APRE Summary
Program name:
Fall Chinook (NP Cherry Lane)- Integrated
Subbasin:
Clearwater
ESA status:
Threatened
Co-operators
Role
BPA
Funding
IDFG
Provide Brood stock
USFWS
Provide Broodstock, LSRCP
WDFW
Provide Broodstock
Operator: Nez Perce Tribe
Funding Source(s)
BPA
Annual Operating Cost*
$ 1,500,000
*Annual Operating Cost is reflected in dollars. The origin of this value is not consistent among programs, as it may reflect total
facility costs or multiple programs for a given species.
The purpose of this program is to contribute to: Harvest, Conservation/recovery, and Research and/or education as
mitigation for: Hydro impacts and Habitat loss. This is an integrated program.
Program description:
Location
Age Class
Maximum
Number
Size
(fpp)
Release
Date
Stream
Release Point
(RKm)
Major
Watershed
Ecoprovince
Eggs
Unfed Fry
Fry
Fingerling 1,400,000
52-66
5/36/15/2003
Clearwater*
33
Yearling
Fall chinook fingerlings will be released at the following locations:
1)500,000 @ Site 1705-Mainstem Clearwater River (33 Rkm)
2) 500,000 @ North Lapwai satellite - Mainstem Clearwater River @ Lapwai Creek (1 Rkm)
3) 200,000 @ Lukes Gulch satellite - Lower S.F. Clearwater River @ 13 Rkm
4) 200,000 @ Cedar Flats satellite - Lower Selway River @ 8 Rkm
Clearwater
Mountain
Snake
Broodstock source Snake River
Broodstock collection location (stream, RKm,
Lower Granite Dam, 94 Rkm, Snake
subbasin)
Adult holding location (stream, RKm, subbasin) Lyons Ferry Hatchery, 94 Rkm, Snake
Spawning location (stream, RKm, subbasin) Cherry Lane and Lyons Ferry Hatcheries, 33 and 94 Rkm, Snake
and Clearwater
Incubation location (facility name, stream, RKm,
Cherry Lane, 33 Rkm, Clearwater
subbasin)
Rearing location (facility name, stream, RKm, Cherry Lane, N. Lapwai, Lukes Gulch, Cedar Flats, 33, 1, 13,
subbasin) and 8Rkms, Clearwater
Broodstock Source
Year(s) Used
Origin
Snake River
H
Begin
End
2002
Status and goals for target stock:
= Low
= Medium
= High
Now
10-15 years
30-50 years
Biological
Significance
Viability
Habitat
Hatchery program performance indicators for the target stock:
Recruits per Spawner
Smolt-to-Adult Survival
Escapement and Hatchery Spawning
Total Catch
Consistency of hatchery program with the goals for the target stock:
The goal for this stock is to maintain its high biological significance and improve its viability. The use of an integrated hatchery
program as part of the strategy to recover this stock is consistent with the goals for the stock.
Guidelines for improving key operational elements to increase the likelihood of meeting goals
for the target stock:
Broodstock Collection

Representative samples of natural and hatchery population components should be collected with respect to size, age,
sex ratio, run and spawn timing, and other traits important to long-term fitness.

10% or more of the broodstock should be derived from wild fish each year.
Rearing

The water used for rearing should meet or exceed the recommended Integrated Hatchery Operations Team (IHOT)
water quality standards for the following compounds: ammonia, carbon dioxide, chlorine, pH, copper, dissolved
oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, dissolved nitrogen, iron, and zinc.
M&E


Goals for the program should be documented so that results can be adequately evaluated.
Results of program evaluation should be reported/documented so that they can be taken into consideration when
determining whether hatchery operations should be changed.
These recommendations represent an opportunity to improve key operational elements for this type of program. Detailed
information on the benefits and risks of all operational phases as they affect the outcome of this program are available in APRE
Report for Fall Chinook (NP Cherry Lane)- Integrated in the Clearwater
Consistency of hatchery program with goals for other stocks:
Hatchery fish may affect other stocks in several ways. Naturally spawning populations may be subject to genetic interactions
through interbreeding. Ecological interactions through predation and competition may occur between the hatchery population
and other populations, and natural populations may be incidentally harvested in fisheries targeting a more abundant hatchery
stock. Abundant hatchery stocks may also mask the status of natural populations. Conversely an increase in the number of
artificially produced fish may improve the ecological function of a watershed through their contribution of marine derived
nutrients.
A number of factors are known to affect the likelihood and severity of such interactions, among them the abundance of the
hatchery population relative to other populations; the time, size and life stage at which hatchery fish are released; and the
quantity and quality of habitat available to the co-mingled stocks. The table below lists the current status of some of the
populations in the subbasin where the hatchery fish are released that might be vulnerable to these interactions.
Stock Name
Steelhead B (Lochsa/Selway)Natural
Steelhead A-Natural
Fall Chinook (Big Canyon)Integrated
Fall Chinook (NP Cherry Lane)Integrated
ESA Listing
Threatened
Viability
L
Biological Significance
H
Threatened
Threatened
L
M
H
H
Threatened
M
H
Additional reviewer comments:
The Nez Perce Tribal fall chinook salmon program in the Clearwater River has a study component aimed at evaluating both
natural and artificial production. The program, initiated for mitigation of hydro impacts and habitat loss, has just started
(FY2002) and there is no information on natural fish production in the Clearwater watershed. The program has harvest,
conservation, educational, and research goals for the threatened fall chinook in the Clearwater River watershed.
This is an integrated stock that outplants fingerlings in the mainstem Clearwater, S.F. Clearwater, and Selway Rivers and
Lapwai Creek, streams thought to have contained historic runs of fall chinook salmon. The broodstock is Snake River in origin
and is spawned at Cherry Lane, Lukes Gulch, and Cedar Flats and the carrying capacity of tributaries scheduled for yearling
releases has been estimated.
The program has a monitoring and evaluation plan and produces an annual report, intended to guide the program towards
success over time.
Manager/operator response:
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