Washington State Steelhead

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Washington State Steelhead Status Review
PACIFIC COAST STEELHEAD MEETING JON
ANDERSON WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH
WILDLIFE MARCH 9-11, 2010
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NOAA Determination of Washington State Steelhead
Status by DPS

• Not Warranted for listing
• Olympic Peninsula
• Southwest Washington
• Threatened
• Lower Columbia River
• Middle Columbia River
• Snake River Basin
• Puget Sound
• Upper Columbia River
• downlisted from Endangered 6/18/09

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Steelhead Washington State DPSs
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Steelhead Puget Sound DPS
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Steelhead Olympic Peninsula DPS
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Steelhead Southwest Washington DPS
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Steelhead Lower Columbia River DPS
Winter run
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Steelhead Lower Columbia River DPS
Summer run
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Steelhead Middle Columbia River DPS
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Steelhead Upper Columbia River DPS
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Steelhead Columbia / Snake River Dams
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Steelhead Snake River DPS
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STATEWIDE STEELHEAD MANAGEMENT PLAN Fish
Wildlife Comm. Adopted March 2008

Middle Columbia
Lower Columbia
Olympic Peninsula
Puget Sound
SW Washington
Upper Columbia
Snake River
Natural Production
Habitat Protection and Restoration
Fisheries Management
Artificial Production
Regulatory Compliance
Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptive Management
Research
Outreach Education
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The SSMP at work

• Promote achievement of conservation and recovery
  goals in each watershed and support sustainable
  fisheries

• Fisheries consistent with natural production
  policy
• Promote selective harvest of hatchery steelhead
• Manage in All-H strategy
• Account for all sources of fishery related
  mortalities
• Establish foundation for watershed steelhead
  planning

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The SSMP at work
The plan provides a framework for statewide
steelhead management for each watershed through

• Clear goals

• Identified objectives

• Strategies

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Stillaguamish/Snohomish Steelhead Resource
Management Plan Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians,
The Tulalip Tribes and Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife
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Steelhead watershed planning

• Development of watershed management plans for
  steelhead
• Develop watershed template
• High risk populations initial focus
• Use recovery plans where developed as guide
• Habitat Conservation Plans
• Other Resource Management Plans

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Steelhead watershed planning

• Stock abundance, distribution, timing, genetic
  information and status
• Natural production goal same as statewide
  policy guidance
• Viable salmonid population goals viability
  (gt95 probability of persistence in 100 years)

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Steelhead watershed planning

• Define wild steelhead viability stressors for
  each H.
• Document current factors impacting wild steelhead
  viability
• Include alternative solutions that may be
  appropriate to achieve the desired outcomes

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Example of hatchery stressor
Hatchery Viability Stressor Management Strategies Hatchery Viability Stressor Management Strategies Hatchery Viability Stressor Management Strategies
VSP Parameter addressed Stressor Alternative Solution(s)
A P, D S Broodstock not from Genetically Distinct Unit (GDU) and has been in culture more than three generations Develop native based program Reduce program size and/or More effective trapping/harvest and/or Discontinue altogether Other
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Example of habitat stressor
Habitat Viability Stressor Management Strategies Habitat Viability Stressor Management Strategies Habitat Viability Stressor Management Strategies
VSP Parameter addressed Stressor Alternative Solution(s)
A S Loss of 0 24 of historical distribution of winter steelhead and 0 23 of summer steelhead (Science Paper 2006) 1) Improved enforcement of instream work especially culvert replacements/road building DFW, DNR, DOT
A S Majority of streams have lost more than 20 of habitat historically accessible 1) Enforcement of CAO, SSMP, Land Use Codes relating to stream crossings
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Steelhead watershed planning

• Artificial production
• Defined goals for programs
• Program modifications based upon viability
  stressor and alternatives identified

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Steelhead watershed planning

• Harvest Management
• How conducted in future to support conservation
  needs
• Threshold abundance levels for instituting
  different management strategies in lieu of single
  MSH escapement goal (e.g. abundance based
  management)
• Allocation of harvest
• Schedules/implementation of
  fisheries

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Steelhead watershed planning

• Habitat
• Define actions necessary to improve rebuilding of
  wild steelhead
• Limiting factors
• Recovery Plan actions
• Priority areas to protect and restore within
  watershed

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Steelhead watershed planning

• Adaptive Management
• Develop plan and describe frequency for review
  and assessment
• Assess results with original intent or goal for
  all Hs.
• Use current data to inform decision making

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Roles and Responsibilities

• WDFW Regions develop DRAFT watershed plans
• Lead for coordination with respective tribes and
  federal government
• Fish hatchery and harvest sections
• Habitat habitat sections
• Headquarters
• Regional roll-up of watershed plans
• Coordination with Steelhead-Cutthroat Policy Adv.
  Grp.
• Analyses harvest rate etc.
• Feedback for SSMP and Science Paper consistency

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