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Contract 78040 REL 26: 1990-077-00 EXP NORTHERN PIKEMINNOW MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Project Number:
Title:
Development of Systemwide Predator Control
BPA PM:
Stage:
Implementation
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Mainstem - 100.00%
Contract Number:
78040 REL 26
Contract Title:
1990-077-00 EXP NORTHERN PIKEMINNOW MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
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Contract Status:
Closed
Contract Description:
The Northern Pikeminnow Management Program (NPMP) is a basin-wide program to harvest northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis). It was started in 1991 in an effort to reduce predation by northern pikeminnow on juvenile salmonids during their emigration from natal streams to the ocean. Modeling studies in John Day reservoir in the 1980's indicated a 10-20% removal of predacious sized pikeminnows could cut predation by up to 50%. Over the years various gear types, both sport and commercial, were tested to determine the most expeditious means to remove 10-20% of the pikeminnows. The Sport Reward Fishery using sport anglers with hook and line was found to be the most effective. The NPMP is administered technically and fiscally by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) in cooperation with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Program evaluation, population indexing, tagging operations, and other predator response is studied and evaluated by ODFW. The Sport Reward Fishery is implemented by WDFW through manning Sport Reward Fishery registration stations, collecting and disposing of pikeminnows caught and issuance of reward vouchers. The PSMFC pays all rewards and assists WDFW in staffing the registration stations along with fiscal and technical services to the two state agencies. The NPMP is currently in the management phase of the program, having explored and refined the most effective techniques to remove pikeminnows over the past twenty-nine years. The applied research component handled by ODFW continues each year along with the management component. 2019 was another very successful year for the NPMP with a total of 146,225 pikeminnow removed via the Sport Reward and Dam Angling programs. Pikeminnow removals resulted in meeting the programs exploitation rate goals coming in at just over 16% for 2019. We anticipate conducting dam angling program again in 2020.  
Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
04/01/2020
Contract End Date:
06/30/2021
Current Contract Value:
$3,463,668
Expenditures:
$3,463,668

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 31-Mar-2024.

BPA CO:
Env. Compliance Lead:
Work Order Task(s):
Contract Type:
Release
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
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Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Complete
Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation B: 165. Produce Environmental Compliance 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Effective implementation management and timely contract administration C: 119. Provide Pikeminnow Management Program contractual and fiscal oversight 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Salmonid Take ratios for listed stocks and weekly report to NMFS D: 122. Prepare biological opinion data computations, salmonid catch reporting and budget preparations 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Program promotion E: 99. Promotion/Sport Show Outreach 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Collect and tag pikeminnow with spaghetti tags and PIT tags for program evaluation studies. F: 158. Mark and PIT Tag Northern pikeminnows system-wide for evaluation of program goals 03/31/2021 06/30/2020
Compilation of reward fishery registrations and vouchers issued for pikeminnow removals. G: 157. Pikeminnow- 2020 Sport Reward Fishery Data Collection/Processing 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Operate the Sport Reward Fishery registration/fish check stations H: 190. Pikeminnow- Operate Sport Reward Fishery Registration/creel check stations 10/31/2020 11/01/2020
Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fund I: 190. Pikeminnow- 2020 Sport Reward Fund 11/15/2020 11/15/2020
Determine the percentage reduction in predation on salmonids from pikeminnow removals. J: 157. Evaluate effects of the 2020 pikeminnow removals on reduction in salmonid predation 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Evaluation of pikeminnow removals on the population and predation K: 162. Evaluate system-wide response of Pikeminnows and other predators to sustained fisheries 03/31/2021 03/31/2021
Dam Angling at The Dalles and John Day dams. L: 190. Pikeminnow - Dam Angling at The Dalles and John Day Dams 10/01/2020 10/01/2020
Completed Annual Report M: 132. Submit Annual Report for Calendar Year 2020 03/31/2021 06/30/2021
Construction and delivery of barge N: 190. Purchase Capital Equipment: Steller Sea Lion trapping/translocation barge 03/31/2021 03/30/2021
Publicly accessible GBT Monitoring dataset and metadata O: 157. Gas Bubble Trauma Monitoring of Native Non-Salmonids 06/30/2021 06/30/2021

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Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations
  • 2 instances of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 158 Mark/Tag Animals
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Deschutes River Summer/Fall ESU
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Fall ESU (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer (not listed)
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered)
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
Chum (Oncorhynchus keta) - Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
  • 2 instances of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
  • 2 instances of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) - All Populations
  • 3 instances of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 158 Mark/Tag Animals
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations
  • 2 instances of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 158 Mark/Tag Animals
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Lamprey, River (L. ayresi)
  • 1 instance of WE 158 Mark/Tag Animals
Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni)
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Wildlife
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA
B 165 Produce Environmental Compliance
C 119 Provide Pikeminnow Management Program contractual and fiscal oversight
D 122 Prepare biological opinion data computations, salmonid catch reporting and budget preparations
E 99 Promotion/Sport Show Outreach
F 158 Mark and PIT Tag Northern pikeminnows system-wide for evaluation of program goals 03/02/2021
G 157 Pikeminnow- 2020 Sport Reward Fishery Data Collection/Processing 03/02/2021
H 190 Pikeminnow- Operate Sport Reward Fishery Registration/creel check stations 03/02/2021
I 190 Pikeminnow- 2020 Sport Reward Fund 03/02/2021
J 157 Evaluate effects of the 2020 pikeminnow removals on reduction in salmonid predation 03/02/2021
K 162 Evaluate system-wide response of Pikeminnows and other predators to sustained fisheries
L 190 Pikeminnow - Dam Angling at The Dalles and John Day Dams 03/02/2021
M 132 Submit Annual Report for Calendar Year 2020
N 190 Purchase Capital Equipment: Steller Sea Lion trapping/translocation barge 01/14/2021
O 157 Gas Bubble Trauma Monitoring of Native Non-Salmonids 04/01/2021