The 2012 Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program Review will be held at the Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Ore., Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 27-29, 2012. This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Register by by Nov. 23, 2012, at: http://ezregister.com/events/5345
Agenda
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
8:30 Opening Remarks by Col. John Eisenhauer, commander of the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Estuary
8:50 (Nichole Sather) Variations in habitats and use by juvenile salmon in tidal freshwater: implications for evaluating restoration
9:10 (Gary Johnson) An index of early life history diversity for Pacific salmon and steelhead
9:30 (Dick Ledgerwood) Detection of pit-tagged fish using pair trawl and pile dike antenna systems in the Columbia River estuary
9:55 (Dan Bottom) Estuary habitat and recovery of at-risk Columbia River salmon (session 1)
10:15 (Dan Bottom) Estuary habitat and recovery of at-risk Columbia River salmon (session 2)
10:55 (Kate Buenau) Development of a salmon estuarine habitat index
11:15 (Amy Borde) Planning and management applications of wetland reference sites in the lower Columbia River and estuary
11:35 (Heida Diefenderfer) An evidence-based assessment of the cumulative effects of tidal freshwater and estuarine ecosystem restoration: early life-stage habitat functions for endangered salmonids
11:55 (Andre Coleman) A geospatial scientific database for the Columbia Estuary ecosystem restoration program
Avian Predation
1:15 (Dan Roby) Avian predation on juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary: new developments in 2012
1:35 (Dan Roby) Avian predation on juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary: new findings in 2012
1:55 (Jeannette Zamon) Electronic recovery of passive integrated transponder tags on avian breeding colonies in the Columbia River Basin
2:15 (Nathan Zorich) Monitoring avian predators at federal Columbia River power system dams: development and implementation of a standardized data collection protocol
2:35 (Bjorn van der Leeuw) Pinniped predation at Bonneville Dam
Adult Studies
3:15 (Kenneth Ham) Hydroacoustic evaluation of adult steelhead fallback and kelt passage at McNary Dam, winter 2011-2012
3:35 (Alison Colotelo) Snake River steelhead kelt passage and survival through the FCRPS
3:55 (Mark Weiland) Evaluation of steelhead kelt passage and survival through the lower Columbia River
4:15 (Marshall Barrows) Use of the mainstem Columbia River by Walla Walla Basin bull trout
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
Passage and Survival
8:30 (Geoff McMichael) Lower Snake River performance standards assessments 2012: experimental design and methods
8:50 (John Skalski) Results of Snake River survival compliance studies for 2012
9:10 (Eric Oldenburg) Little Goose Dam passage route and survival
9:30 (Ryan Harnish) Lower Monumental Dam passage route and survival
9:50 (Christa Woodley) Lower Columbia River survival study methods overview and juvenile salmonid condition evaluation
10:10 (John Skalski) Results of mainstem Columbia River survival compliance studies for 2012
10:50 (James Hughes) McNary Dam route-specific passage metrics and survival estimates of juvenile salmonids
11:10 (Rich Brown) Evaluation of fish performance for externally JSATS-tagged subyearling chinook salmon
11:30 (Daniel Deng) Development of an injectable micro-acoustic transmitter for fish passage evaluation
11:50 (Christa Woodley) Implantation and bio-effects assessments of injectable JSATS acoustic transmitters
12:10 (Katrina Cook) Determination of initial inflation of the swim bladder and vulnerability to barotrauma in juvenile white sturgeon
System Survival
13:30 (Steve Smith) PIT tag reach survival estimates
13:50 (Rich Zabel) COMPASS model development with a focus on migration through the hydrosystem
14:10 (Rich Zabel) Pacific Salmon Life-cycle model development
Transportation
14:50 (Steve Smith) A study to determine seasonal effects of transporting fish from the Snake River to optimize a transportation strategy
3:10 (Steve Smith) A study to compare SARs of Snake River fall Chinook salmon under alternative transport and dam operational strategies
3:30 (Rich Zabel) Identifying overwintering location and natal origin for Snake River fall Chinook salmon
3:50 (Matt Keefer) A review of adult salmon and steelhead straying with an emphasis on Columbia River populations
4:10 (Peter Westley) Salmon and steelhead straying meta-analysis: species, life history, and population-level effects
4:30 (Andy Dittman) Evaluation of methods to reduce straying rates of barged juvenile salmonids
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Lamprey
8:30 (Steve Corbett) Improving adult Pacific lamprey passage at Bonneville Dam using lamprey passage structures and refuges
8:50 (Matt Keefer) General migration and upstream passage patterns for HD-PIT-tagged adult Pacific lamprey in the lower Columbia River
9:10 (Chris Caudill) Evaluation of lamprey behavior at lower fishway sections of Bonneville and John Day dams using DIDSON
9:30 (Chris Caudill) Development of 3-D modeling tools to document fish passage information and prioritize improvements at lower Columbia River dams
9:50 (Chris Noyes) Monitoring upstream movement behavior and fate of adult Pacific lamprey using JSATS telemetry
10:30 (Christopher A. Peery) Use of non-invasive methods to evaluate Pacific lamprey counts and passage behavior at The Dalles and John Day dams
10:50 (Frank Loge) Enumeration and evaluation of adult Pacific lamprey escapement and behavior in underwater video at McNary and Ice Harbor dams with the application of computerized imaging software (AVEDac)
11:10 (Frank Loge) Application of DIDSON and underwater video to evaluate adult Pacific lamprey behavior and passage performance at McNary Dam south fishway entrance
11:30 (Matt Keefer) Passage bottlenecks and prioritization planning: Highlights from the adult Pacific lamprey data synthesis project