Quillayute River salmon escapement surveys

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

Project ID	2005 Quil 01
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	04/01/2006
End Date	07/31/2007
Year	2005
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/14/2025

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Description

Project supported technical staff necessary to estimate annual chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon escapement to the Quillayute River. In cooperation with WDFW, Quileute Tribal staff conducted aerial (helicopter), float, and foot surveys to count live/dead adults or redds in specified index reaches of the Dickey, Sol Duc, Bogachiel, and Calawah rivers (which comprise the Quillayute watershed). Sockeye escapement was estimated for the Lake Pleasant system. Foot surveys also involved sampling to recover coded-wire tagged coho and chinook.

Project Benefit

Accurate escapement estimates are essential to estimating and monitoring the abundance of chinook, coho, and sockeye populations in the Quillayute system. Escapement estimates are used to forecast abundance and plan annual harvest management regimes. Recovery of coded wire tagged coho provides the data required to monitor the Sol Duc coho PSC indicator stock. Results will indicate where numbers have improved because of forest priaces or restoration; or, where they have declined because of need for these.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Research and Monitoring

Stream Miles Monitored

750.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$150,057

Report Total:

$150,057

Worksites

20034082

Worksite Identifier: 20034082
Start Date: 09/01/2005
End Date: 03/31/2007

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Washington Coastal (171001)
Subbasin: Hoh-Quillayute (17100101)
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Washington
Recovery Domain:
Latitude: 47.902145
Longitude: -124.626953

ESU

Washington Coast Chinook Salmon ESU
Olympic Peninsula Coho Salmon ESU
Olympic Peninsula Steelhead DPS
Lake Pleasant Sockeye Salmon ESU

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Metrics

E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)

. . E.0.a RM&E Funding 150,057.00
. . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 3
. . E.0.d.2
Name Of Cooperating Organizations.

WDFW and Olympic National Park (participate in data analysis) and in steelhead redd surveys
. . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared

. . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)

. . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 150,057.00
. . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 750.00
. . . . E.1.c.4 Redd countsY (Y/N)

. . . . E.1.c.5 Carcass countsY (Y/N)

. . . . E.1.e

Description of monitoring
Escapement estimates comprise the basic index of annual abundance necessary to monitor stock status, inform annual harvest management, and guide habitat restoration and protection efforts.