Fall Chinook Acclimation Project FCAP

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Fall Chinook Acclimation Project (FCAP)

• Overview
• Under ESA NMFS lists Snake River fall chinook as
  threatened in 1992
• Co-managers agreed to release 450,000 yearlings
  above Lower Granite Dam up to 2.4m
  sub-yearlings
• US Congress funds project for FY95
• Began operations in 1996 with the release of
  115,000 yearlings from Pittsburg Landing.
• Complete construction and begin operation of Big
  Canyon facility in 1997 and of Capt. John Rapids
  facility in 1998.

Pittsburg Landing Snake River
Captain John Rapids Snake River
Big Canyon Clearwater River
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GOAL OF PROJECTSupplement natural production of
Snake River fall chinook above Lower Granite Dam.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES Provide acclimation and
final rearing of Lyons Ferry yearling and
sub-yearling fish through the operation of two
facilities on the Snake River and one site on the
Clearwater River.
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Lyons Ferry Hatchery - Gene Bank for Snake
River fall chinook

• FCAP Project
• Long-term- linked to delisting - at least 8 more
  years
• Approved through U.S. v Oregon
• FCRPS Bi-Op Safety-net project
• Key role played by Nez Perce Tribe

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Captain John Rapids Facility River Mile 163,
Snake River
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Captain John Rapids Yearling Delivery
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Pittsburg Landing Facility, Snake River, r.m. 213
(31 miles downstream of Hells Canyon Dam)
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Pittsburg Landing Facility 16 - 20 ft
diameter Aluminum Tanks,
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Big Canyon Facility, Clearwater River, r.m.
35, near Peck, ID 16-20ft diameter Aluminum
Tanks
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• Methods
• March 1 150,000 yearlings to each facility
• Reared for 6 weeks, densities held to 0.1
  lbs/cu.ft./in.
• River water supply to prevent localized spawning
• Yearlings released in mid-April at about 10 fpp
  during rising water conditions.
• Up to 2.4m subyearlings at 90 fpp - divided among
  the facilities in early May
• Subyearlings released at 60 fpp about sometime
  in June, before river flows begin to drop
• Fish Culture Methods
• As per Integrated Hatchery Operation Team (IHOT)
  guidelines
• Fish health procedures as per AFS Blue Book,
  IHOT, NPT Fish Health Protocals

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Production Numbers
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ANNUAL BUDGET 654,400 PRODUCTION STAFF Project
Leader - Bruce McLeod Project Foreman - Mike
Key (12 months) Technician I - 6 (6
months) Technician II - 4 (6 months)
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PROGRAM CHANGES PENDING Fish Health
Co-managers will continue to monitor BKD and
adjust procedures as required. Big Canyon 1.
Acquire lease from NPT to allow installation of
domestic well and septic system. 2. Address
equipment problems with U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla. Captain John Rapids
Address equipment problems with USACOE. Pittsburg
Landing Negotiate special use permit with with
U.S. Forest Service for another site to lower
costs.