Fisheries
Research Division
VISION
Manage aquatic resources to provide for healthy
self-sustaining fish populations of historically present species and for harvest
opportunities.
GOALS
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Prevent extirpation of salmon and steelhead and promote recovery and
restoration of these populations
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Protect, mitigate and enhance production in all anadromous streams within
Nez Perce Tribe territory.
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Support and maintain tribal fisheries harvest opportunities where and
when they exist.
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Monitor and evaluate hatchery production programs to determine program
effectiveness and to provide for adaptive management.
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Monitor the status of salmon and steelhead populations and supporting
fish habitat.
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Provide science-based recommendations for management and policy
consideration.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The Fisheries Research Division conducts monitoring and
evaluation and applied research
studies to: provide information on the status (abundance) of populations
(juveniles and adults);
determine the effectiveness of hatchery supplementation programs; provide smolt
survival estimates through the Snake River and Columbia River hydroelectric
projects; provide information to support tribal fisheries; make sound fisheries
management recommendations for improving survival, recovery and restoration of
salmon and steelhead to management and policy; provide for genetic conservation
of salmon and steelhead populations; provide information on salmon
recovery
alternatives under the Endangered Species Act, and impact assessments; provide
assistance with Snake River Water Rights Adjudication process; and participates
in state and regional technical forums to promote Nez Perce Tribe policy and management
goals.
STAFF
The Research Division of the Department of Fisheries
Resources Management is headquartered in the Sweetwater Office. Jay Hesse
is the Acting Research Division program leader. Nellie Axtell is the Data
Technician/Secretary. The Research Division in Sweetwater is responsible
for research personnel in field offices located at Orofino and McCall, Idaho,
and in Enterprise, Oregon. Depending on the season the Research Division
employs up to 70 employees.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
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Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Tribal Hatchery
Evaluations Project (LSRCP).
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Monitor and Evaluate Yearling Fall Chinook Released
Upstream of Lower Granite Dam.
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Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation
project.
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Grande Ronde Supplementation - Lostine Monitoring and
Evaluation project.
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Captive Broodstock Artificial Propagation project.
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Imnaha River Smolt Monitoring project.
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Chinook Salmon Adult Abundance Monitoring project.
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Preserve Salmonid Gametes project.
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Evaluate Salmon Supplementation Studies in Idaho Rivers (ISS).
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Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement
Monitoring and Evaluation Program (JCAPE M&E).
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Coho Salmon Monitoring and Evaluation project.
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Safety Net Artificial Propagation.
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Northeast Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation
project.
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Collaborative System-wide Monitoring and Evaluation
Project.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Lapwai
208-843-7145 PHONE
208-843-7310 FAX
