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Alternative
Gear Implementatio
n Project
Pat FrazierWDFW Region 5 Fish Program Manager
Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Why we’re doing the Project
Its important for wild fish
Its important for communities
Its important for fishers
Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Ensure Fisheries Are Sustainable and Managed Consistent With ALL-H
Recovery Efforts
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Non-Treaty Columbia River Fisheries and ESA
• Harvest BIOP Conservation Levels
• Manage for Fishery Survival in All-H Comprehensive Analysis
• Fishery monitoring to Ensure Conservation Effectiveness
• Fishery Strategy to Assist Hatchery Reform
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FCRPS Biological Opinion
Evaluate Methods to Develop or Expand Use of Selective Fishing
Evaluate Post Release Mortality for Selective Fisheries Fishery Conservation Effectiveness Program
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2010 Alternative Gear Project
Gear:• Purse Seines (6)• Beach seines (5)• Trap Nets (2)
Species: Chinook and Coho
When:• 30 days per fisher
• Mid Aug. through late Oct.
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Location of Fishers
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2010 Total Catch by Gear Type
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2010 Mortality Data
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Test Fishery (immediate):• Excellent condition
o Small jacks wedged• 0.12% immediate
o 29 out of 22,856
Mortality Study (24-48 hrs):
• Lack of suitable locations• High otter predation
o 66 out of 327 (20%)
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Future Mortality Studies
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Test Group:• Purse seines & beach seines• Just below Bonneville Dam• 1,000 tags per species per gear type
Control Group:• Collect at Bonneville AFF• Release near test fishing grounds• 1,000 tags per species
Marking and Recovery:• PIT tags• Recoveries at Bonneville Dam and
upstream Photo by Wild Fish Conservancy
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Control Group
ESA Coverage:• Permit directly through NOAA Fisheries• Mortalities included in research impacts for
Alternative Gear Study
AFF Operation Alternatives:• Increase days• Additional hours per day• Increased number of fish in holding tank• Variation from temperature protocols
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Pat Frazier, Region 5 Fish Program ManagerPat Frazier, Region 5 Fish Program Manager
DESIRED OUTCOME Data Sufficient to Account for Harvest of all SpeciesScientifically Sound Release Mortality Accountability
Implement Alternative Gear Fishery By 2013