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High-Level Indicator / Attribute / Protocol/Method
Adult Salmon Abundance1 / Spawners / Johnson et al. 2007
Harvest1 / Harvest / Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)2
Juvenile Migrant Abundance1 / Rotary Screw Traps / Volkhardt et al. 2007
Inclined Plane Traps / Volkhardt et al. 2007
Fence weirs/fan traps / Zimmerman et al. 2007
Water Quality / Instantaneous Temp / Peck or Schuett- Hames
Continuous Temp / Ward
WQ Samples / Peck
Water Quantity / Instantaneous Flow / Peck
Continuous Flow / Butkus or USGS
Biological Health / Macroinvertebrates / Hayslip et al.
Merritt 2010

1Salmon and steelhead adult abundance and harvest are estimates derived from a variety of methods. The Johnson et al. 2007 protocols focus on methods to collect spawner abundance data but do not describe in detail the analytical methods required to estimate that abundance. Co-managers will make available the documentation of the methods used to estimate spawner abundance including estimated variance. (e.g. Puget Sound Indian Tribes and WDFW (2004) Appendix E).

2 Pacific Fishery Management council (PFMC) documents necessary preseason and post season fisheries data: Pre-season stock abundance analysis, Post season annual reports: Review of ocean salmon fisheries, as well as technical reports such as:Fishery Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM) –An Overview for Coho and Chinook, which describes how data are used in this model.

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High-Level Indicator / Attribute / Protocol/Method
In-Stream Habitat / Wetted-width / Peck
Bank-full width / Peck or Heitke
Gradient / Peck or Heitke
% Pools / Peck or Heitke
Residual Pool Depth / Peck or Heitke
Pool Max Depth / Heitke
Pool Tail Depth / Heitke
LWD Freq / Peck or Heitke
LWD Volume / Peck or Heitke
% Fine Sediment2 / TBD: Heitke
D502 / TBD: Peck or Heitke
% Undercut / Heitke
Bank Angle / Heitke
Riparian Condition / Canopy Cover / Peck - densiometer
Veg Structure2and/or
Veg Composition2 / TBD: CREP; Heitke; Schuett Hames; Peck
Land Use/Land Cover3 / % land use / Data source = MRLC/NLCD/NAIP
% impervious surface / Data source = MRLC/NLCD/NAIP

2 The workgroup recommended additional discussion is needed around these attributes and methods.

3 Satellite imagery and aerial photographs already exist. The reference refers to the relevant data sources.

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CITATIONS:

Adult Salmon Abundance

Johnson, D.H.,B. M. Shrier, J. S. O'Neal, J. A. Knutzen, X. Augerot, T. A. O-Neil, and T. N. Pearsons, editors. 2007. Salmonid field protocols handbook: techniques for assessing status and trends in salmon and trout populations. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Puget Sound Indian Tribes and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2004. Appendix E. Escapement Estimation. Comprehensive Management Plan for Puget Sound Chinook. Harvest Management Component.

Harvest

Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC). 2003. PACIFIC COAST SALMON PLAN. PFMC 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97220 1384 (503) 820-2280

Pacific Fishery Management Council. 2010. Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis for 2010Ocean Salmon Fisheries. (Document prepared for the Council and its advisory entities.) Pacific FisheryManagement Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

Pacific Fishery Management Council. Review of Ocean Salmon Fisheries. (Document prepared for the Council and its advisory entities.) Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW). 2008. Fishery Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM) –

An Overview for Coho and Chinook - v 3.0, Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW). 2007a. Fishery Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM) –

Technical Documentation for Chinook and Coho (Document prepared for the Council and its

advisory entities). Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,

Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

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Juvenile Migrant Abundance

Volkhardt, G. C., S. L. Johnson, B. A. Miller, T. E. Nickelson, and D. E. Seiler. 2007. Rotary screw traps and inclined plane screen traps. Pages 235-266 in D. H. Johnson, B. M. Shrier, J. S. O'Neal, J. A. Knutzen, X. Augerot, T. A. O-Neil, and T. N. Pearsons, editors. Salmonid field protocols handbook: techniques for assessing status and trends in salmon and trout populations. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Zimmerman, C.E. and Zabkar, L.M.. 2007. Weirs. Pages 385-398 in D. H. Johnson, B. M. Shrier, J. S. O'Neal, J. A. Knutzen, X. Augerot, T. A. O-Neil, and T. N. Pearsons, editors. Salmonid field protocols handbook: techniques for assessing status and trends in salmon and trout populations. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Water Quality

Peck, D.V., A.T. Herlihy, B.H. Hill, R.M. Hughes, P.R. Kaufmann, D.J. Klemm, J.M. Lazorchak, F.H. McCormick, S.A. Peterson, P.L. Ringold, T. Magee, and M.R. Cappaert. 2006. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Surface Waters Western Pilot Study: Field Operations Manual for Wadeable Streams. EPA/620/R-06/003.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington , D.C.

Schuett-Hames, D., A. E. Pleus, E. Rashin, and J. Mathews. 1999. TFW Monitoring Program

method manual for the Stream Temperature Survey. Prepared for the Washington State

Department of Natural Resources under the Timber Fish and Wildlife Agreement, Olympia, WA.

TFW-AM9-999005. DNR # 107. June.

Ward, W., 2003. Continuous Temperature Sampling Protocols for the Environmental

Monitoring and Trends Section. Washington State Department of Ecology, Environmental

Assessment Program, Olympia, WA. 8 pp. + appendices. Publication No. 03-03-052.

Water Quantity

Butkus, S. 2005. Quality Assurance Monitoring Plan:Streamflow Gaging Network.

Environmental Assessment Program, Washington State Department of Ecology. Publication No. 05-03-204. (Revised October 2007).

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Biological Health

Hayslip, Gretchen, editor. 2007. Methods for the collection and analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in wadeable streams of the Pacific Northwest. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership, Cook, Washington.

Merritt, G. 2010 (draft). Washington Department of Ecology Benthic Macroinvertebrate Collection Standardization Methods.

In-Stream Habitat

Heitke, Jeremiah D.; Archer, Eric K.; and Roper, Brett B. 2010. Effectiveness monitoring for streams and riparian areas: sampling protocol for stream channel attributes. Unpublished paper on file at:

Riparian Condition

Land Use/Land Cover

Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium. National Land Cover Data 2001/2006.