Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Salmon Hatchery Program Review - 2011

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Originator: Carmichael, R. W., T. Hoffnagle, J. Feldhaus, D. Eddy, N. Albrecht

Publish Date: 2011

Online Link: https://www.fws.gov/lsnakecomplan/Reports/ODFWreports.html

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Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Joseph Feldhaus

Job Position: Assistant Project Leader

Telephone: 541-962-3724

E-Mail Address: Joseph.Feldhaus@odfw.oregon.gov

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Abstract: This paper provides background information, program development history, and an assessment of program performance for the Catherine Creek spring Chinook salmon hatchery program. We cover the time period from initiation of the program in the mid-1990s to present. General background information and pre mid-1990s hatchery program performance were previously presented in Grande Ronde Basin Spring Chinook Salmon Hatchery Review: Introduction and the Early Years. The Catherine Creek spring Chinook hatchery program was initiated with collection of wild parr for the Captive Broodstock Program in 1995 due to the depressed status of this population (Figure 1). Adult trapping and smolt acclimation facilities were constructed to implement the program and are operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). These facilities function as satellite facilities of Lookingglass Fish Hatchery (Figure 2). Lookingglass Fish Hatchery (LFH) serves as the adult holding, spawning, incubation, and rearing facility for the program. Smolts are transported from LFH to the Catherine Creek acclimation ponds for a short period of acclimation in the spring prior to release. Annual adult mitigation, smolt production, and brood year specific smolt-to-adult return goals were developed for the Catherine Creek program to represent 16.67% of the total Grande Ronde River basin goals (Table 1). Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (LSRCP) ODFW- Eastern Oregon Fish Research (EOFR)

Purpose: The implementation has been guided by nine priority management objectives: 1) Prevent extinction of the Catherine Creek Chinook salmon population; 2) Establish adequate broodstock to meet annual production needs; 3) Establish an annual return of hatchery fish to the compensation area; 4) Provide a demographic foundation to rebuild from after the key limiting factors and threats are addressed; 5) Maintain and enhance natural production while maintaining long term fitness; 6) Maintain genetic and life history characteristics of the natural population; 7) Operate the hatchery program so that the genetic and life history characteristics of hatchery fish mimic wild fish; 8) Re-establish historical tribal and recreational fisheries; 9) Maintain endemic wild populations of spring Chinook salmon in the Minam and Wenaha rivers – minimize straying.

Time Period of Content: 1994-2009

Geographic Extent: Catherine Creek

Status: Final

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