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MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH OF KALAMA RIVER STEELHEAD WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE KALAMA RESEARCH TEAM PAT HULETT CAMERON SHARPE CHRIS WAGEMANN.

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1 MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH OF KALAMA RIVER STEELHEAD WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE KALAMA RESEARCH TEAM PAT HULETT CAMERON SHARPE CHRIS WAGEMANN CHRIS GLEIZES

2 2 ACKNOWLEDEMENT$ NMFS NMFS WDFW WDFW MITCHELL ACT COLUMBIA RIVER FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

3 3 OVERVIEW  O. mykiss DIVERSITY  FISHERY OPPORTUNITIES  MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES  STOCK AND LIFE HISTORY FORMS  RESIDENT / ANADROMOUS  HATCHERY / WILD  NATIVE / INTRODUCED

4 4  CONTRIBUTING FACTORS  HABITAT FEATURES  FISH BIOLOGY  RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT  GOOD FORTUNE OVERVIEW

5 LOWER COLUMBIA REGION

6 6 KALAMA WATERSHED

7 LOWER KALAMA FALLS

8 FISHWAY TRAP

9 SORTING AND PASSAGE

10 2-11-2003 4-22-2003 WILD SUMMER-RUN

11 2-7-2003 2-3-2003 WILD WINTER-RUN

12 2-7-2003 4-22-2003

13 RESIDENT RAINBOW TROUT

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15 15 EARLY MANAGEMENT  WILD FISHERY PRIOR TO 1950s  NON-LOCAL HATCHERY STOCKS SINCE LATE 1950s (SKAMANIA SR, BEAVER CR. WR)  SEPARATE H & W STOCK MGMT  H & W TIMING DIFFERENCES

16 KALAMA FISHERY ZONES

17 Kalama Mainstem Temperatures

18 18 HARVEST RESTRICTIONS  WILD STOCK DECLINES IN 1980s  SR WILD RELEASE REGS IN 1986 (April – October)  WR WILD RELEASE REGS IN 1991 (Year Around)

19 SUMMER-RUN HARVEST DATA

20 WINTER-RUN HARVEST DATA

21 21 HATCHERY-WILD ISSUES  IMPACTS OF H PROGRAMS ON WILD?  KALAMA RESEARCH STARTED 1975  H SPAWNERS OUTNUMBERED WILD  H SPAWNERS PRODUCED JUVENILES  ADULT PRODUCTION LOWER FOR H FISH  PARTIAL H & W REPROD. ISOLATION  GENETIC AND ECOLOGICAL RISKS

22 22 HATCHERY-WILD ISSUES  STOPPED PASSING HATCHERY FISH ABOVE FISHWAY IN 1997  NEEDED TO STOP JUMPERS  50% OF SR JUMPED FALLS

23 KALAMA FALLS CURTAIN OF DENIAL

24 SUMMER-RUN ESCAPEMENT

25 WINTER-RUN ESCAPEMENT

26 HATCHERY WB SUMMER-RUN

27 HATCHERY WB WINTER 3-SALT 2-7-2003

28 4-14-2003 HATCHERY WB WINTER 4-SALT?

29 KALAMA FISHERY ZONES

30 30 THE END Upper Kalama Falls: end of Kalama River anadromous zone

31 BE LEGAL -- BE SAFE! WILD RELEASE RULES ENFORCED IN THESE WATERS


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