Presentation Abstract
The productivity of many Chinook stocks within the Salish Sea has declined dramatically since the 1990s while reductions in marine survival are evident. Researching the mechanisms which control early marine survival of this species has proven to be challenging despite significant efforts. Juveniles occupy a broad range of habitats in their first summer at sea and become increasingly difficulty to study over time. A novel approach using PIT tags to study the survival of juveniles captured throughout their first year of life has shed light on previously unanswered questions. Returning adults were scanned for tags in the river to estimate survival from each stage as well as to identify survivors within each tag group. Although tag returns are expected to continue through 2020 preliminary results are able to partition early mortality in a way not previously possible.
Session Title
The Salish Sea Marine Survival Project: Juvenile Salmonid Growth and Survival
Keywords
Chinook survival, Cowichan River chinook
Conference Track
SSE11: Species and Food Webs
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE11-496
Start Date
5-4-2018 10:45 AM
End Date
5-4-2018 11:00 AM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Chinook salmon--Monitoring--British Columbia--Cowichan River
Geographic Coverage
Cowichan River (B.C.); Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
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Survival of juvenile Cowichan River chinook throughout their first year of life: a summary of PIT tag returns through fall 2017
The productivity of many Chinook stocks within the Salish Sea has declined dramatically since the 1990s while reductions in marine survival are evident. Researching the mechanisms which control early marine survival of this species has proven to be challenging despite significant efforts. Juveniles occupy a broad range of habitats in their first summer at sea and become increasingly difficulty to study over time. A novel approach using PIT tags to study the survival of juveniles captured throughout their first year of life has shed light on previously unanswered questions. Returning adults were scanned for tags in the river to estimate survival from each stage as well as to identify survivors within each tag group. Although tag returns are expected to continue through 2020 preliminary results are able to partition early mortality in a way not previously possible.
