OHRC Advisory Committee Research Report 13 December 2010
David L. G. Noakes Professor & Senior Scientist OSU OHRC
Anup Gurung Video Salmon Dance (preview copy) Final copies for public display at the OHRC
OSU IACUC Committee (ongoing) Site Inspections Research reviews Interviews Attending Veterinarian and Head of LARC (two candidates on short list)
Education & Outreach OCAMP Ocean Literacy Oregon Coast Aquarium OCAMP Year 2 Kick Off Newport Student Writers OHRC Research Updates & Interviews
Research Discussions Neil Thompson, Mike Blouin, Siggi Snorrason, David Noakes Growth David Noakes, John Gunn, Siggi Snorrason, Hrefna Sigurjonsdottir Spawning behavior David Noakes, Shaun Clements, Karen Hans, Kathleen O Malley Coho life history David Noakes, Pam Woods, Camille Leblanc Development David Noakes, Kassi Cole, Carl Schreck Sexual development and differentiation David Noakes, Carl Schreck, Yakama Tribe lamprey enhancement, conservation and restoration
Lower Columbia River Chum salmon restoration ODFW, WDFW
Willamette River Chinook salmon and steelhead restoration ODFW, OSU, OHRC
Sandy River Hatchery and wild salmon and steelhead ODFW, OSU, OHRC
ODFW OHRC OSU Research & Operations Reviews OSU F & W ODFW OHRC Ed Bowles, Manny Farinas, Bruce McIntosh, Charlie Corrarino, Shaun Clements, Ryan Couture, David Noakes
Research Conferences Presentations
ODFW High Desert Biologists Bend, Oregon 16 November 2010
International Conference on Juvenile Salmon Migration Black Butte, Oregon (June 2011) Invited Keynote Speaker
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington (September 2011) Carl Schreck & David Noakes Co Organzers invited Symposium on Uses of Estuaries by Salmon and Steelhead
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington (September2011) David Noakes & Rob McLaughlin Invited Paper Symposium on foraging by stream salmonids Proceedings to be edited and published in Environmental Biology of Fishes
OHRC Visitors
Nanjing Agricultural University Students August 2010 Patchara Nithirodpagdee, Burapha University, Thailand ecology, stable isotopes, freshwater fishes, food webs October December 2010 Dr. John Gunn, Laurentian University, Canada landscape ecology, conservation and restoration October 2010 Dr. Sigurdur Snorrason, University of Iceland genetics and development of salmonid fishes October December 2010 Dr. Hrefna Sigurjonsdottir, University of Iceland reproductive behavior of salmonid fishes October December 2010 Dr. Steve Johnson, Florida State University salmon biology and behavior Pamela Woods, University of Washington, Seattle November 2010 Dr. Kathleen Cole, Zoology Department, University of Hawaii histology; steelhead temperature research December 2010 Yakama Tribe, Carl Schreck, Rob Chitwood, Ralph Lampman lamprey biology, conservation and restoration December 2010
Publications
Publications Berejikian et al. 2010. Mating success of alternative male phenotypes and evidence for frequency dependent selection in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 67: 1933 1941. Noakes, D. L. G. 2010. On our origins. Environmental Biology of fishes. (in press). Noakes, D. L. G. & Schreck, C. B. 2010. Migration, ecology and behavior of coastal steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Oregon. POST Completion Report, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, B. C. Romer, J. D. et al. 2010. Survival and behavior of juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in two small estuaries in Oregon. (in review)
Noakes, D. L. G., P. Rand, B. Berijikian & T. Pearson (co editors). Ecological interactions of wild and hatchery salmon. Special Volume, Environmental Biology of Fishes. http://springerlink.com/content/102877/
Salmon Migration D. Noakes & P. Klimley (co editors) Special Issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes http://science.calwater.ca.gov/stage /sci_news_0610_tags.html
Research Projects and Proposals
Research Report Coho salmon effects of light on retinal development operational project E/M study of retinal tissues from fish reared under natural light and under artificial (indoor) light no significant differences observed Conclusion full scale research project not warrented
Steelhead Temperature Effects of rearing temperature on sexual differentiation Cole, Blouin, Noakes, Schreck & Morrison Samples collected; histology underway; clearing & staining; X rays underway
Clearing and Staining
Salmonid Smolt Predation ODFW, OSU F & W, USGS, OHRC (Lotek) Michelle Schuiteman, Carl Schreck, David Noakes, Shaun Clements, Ryan Couture Research project under discussion
Salmon Homing and Straying Ken Lohmann, Michael Banks, Andy Dittman, Tom Quinn, David Noakes http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/ full/211/11/1719 Research Workshop OHRC February 2011
Research Projects Hatch boxes proposal reviewed by OHRC, ODFW proposal to Advisory Committee Lotek archival sonic tags (Schreck & Noakes) FPGL (Corvallis) Sterile adult steelhead behavior operational project (OHRC, ODFW review) A trap for lamprey ammocoetes operational project (OHRC, ODFW review) Triploid rainbow spawning behavior operational project (OHRC, ODFW review)
Wild Broodstock Comment during Advisory Committee meeting on June 2010 to the effect that the OHRC has not dealt with the question of wild broodstock The question HAS BEEN RESOLVED (proximate, intermediate and ultimate) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Wild Broodstock (ultimate) Araki & Blouin (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) publications AND presentations to OHRC Advisory Committee meetings: reduction in lifetime reproductive fitness in hatchery steelhead, compared to wild steelhead Blouin ongoing research at the OHRC to test mechanisms that cause such differences in lifetime reproductive success presentations to OHRC Advisory Committee meetings
Wild Broodstock (ultimate) Theriault & Banks (2010, in press) reduced fitness of hatchery coho compared to wild coho publications AND presentations to OHRC Advisory Committee meetings O Malley & Banks research discussions for study of coho mate choice
Wild Broodstock (ultimate) Alsea River steelhead genetics Banks and Noakes (2010) report to OHRC Advisory Committee; discussions with ODFW there is evidence of distinct genetic structuring of steelhead in the Alsea River (and probably in other coastal rivers) use of wild caught adults as broodstock must take this genetic structuring into account any stocking programs in the basin must take genetic structuring into account
Wild Broodstock (proximate) OHRC training workshop with steelhead anglers (2006) wild broodstock collection, holding and handling procedures (2006, 2007, 2008) presentations to angler groups, ODFW Hatchery Managers, ODFW Biologists implementation at ODFW Alsea Hatchery
Wild Broodstock (intermediate) Mary Buckman (ODFW) Bruce Morrison (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) statistical design for research project to study wild broodstock at a landscape scale (capture, handling, etc.) presentation and discussion at OHRC Advisory Committee meeting CONCLUSION: the project is NOT feasible and NOT realistic too many tanks, too many fish, too many treatments, no statistical power, etc., etc.
Wild Broodstock CONCLUSIONS (1) We can keep wild broodstock alive and healthy until spawning (2) Any experience in a hatchery environment reduces lifetime reproductive fitness for coho and steelhead (3) It is neither realistic nor feasible to conduct a rigorous test of capture, handling and source of wild broodstock in a landscape scale experiment (4) Taking and using wild broodstock will have genetic implications and consequences (5) The use of wild broodstock will be an informed decision by ODFW management taking into account genetic and other considerations