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?
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