Objective 1. Use Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) to estimate natural escapement of spring Chinook salmon above Castile Falls, Klickitat River – RESPONSE REQUESTED Objective 2. Complete development of mark-recapture likelihood model which incorporates tag loss – MEETS SCIENTIFIC REVIEW CRITERIA (QUALIFIED) Objective 3. Perform relative reproductive success study of NO versus HO salmon in population associated with an ongoing supplementation project – MEETS SCIENTIFIC REVIEW CRITERIA (QUALIFIED) Objective 4. Perform relative reproductive success studies of NO versus HO salmon in four to five reintroduced salmon populations [Phase I] – MEETS SCIENTIFIC REVIEW CRITERIA (QUALIFIED)

In the RM&E section “Where will you post or publish the data your project generates?” I mistakenly checked the “NOT ELECTRONICALLY AVAILABLE” box – it should have been left blank (as were the other optional check-boxes).  Activities within this Project involve collection of two types of data.  The first involves acquisition of continuous hourly DIDSON sonar recordings at the upstream outlet of the Castile Falls Fishway in the Klickitat River, and subsequent reading of the files to note instances of upstream migration.  These counts of adult spring Chinook are used to produce an annual escapement estimate into the upper basin.  The second type of data is genotype information acquired for individual fish tissue samples analyzed for a suite of DNA (microsatellite) loci.  These samples are provided annually to CRITFC by various tribal and state agencies for adult and juvenile fish associated with a series of salmon supplementation or reintroduction/supplementation hatchery programs.  The genotype information is then used to identify parentage, followed by analyses to estimate relative reproductive success of hatchery versus natural origin fish.  Neither of these data set types concord with the options provided in this section of Taurus.  Therefore, I indicated immediately below under “Other”, the URL and Title for the web site at which our agency’s technical reports are posted.  As particular studies within the scope of the project are completed, technical reports are produced and posted to this web site.

Indeed, two reports for the Klickitat spring Chinook escapement studies (for 2009 and 2010) are already posted.  The raw data for the fish passage counts is provided in an Appendix to each report, and a compilation of the sonar video file clips of the associated fish passage events is also posted to the web site.  Copies of these reports were, of course, provided to the Yakama Nation collaborators/co-authors, and the reports are also posted as Attachments to the Project’s site within PISCES, with View Permission indicated as “Public (anyone can access via web)”; unfortunately, PISCES will not accept the video file.

Unlike the annual DIDSON escapement studies, the relative reproductive success studies are multi-year efforts, and summary reports will be produced only every few years.  The reports will be produced with co-authorship by representatives from the collaborating agencies, and posted in PISCES and in the CRITFC technical reports sites.  The first of these, concerning the reintroduced spring Chinook in the Hood River, will be produced later in 2011.  Results from these studies will also be summarized in written manuscripts for publication in scientific journals, as well as in oral slide presentations and posters for presentation at scientific meetings – copies of which will be included as attachments in PISCES.  The raw data sets of genotype information will be made available to the participating tribal and state agencies as well as the subsequent parentage and statistical analyses.  This information will also be made available to other interested persons upon request.