest ManagementY (Y/N)

. . D.0.a Hatchery and harvest mgmt. funding 100,700.00
. . D.0.b
Complement habitat restoration project

none lisred

. . D.0.c

Project Identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
Yakima Basin Sockeye Reintroduction Plan", YIN-Assessment of Sockeye Salmon Production Potential in the Cle Elum River Basin, Storage Dam Fish Passage Study, Yakima Project, WA, Tech Series No. PN-YDFP-008, Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, ID. March 2007

. . D.1 Hatchery Production ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . D.1.a Hatchery Production Funding 100,700.00
- . . . . D.1.c.1 Hatchery operations - facility or equipmentY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . D.1.c.2
    Description of the facility modification and/or equipment purchase
    
    Purchase a 30’ Circular Acclimation tank
  - . . . . . . D.1.c.3 Funding for facility equipment or structures 1,000.00
- . . . . D.1.e.1 Native/wild broodstock collection/relocationY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . D.1.e.2 Number by species of broodstock collected (LOV)