ODFW LCR Harvest Management 2021-23

Salmonid Hatcheries and Harvest Management

Project ID	OWEB 222-903-22777
Recovery Domains	Lower Columbia River
Start Date	07/01/2021
End Date	06/30/2024
Year	2018
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/02/2025

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Description

This project implemented the harvest actions identified in the Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead and the Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead by collecting and tracking harvest and abundance information to ensure harvest impacts were maintained at, or below, identified levels. This project prepared two unique fishery evaluations for Willamette River Spring Chinook in 2021 and 2022.

PCSRF FFY2018 and FFY2022 funds were expended on project costs incurred during the corresponding PCSRF FFY contract award periods.

Project Benefit

The following data will be collected (or work will be conducted) in the Columbia and lower Willamette Rivers by this project, and will be used to set in-season and future harvest regulations as well as inform management direction for resource protection and enhancement:
• Aerial effort counts of boats and/or bank anglers
• Catch determined through angler interviews regarding trip length and numbers of fish caught and released
• Catch sampling for biological data (length, age scales, sex, fin marks, external tags, and other anomalies)
• Recovery of coded-wire tags (for extraction, decoding, and importation into a regional database by another work unit)
• Preparation and age assessment of scales
• Data analysis to assess age and size composition of various annual runs and races within the study area
• Digital video recordings of fish passage at Willamette Falls Fishway to estimate size, stock, fin marks, and species of all passing fish, and provide daily and total counts to fishery managers and the public
• Maintenance of equipment and facilities that ensured continued safe passage and video recording of fish at Willamette Falls Fishway.

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$1,825,759

Report Total:

$1,825,759

Worksites

60935675

Worksite Identifier: 60935675
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Lower Columbia (170800)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Oregon
Recovery Domain: Lower Columbia River
Latitude: 45.45312
Longitude: -122.07771

ESU

Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon ESU
Lower Columbia River Steelhead DPS
Upper Willamette River Steelhead DPS
Upper Willamette River Chinook Salmon ESU
Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

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

. . D.0.a Hatchery and harvest mgmt. funding 1,825,759.00
. . D.0.b
Complement habitat restoration project

None

. . D.0.c

Project Identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead (ODFW, 2010); Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead (ODFW, 2011)

. . D.3 Harvest Management ProjectY (Y/N)

. . . . D.3.a Harvest Management Funding 1,825,759.00

. . . . D.3.b.1 Fishery EvaluationsY (Y/N)

. . . . . . D.3.b.2 Number of fishery evaluations completed 2

. . . . . . D.3.b.3

Record Names Of Fishery Evaluation Documents
"Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. February 2022. Fisheries Management and Evaluation for 2021 Willamette River Spring Chinook. Columbia River Management. Clackamas, Oregon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. January 2023. Fisheries Management and Evaluation for 2022 Willamette River Spring Chinook. Columbia River Management. Clackamas, Oregon. "

. . . . D.3.d.1 Fisheries management improvementsY (Y/N)

. . . . . . D.3.d.2 Number of regulations 90
. . . . . . D.3.d.3 Number of management actions 20

. . . . . . D.3.d.4

Record names of regulatory/management documents

"Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. July 2021. 2021 Joint Staff report: Stock status and fisheries for fall Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, chum salmon, summer steelhead, and white sturgeon. Joint Columbia River Management Staff. Ridgefield, Washington/Clackamas, Oregon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. February 2022. 2022 Joint staff report: Stock status and fisheries for spring Chinook, summer Chinook, sockeye, steelhead, and other species. Joint Columbia River Management Staff. Clackamas, Oregon/Ridgefield, Washington. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. July 2022. 2022 Joint Staff report: Stock status and fisheries for fall Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, chum salmon, summer steelhead, and white sturgeon. Joint Columbia River Management Staff. Ridgefield, Washington/Clackamas, Oregon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. February 2023. 2023 Joint staff report: Stock status and fisheries for spring Chinook, summer Chinook, sockeye, steelhead, and other species. Joint Columbia River Management Staff. Clackamas, Oregon/Ridgefield, Washington. "