Lower Granite Dam Smolt Monitoring Program, 1999 Annual Report.
The 1999 fish collection season at Lower Granite was characterized by high spring flows and spill, low levels of debris, cool water temperatures, increased hatchery chinook numbers, and an overall decrease in numbers of smolts collected and transported. A total of 5,882,872 juvenile salmonids were collected at Lower Granite. Of these, 5,466,057 were transported to release sites below Bonneville Dam, 5,232,105 by barge and 233,952 by truck. An additional 339,398 fish were bypassed back to the river. A total of 117,609 salmonids were examined in daily samples. Nine research projects conducted by four agencies impacted a total of 440,810 smolts (7.5% of the total collected) of which 247,268 were PIT tagged and 572 were recorded as incidental mortalities.
- Research Organization:
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife )WDFW)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Bonneville Power Administration
- DOE Contract Number:
- 1988FG38906
- OSTI ID:
- 761786
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-02117-2; R&D Project: 198712700; Contract Number 88-FC38906; TRN: US0005100
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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