Springfield Sockeye Hatchery Program Jeff Heindel – IDFG LSRCP Production Meeting – Boise, ID.
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Transcript of Springfield Sockeye Hatchery Program Jeff Heindel – IDFG LSRCP Production Meeting – Boise, ID.
Springfield Sockeye Hatchery Program
Jeff Heindel – IDFG
LSRCP Production Meeting – Boise, ID
Project Team• Idaho Department of Fish & Game
• Jeff Heindel – Project Manager, Boise HQ• Doug Engemann – Hatchery Manager,
Springfield
• Bonneville Power Administration• Jan Brady – COTR, Portland Office• Jeff Gislason, Greg Baesler (retired) – BPA• BPA Environmental Services
• NOAA Fisheries• Shoshone-Bannock Tribes• IDFG Eagle FH, Sawtooth FH, Fish Research
1. Background and review of current conservation program
2. Review new hatchery design, timelines, and next steps
Presentation Outline
Sawtooth Basin
Springfield
Hatchery
Compass Bearings
Snake River Sockeye Salmon
• Longest migration (about 900 miles)
• Highest elevation (about 6,500 ft.)
• Most southerly population
Snake River Sockeye Salmon
• Pre-western civilization - - up to 30,000 sockeye salmon returned to the Sawtooth Basin
• 1910 to 1934 Sunbeam Dam era – access to nursery lakes questionable
• Between 1953 and 1964, Redfish Lake sockeye returns monitored – high return 4,300
Protection under the ESA
• In 1990, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho petitioned the NMFS to list Snake River Sockeye Salmon
• Prior to listing, (in May,1991) the IDFG collected Redfish Lake out-migrating smolts and the four anadromous adults that returned in August, 1991 to initiate the conservation program
Protection under the ESA
• In November, 1991, NMFS concluded that Snake River Sockeye Salmon met the criteria for an ESU (Evolutionarily Significant Unit) and the population was listed as endangered
Captive Broodstock Development
Founding contributors to the broodstock - -
• 16 wild sockeye (all that returned in ‘90s)• several hundred out-migrating sockeye
smolts• 26 “residual” sockeye salmon
Conservation Goals
• Near-term program goals – • avoid population extinction• conserve population genetic diversity• begin increasing numbers in the wild
Facilities and Locations1. Existing facilities:
a) IDFG Eagle Fish Hatchery
b) IDFG Sawtooth Fish Hatchery
c) NOAA Manchester Research Station
d) NOAA Burley Creek Hatchery
e) ODFW Oxbow Fish Hatchery
Facilities and Locations
IDFG EagleCaptive brood
building
Facilities and Locations
IDFG EagleCaptive brood
building
Facilities and Locations
IDFG Sawtooth Fish
Hatchery
Facilities and Locations
IDFG Sawtooth Fish
Hatchery
“Borrowed” space
Facilities and Locations
NOAAconservation
hatcherylocations
Facilities and LocationsNOAA
ManchesterResearch Station
NOAA Manchester Research Stationseawater rearing
Facilities and Locations
NOAA Burley Creek Hatchery
freshwater rearing
Facilities and Locations
Facilities and Locations
ODFG OxbowFish Hatchery
Bonneville Dam
Facilities and Locations
ODFG OxbowFish Hatchery
Bonneville Dam
“Borrowed” space
Redfish Lake
Springfield
Hatchery
Eagle Hatchery
Facilities and Locations
Sawtooth Hatchery
Yellowbelly Lake
Alturas Lake
Redfish Lake Creek
Salmon River
Valley CreekStanley Lake
STANLEY
0
0
2 4 6 8 10 mi.
5 10 15 km.
Redfish Lake
Pettit Lake
81 ha
615 ha
73 ha
160 ha
338 ha
Idaho
Sawtooth Fish HatcheryFishhook Crk.
