Steelhead Meetings

 

2023 Pacific Coast Steelhead Management Meeting

March 14-16, 2023
Newport Beach, Oregon
2023 Meeting Agenda

Abstracts and Presentations

Welcome, Introductions & Housekeeping Items - Roger Harding

Session One - Steelhead Stock Status Review


California - Robyn Bilski, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)

Oregon - Jamie Anthony, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)

Idaho - Alan Byrne, Idaho Department of Fish and Wildlife (IDFG)

Washington - Neala Kendall, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)

British Columbia - Robert Bison, Fish and Wildlife Branch, Ministry of Forests (MOF)

Alaska - Craig Schwanke, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG)

Session Two - Drought and Climate Session and Local Focus Session


Statewide Drought Management and Monitoring Actions for Salmonids in California - Jonathan Nelson, CDFW

Developing a Drought Monitoring Protocol for Juvenile Salmonids on the Mendocino Coast - Brianna Ordung, CDFW

Prolonged drought and southern steelhead. Impacts, mitigation, and resiliency - Hayley Sue, CDFW

Smallmouth Bass-Steelhead Interaction Monitoring in John Day River Tributaries - Lizz Blackburn, ODFW

Visualizing Freshwater Conditions for Steelhead - Jamie Anthony, ODFW

Hold on, I just need a minute to chill out in Drano Lake (Deschutes Steelhead) - Logan Breshears, ODFW

Thermally suitable or thermally stressful: physiological tolerance of summer steelhead - Kara Anlauf-Dunn, ODFW

Climate Angling Framework for Inland Fisheries in Oregon - Kregg Smith, ODFW

Session Three - Ocean, Climate and Migration Session


Ocean migrations and behavior of steelhead kelts from Situk River, Alaska - Michael Courtney, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Phenological mismatches and marine survival in steelhead trout - Sam Wilson, Salmon Watersheds Lab, Simon Fraser University

Spatial distribution and mortality mechanisms of post-spawn steelhead kelts in the Northeast Pacific - Trevor Davies, Fish and wildlife Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests

Tracking iteroparity: Trends and movement patterns for repeat spawning steelhead on the Washington Coast - James P. Losee, WDFW

Marine heatwaves in the Northern California current: Impacts on early marine steelhead diet composition, morphology, and potential survival - Elizabeth Daly, Oregon State University

Poster Session


Visualizing the core of Idaho Fish & Game’s anadromous snorkel program - Alexa Ballinger, Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Session Four - Managing Sensitive Populations of Steelhead: Tools, Approaches, and Challenges

Part 1: Management Tools Available


Development of e-Creel for Steelhead: monitoring harvest and release of steelhead in Oregon's recreational fisheries - Brian Riggers, ODFW

The quest for fisheries-specific steelhead hooking mortality estimates - Ian Courter, Mt. Hood Environment

Introduction to Structured Decision-Making - Sarah Converse, USGS WA Coop Research Unit - UW

Using a newly developed integrated population model to evaluate alternative management strategies for WA coastal steelhead - Jan Ohlberger, WDFW

Part 2: Case studies of management of steelhead fisheries impacting depressed populations in different areas (exploring available data, identifying goals & objectives and how decisions were made)


Clearwater River steelhead season changes using public input, available data, and considerations for chinook and coho fisheries - Joe Dupont, IDFG

Steelhead Management in Idaho: Balancing Hatchery and Wild Populations - John Cassinelli, IDFG.

Washington's approach to managing Columbia Basin summer steelhead fisheries during times of depressed adult returns - Chris Donley, WDFW

Washington's Coastal Steelhead Proviso Implementation Plan: Adaptive Management and Collaboration Catalyze Change - Toby Harbison, WDFW

Management of Interior Fraser Steelhead- Rob Bison, BC

Unchartered Waters - Closing the Deschutes River to Steelhead Fishing: Hard decisions, developing a fishery management framework, and lessons learned - Jason Seals, ODFW

Session Five - Invited Papers Session


Spatial clustering of spawners and limited dispersal capacity of fry influence habitat accessibility of juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Nicholas Chambers, University of Washington

Diversity in Early Life History Movement and Survival of Juvenile Steelhead in Idaho - Marika Dobos, IDFG

Mechanisms of rapid adaptation to captivity in steelhead, and possible solutions - Michael Blouin, Oregon State University

Utilizing Models for Hatchery Program Evaluation - Anja Huff, WDFW

Session Six - Invited Papers (Continued)


Addressing the complexities of steelhead behavior when estimating adult abundance - Carli Baum, IDFG

Predation rate estimates for steelhead smolts during early marine migrations - Barry Berejikian, NOAA Fisheries

Long-term changes in kelt survival of WA coastal steelhead - Jan Ohlberger, WDFW