Overview of Current Production Programs Across the Columbia River

Basin

Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead Hatchery Production

WHO?

WHAT?

WHERE?WHEN?

WHY?

……and HOW?

Approximately 143 million salmon and steelhead juveniles are produced and released annually from hatcheries in the Columbia Basin (mouth to headwaters).

Columbia Basin Hatcheries

Bonneville Dam

Upper ColumbiaMcNary upstream

SnakeIce Harbor upstream

Lower Columbia Bonneville to McNary

Below Bonneville

53 M

90 M

Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead production (in millions) by release area

• ~90 million salmon and steelhead are released above Bonneville Dam (BON).

• Accessible to Tribal Treaty Fisheries (Zone 6)

• U.S. vs. Oregon Management Agreement contains 86 million of these fish– Release location, marking, broodstock, facility

Who Funds Hatchery Production?

• Idaho Power Company• Bureau of Reclamation• Corps of Engineers - John Day Mitigation & Dworshak• Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (BPA)• Mitchell Act• Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund• Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (BPA)• Mid Columbia Public Utility Districts (PUDs)• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service• Portland General Electric• Tacoma Public Utilities• State Funds• Sports Fish Restoration Funds

Salmon and steelhead production (in millions) above Bonneville Dam by funding agency

LSRCP BPA FWP

IPC FWS PUD BOR MA COE PGE PCSRF -

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

Hells Canyon – 1967

blocked passage to

1,600 miles of salmon

habitat

The majority of hatchery programs in the Columbia Basin are producing fish to mitigate for the development and operation of the hydrosystem. As long as the dams are in place there is a legal obligation to provide fish.

Example: Lower Snake River Compensation Plan – estimated 48% survival reduction….spring/summer Chinook – mitigation

responsibility to produce 293,500 adults:

234,800 - harvest 58,700 - escape to Snake River

Juvenile Production – 10 M with and SAR of 0.65%

Survival of Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Release to Return

Causes of Juvenile Fish Mortality

Survival of Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook adults –

Columbia River Mouth – Snake River

2.3%

3.5%

Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead production below Bonneville Dam – by primary purpose

53 million salmon and steelhead

Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead production above Bonneville Dam – by primary purpose

90 million salmon and steelhead

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• U.S. vs. Oregon Management Agreement contains 86 million of these fish

• About 30% (26 million juveniles) of the fish released above BON are produced for supplementation or fishery/supplementation.

• 67% primarily for harvest.

Ad-clip marking of salmon and steelhead (in millions) in U.S. vs. Oregon Agreement

Who funds Supplementation/Fishery Programs above Bonneville Dam?

18%

32%

19%

17%LSRCPMIX Including BPABPA FWPIPCFWSPUDBORMACOEPGEPCSRF

ESA Status of salmon and steelhead programs funded or partially funded by BPA FWP

ESA listed• Snake River fall Chinook• Hood River steelhead• Northeast Oregon Hatchery Grande

Ronde spring Chinook• Johnson Creek summer Chinook• Tucannon spring Chinook• Yankee Fork spring Chinook• Snake River sockeye

Non Listed• Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project

spring Chinook, fall Chinook, coho• Umatilla Hatchery spring Chinook, fall

Chinook, coho• Upper Columbia coho• Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery spring

Chinook• Hood River spring Chinook

ESAListedNon

Listed5.9 M

7.2 M

13 M juveniles produced forsupplementation with FWP funding

HOW?