Activity:
This is a project for the Administration and System Operation of the Columbia River Basin PIT Tag Information System (PTAGIS).

Agency:
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC).

Goal:
The goal of this project is to operate and maintain the Columbia River Basin-wide database for PIT Tagged fish and to operate and maintain the established interrogation systems. The data collected by this system is accessible to all entities.
The measurable goal for the system is to collect 100% valid data  and provide that data  in "near-real" time with downtime of any system component of not more than one percent as measured during the period of peak out-migration.

Background:
In 1984, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) entered into an agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to research and develop a passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag for use in the Columbia River Basin (CRB) Fish and Wildlife (F&W) Program. The PIT tag system enables large amounts of data to be produced using relatively few tags, compared to traditional tagging and marking systems.
In 1988 and 1989, NMFS contracted with PSMFC to develop and operate a prototype database system to help NMFS meet, in a timely manner, its contractual and verbal agreements involving PIT tag data.  The database was designed to meet immediate needs as well as provide a framework for a formalized database system for the Columbia River Basin PIT tag program.
In April 1989, NMFS announced its intention to phase out of the operation, maintenance and management of the PIT tag systems in the Columbia River Basin. Subsequently, BPA contracted with PSMFC because it was the only agency experienced in data management with no vested interest in the interpretation of data generated from PIT tags, while being independent of water or fish and wildlife management responsibilities.

The actions that PSMFC was directed to implement under the PTAGIS contract include:
1. Management of a long term Columbia River Basin-wide database system accessible to all entities;
2. Maintenance and documentation of fish tagging and interrogation software;
3. Operation and maintenance of equipment at the remote sites;
4. Provision of technical support for the software and hardware;
5. Provision of training to users; and
6. Purchase and distribution of PIT tags and associated equipment.

Location:
The PIT Tag Operation Center (PTOC) has been established at the PSMFC office in Portland, OR to house PTAGIS and to utilize the PSMFC data facilities.
The PTOC field office in Kennewick WA, is primarily responsible for equipment maintenance of 20 key PIT Tag interrogation sites, with a total of 321 PIT tag detection transceivers located throughout the BPA service area.
PSMFC provides operations and maintenance (O&M) support for the electronic data collection portion of the PIT tag interrogation systems at the Corps operated facilities, under a "Memorandum of Agreement" between BPA and the Corps. PSMFC maintains PIT Tag actuated separation (diversion) gates at various fish facilities. PSMFC also installs and maintains the programmable logic controllers (PLC's) used by smolt monitoring and facility personnel to collect daily sub-samples. Information related to the sub-sample is incorporated into the PIT tag interrogation files.
Remote interrogation sites are owned and operated by other entities, such as the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) or Yakama Nation (YN). The major interrogation sites include:
Nbr. Site Code Location Description # Xcvrs Owner
1. GRJ Lower Granite Dam Juvenile Fish Facility 25 USACE
2. GOJ Little Goose Dam Juvenile Fish Facility 28 USACE
3. GRA Lower Granite Dam Adult Ladder and Trap 16 USACE
4. LMJ Lower Monumental Dam Juvenile Fish Facility 31 USACE
5. MCJ McNary Dam Juvenile Fish Facility 46 USACE
6. JDJ John Day Dam Juvenile Fish Facility 26 USACE
7. B1J Bonneville Dam Powerhouse 1 Downstream Migrant Channel Flat Plate Detector 2 USACE
8. B2J Bonneville Dam Powerhouse 2 Juvenile Fish Facility 19 USACE
9. PRO Chandler Canal at Prosser Adult Ladders and Yakima River Fish Diversion from Irrigation Canal 11 BOR
10. CFJ Clark Flat Acclimation Pond 4 YIN
11. ESJ Easton Acclimation Pond 4 YIN
12. JCJ Jack Creek Acclimation Pond 4 YIN
13. GRA Lower Granite Dam Adult Ladder and Fish Trap 16 USACE
13. PJ Rapid River Hatchery near Riggins, ID. Volitional Release Outfall 8 BPA
14 BO1 Bonneville Dam Bradford Island Adult Ladder 36 USACE
15. BO2 Bonneville Dam Cascade Island Adult Ladder 16 USACE
16. BO3 Bonneville Dam, Washington Shore Adult Ladder  and Adult Lab 32 USACE
17. MC1 McNary Dam Oregon Shore Adult Ladder and Counting Window 18 USACE
18. MC2 McNary Dam Washington Shore Adult Ladder and Counting Window 19 USACE
19. SUJ Sullivan Dam Willamette River Sub-sample 1 PGE/ODFW
20. ICH Ice Harbor Dam Adult Ladder and Full Flow Bypass 20 USACE
21. RCX Rattlesnake Creek In-Stream 6 NOAA/USGS
22. TMJ Three Mile Dam Juvenile 2 ODFW
23. BO5 Bonneville Dam Corner Collector Juvenile 1 USACE
24. BO4 Bonneville Dam Washington Shore Slots Adult 4 USACE

