How Small Can We Go? Evaluating Survival, Tag Retention, and Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Implanted with a New Acoustic Microtag

Fischer, Eric S.; Blackburn, Shannon E.; Liss, Stephanie A.; Hughes, James S.; Li, Huidong; Deng, Zhiqun Daniel

doi:10.1002/nafm.10367

Title: How Small Can We Go? Evaluating Survival, Tag Retention, and Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Implanted with a New Acoustic Microtag

Journal Article · Wed Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2019 · North American Journal of Fisheries Management

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10367 · OSTI ID:2506834

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; Hughes, James S.; Li, Huidong;

Abstract Recently, an acoustic microtag, called the Eel–Lamprey Acoustic Tag (ELAT), was developed for use in juvenile American Eel Anguilla rostrata and Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus. The ELAT (12.0 × 2.0 mm; 0.088 g in air) has the potential to be used to study other small-bodied fishes. In this pilot study, juvenile Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 52–99 mm fork length (FL) were surgically implanted with an ELAT (n = 99) or remained untagged (control; n = 101). Fish were held for 30 d to evaluate survival, tag retention, and growth. Survival did not differ significantly between control (n = 98 or 97.0%) and tagged fish (n = 95 or 95.9%). Logistic regression analysis suggested that survival was influenced by initial FL and tag burden. Mortalities only occurred in tagged fish with initial FLs of ≤65 mm (FL range = 57–65 mm; tag burdens = 3.8–5.9%). However, a tagged fish with an initial FL of 62 mm or an initial tag burden of 4.1% (FL range = 58–64 mm) was predicted to have a 90% chance of survival, and the smallest fish that survived the study was 54 mm FL (1.8 g; tag burden = 4.9%). Tag retention was high (99%), with only one fish expelling an ELAT during the study. Control fish grew slightly larger than the tagged individuals, but differences in final pooled FLs and weight gains were not significant. Our results demonstrate the successful surgical implantation of the ELAT into Chinook Salmon as small as 54 mm FL (1.8 g).

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2506834

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--144456

Journal Information:: North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Journal Name: North American Journal of Fisheries Management Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 39; ISSN 0275-5947

Publisher:: Oxford University PressCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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