Facilities and Locations
Redfish LakeSurface area: 6.15 km2, 2.37 mi2
Max. depth: 91.5 m, 300 ft
Photo courtesy Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Alturas LakeSurface area: 3.38 km2, 1.30 mi2
Max. depth: 53.0 m, 174.0 ft
Photo courtesy Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Pettit LakeSurface area: 1.62 km2, 0.63 mi2
Max. depth: 52 m, 170 ft
Photo courtesy Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
• First hatchery-produced adults out-planted in 1993
• First hatchery-produced juveniles planted in 1994
• First hatchery-produced anadromous adults back in 1999
Conservation Program Results
• Maintain captive broodstock• “Surplus” eggs and fish out-
planted to Redfish, Alturas and Pettit lakes
Conservation Program Results
• “Surplus” eggs and fish out-planted to Redfish, Alturas and Pettit lakesEggs (egg box releases)
Conservation Program Results
• “Surplus” eggs and fish out-planted to Redfish, Alturas and Pettit lakes
Eggs (egg box releases) Age-0 pre-smolts
Conservation Program Results
• “Surplus” eggs and fish out-planted to Redfish, Alturas and Pettit lakes
Eggs (egg box releases) Age-0 pre-smoltsAge-1 smolts
Conservation Program Results
• “Surplus” eggs and fish out-planted to Redfish, Alturas and Pettit lakes Eggs (egg box releases) Age-0 pre-smolts Age-1 smolts
Pre-spawn adults
Conservation Program Results
Eyed-eggs Pre-smolts SmoltsPre-spawn
adults
Release strategy 1,065,591 1,476,718 749,011 6,473
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000Eyed-egg and pre-
smolt releases account for 77.3% of all
juvenile releases ( 22.7% = smolts)
Conservation Program Results
• 2008 – 650 adults to Sawtooth Basin• 2009 – 833 adults• 2010 - 1,355 adults (most since 1955) • 2011 – 1,118 adults
• 2012 – 257 adults
Conservation Program Results
• After nearly 20 years of implementation, the program has successfully met its primary conservation objectives by:
• Applying state-of-the art fish husbandry techniques
• Maximizing effective population size and population genetic diversity
• Maximizing the numbers of breeders per generation
• Managing genetic risks (inbreeding, domestication selection)
• Comprehensive m&e and adaptive management
Conservation Program Results
Conservation Goals
• Near-term program goals – • avoid population extinction• conserve population genetic diversity• begin increasing numbers in the wild
Conservation Goals
• Near-term program goals – • avoid population extinction• conserve population genetic diversity• begin increasing numbers in the wild
Redfish Lake
Springfield
Hatchery
Eagle Hatchery
Facilities and Locations
Sawtooth Hatchery
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Springfield Hatchery will contribute significantly by:• Establishing a self-sustaining
anadromous broodstock which will reduce the reliance on the captive broodstock
• Increase population fitness and reduce the risks associated with domestication selection
• Provide adults to out-plant to lakes to increase natural spawning and juvenile production
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Phased approach• Phase I: Captive broodstock phase
(already in progress)
• Phase II: Re-colonization phase – large smolt production facility dedicated to culture of SR sockeye = SPRINGFIELD
• Phase III: Local Adaptation phase
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Phase II: Re-colonization phase• Initiate with development of expanded
smolt program at Springfield Hatchery• Generate anadromous adult returns
sufficient to meet broodstock and escapement objectives to lakes
• Maintain RFL (Eagle Hatchery) program• Phase out NOAA safety net entirely
Springfield Fish Hatchery
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Overview of hatchery site• 72 acre parcel owned by IDFG• Existing (abandoned) hatchery
previously operated as a private trout farm
• 50 cfs water right• Nine artesian wells approx. 250 ft deep• Water temp – constant 10.2 C • 4 acre public fishing pond
Springfield Fish Hatchery
Springfield Fish Hatchery
Springfield Fish Hatchery
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Add pumps to existing; 2 new wells / develop and maintain 50 cfs water right
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• 13,620 square feet hatchery/office / 2,830 square feet shop/storage
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Three new staff residences (3 bed, 2 bath, den; 1800 sq. ft.; 24’x24’ detached garage)
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Degassing headbox; maintain artesian / 22 early rearing vats (fiberglass) / office, meeting, lab space
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• 22 (+) production raceways (100’x10’) – kettle design to facilitate loading / metal roof w/full predator exclosure / effluent treatment / truck disinfection station
Springfield Fish Hatchery
• Why not circulars?
• Linears work for us!• Species sensitivity• Footprint• Cost (dual-drain, overhead structure)• Reality = we (industry) are not ready for
this yet with Pacific salmon; not interested in leading the charge with endangered stock
Sockeye Broodstock Program - Future
Rear ~250,000 sockeye smolts in December,
2013
CY17 first 1M smolt production; Project first age 4 returns from Springfield smolt production
New record return?
Recolonization Phase
CY15 initial smolts from Springfield; BY15 ramp up to full production
1,000,000 full term smolts
Construction of Springfield Hatchery
2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Project Thanks• Idaho Department of Fish & Game
• Steering Committee• Sawtooth, McCall FH
• Bonneville Power Administration• ODFW• WDFW• NOAA Fisheries• Shoshone-Bannock Tribes• Nez Perce Tribe• LSRCP
Questions ?
Springfield Fish Hatchery