TOTAL Coils Operated and Maintained by PTAGIS 383


PTAGIS collects data and provides transceiver diagnostic information for more than 60 other detection transceivers operated and maintained by others in the Columbia Basin:
Nbr. Site Code Location Description # Xcvrs Owner
1. WEA Wells Dam Wells Dam Adult Ladders 8 Douglas Co. PUD
2. RIA Rock Island Dam Rock Island Adult Ladders 4 Chelan Co. PUD
3. PRA Priest Rapids Dam Priest Rapids Adult Ladders 8 Grant Co. PUD
4. RRJ Rocky Reach Dam Rocky Reach Juvenile 4 Chelan Co. PUD
5. VCx Valley Creek 1 & 2 "In-Stream Detection" near Stanley, ID 2 BPA
6. WWx Walla Walla River 1 & 2. NBA "In-Stream Detection" near Milton-Freewater, OR 4 USFWS
7. AB1 Abernathy Creek USFWS USFWS Research & Development 3 USFWS
8. AB2 Abernathy Creek USFWS USFWS Research & Development 2 USFWS
9. CRx Chinook Creek 1, 2 and 3 USFWS Research & Development 3 USFWS
10. CCP Catherine Creek Pond ODFW 4 ODFW
11. ESX Estuary Towed Array NOAA 2 NOAA
12. GRP Grand Rhonde Pond ODFW 2 ODFW
13. HLX Hemlock Creek In-Stream USFWS 2 USFWS
14. LOP Lostine River Pond ODFW 2 ODFW
15. NBA Nursery Bridge Adult USFWS 2 USFWS
16. TMA Three Mile Dam Adult ODFW Adult Ladder with racket readers 2 ODFW
17. TWX Towed Array NOAA 2 NOAA
18. UM1 Umatilla River USFWS 1 USFWS
19. Other facilities operated ad-hoc by others such as Snake River Trap (SNJ), Imnaha River Trap (IMJ),
Salmon River Trap (SAJ), and others 12 Estimated

Estimated number of coils operated and maintained by Others with data collection and diagnostics provided by PTAGIS: 69



2006 Changes
• PTAGIS will perform final installation work for Full Flow Bypass PIT Tag detection at Lower Monumental and John Day Dams in 2006 -2008 (TLA).
• PTAGIS will provide support for Bureau of Reclamation and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to install adult detectors at Three Mile Dam on the Umatilla River.
• PTAGIS will continue to provide support for Digital Angel Corporation for development and operation of the Bonneville Corner Collector PIT tag prototype. The Hi-Q project is funded via FWP 198331900.
• PTAGIS will continue efforts to develop and implement data models that can represent PTAGIS user activities in a more consistent way, and to associate these activities with latitude and longitude location information.
• PTAGIS will contract the construction of an automated PIT tag tester.
• PTAGIS will provide support to the USACE The Dalles Dam Ice & Trash Sluiceway detection system.
• PTAGIS will provide technical input on the Passive / Active tag development.
• PTAGIS will perform final installation and inspection for the B2 juvenile full flow PIT-Tag system.
• PTAGIS will provide technical input on the remodel of the juvenile fish facility at Lower Granite Dam.

Annual Report:
An annual report, which includes a summary of key accomplishments, problems, and solutions or considerations, will be submitted with 30 days of the completion of the project period (March 31, 2007).