FY 2018 Skokomish River Salmon and Steelhead Stock Assessments

Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)

Monitoring
Project ID18-SKOK-02
Recovery DomainsPuget Sound
Start Date01/01/2021
End Date12/31/2021
Year2018
StatusCompleted
Last Edited01/25/2024
 
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Description    


Funding provided support for a steelhead biologist and finfish technician. Staff conducted spawning ground surveys (including visual, redd and carcass counts) and collect biological data for adult Chinook, coho, chum & pink salmon and steelhead in the Skokomish River system. While the project was geared at collecting data the information that is ultimately used to develop adult escapement estimates, determine hatchery versus wild interaction, and quantify age structure. Surveys complemented standardized index area surveys to provide improved understanding of spawning abundance and distribution of steelhead as part of the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center-directed supplementation study in the Hood Canal region. Juvenile salmonid surveys were conducted to estimate smolt production of Chinook, coho, chum and steelhead. A screw trap was operated in the South Fork to monitor Chinook, coho, and chum salmon and steelhead smolt outmigration timing and abundance and to estimate juvenile survival rates. Additional steelhead work included snorkel surveys and hook & line sampling to provide biometric, genetic, age and life history data.

Project Benefit    


This project will provide long-term abundance, distribution, and survival data for salmon species. This information is vital for proper harvest management, recovery planning, and habitat management and research projects.



Conditions of a permit issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the City of Tacoma to operate the Cushman Hydroelectric Project include the construction of hatcheries, introduction of new salmon stocks, and the return of normative flows to the river. This emphasizes the need to sustain monitoring all reaches of the river to determine the effectiveness of the changes.



Continued Skokomish Tribal participation is key to the success of the Hood Canal Steelhead Supplementation Study. This 15-year study, the first of its kind in Puget Sound, will generate new information on the structure of steelhead populations in the Hood Canal region, and assess the effectiveness of innovative hatchery supplementation methods utilizing naturally spawned production to enhance natural populations of steelhead and maintain genetic diversity.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed
Research and Monitoring
  Stream Miles Monitored 35.00 35.00

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$91,079
Report Total:$91,079


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Location Information

  • Basin: Puget Sound (171100)
  • Subbasin: Skokomish (17110017)
  • Watershed: Skokomish River-Frontal Hood Canal (1711001702)
  • Subwatershed: Skokomish River-Frontal Hood Canal (171100170204)
  • State: Washington
  • Recovery Domain: Puget Sound
  • Latitude: 47.326111
  • Longitude: -123.151944

ESU

  • Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon ESU
  • Puget Sound Steelhead DPS
  • Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

Metrics
  • E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)
    •      . . E.0.a RM&E Funding 91,079.00
    •      . . E.0.b
      Complement habitat restoration project
    •      . . E.0.c
      Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
      Skokomish Indian Tribe and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2010. Recovery Plan for Skokomish River Chinook Salmon. Submitted for review by the NMFS August 2010, Olympia, WA.
    •      . . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 5
    •      . . E.0.d.2
      Name Of Cooperating Organizations.
      Washington State Department of Wildlife, the US Forest Service and NOAA, in addition to non-governmental groups such as the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and Tacoma Power
    •      . . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 3
    •      . . E.0.e.2
      Name Of Report
      Skokomish Fisheries Department. 2021, 2022. Semi-annual Progress Reports Submitted to NWIFC. Skokomish Fisheries, North 533 Tribal Center Road Skokomish Nation, WA 98584.
    •      . . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 91,079.00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 35.00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored .0
      •      . . . . E.1.b.3 Square miles of water monitored0 (Square miles)
      •      . . . . E.1.c.1 Adult salmonid population monitoringY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.1.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for adult salmonids 35.00
      •      . . . . E.1.c.2 Salmonid smolt or fry monitoringY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.2.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for Salmonid smolt or fry 35.00
      •      . . . . E.1.c.4 Redd countsY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.4.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for redds 35.00
      •      . . . . E.1.c.5 Carcass countsY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.5.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for Carcasses 35.00
        •      . . . . E.1.d
          Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program