California South Delta Juvenile Fall-run Chinook Salmon Acoustic Telemetry Tagging Data 2009-2017

Information on individual fish, tag characteristics and activation times, and release information are contained within the tagging information file. In all years, a network of autonomous receivers was deployed at various locations and near junctions of management relevance (receiver deployment data). The locations of the receiver deployments changed between years.

In all studies, a proportion of fish were released at Durham Ferry (50-100%) and detected by the network of autonomous receivers when fish passed by the receivers (receiver detection data). The raw data downloaded from the receivers were processed into either an approximate hourly time scale (HTI) or event data (VEMCO, JSATS), where unique detection events of a given tag on a given hydrophone are separated by a time gap of 30 minutes.

These studies were a collaborative effort between numerous agencies with the USFWS coordinating the efforts and leading the field studies (tagging and receiver deployment/retrieval), USBR providing funding and project planning, U.S. Geological Survey with receiver deployment/retrieval and raw telemetry data processing, and researchers from the University of Washington leading analysis efforts and guiding changes in study design/sample sizes between years.

Reports from these studies. Barnard, D., Brandes, P., D. LaPlante. 2016. Methods and Implementation of 2016 Steelhead Tagging and Results.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Report, Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office, Lodi, CA. usbr.gov/mp/bdo/docs/2016-steelhead-tagging-release-report.pdf Brandes, P., D. Barnard, J. Ingram, D. LaPlante, K. Nichols, and K. Towne. 2017. Methods and Implementation of 2015 Steelhead Tagging and Results. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Report, Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office, Lodi, CA. usbr.gov/mp/bdo/docs/2015-steelhead-tagging-release-report.pdf Brandes, P., D. Barnard, M. Marshall, D. LaPlante, J. Ingram, K. Nichols, and K. Towne. 2017.

Methods and Implementation of 2014 Steelhead Tagging and Results. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Report, Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office, Lodi, CA. usbr.gov/mp/bdo/docs/2014-steelhead-tagging-release-report.pdf Buchanan, R. 2018. 2014 Six-Year Acoustic Telemetry Steelhead Study: Statistical Methods and Results. For J. Israel.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Bay-Delta Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, CA. cbr.washington.edu/sites/default/files/papers/UW%206yr%20steelhead%20report%202014%20FINAL.PDF Buchanan, R. 2018. 2015 Six-Year Acoustic Telemetry Steelhead Study: Statistical Methods and Results. For J. Israel.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Bay-Delta Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, CA. cbr.washington.edu/sites/default/files/papers/UW%206yr%20steelhead%20report%202015%20FINAL.pdf Buchanan, R. 2018. 2016 Six-Year Acoustic Telemetry Steelhead Study: Statistical Methods and Results. For J. Israel.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Bay-Delta Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, CA. cbr.washington.edu/sites/default/files/papers/UW%206yr%20steelhead%20report%202016%20FINAL.pdf SJRGA. 2010. 2009 Annual Technical Report On Implementation and Monitoring of the San Joaquin River Agreement and the Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan. tuolumnerivertac.com/Documents/SJRGA2010_2009AnnualTechnicalReport.pdf SJRGA. 2011. 2010 Annual Technical Report On Implementation and Monitoring of the San Joaquin River Agreement and the Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan. tuolumnerivertac.com/Documents/SJRGA2011_2010AnnualTechnicalReport.pdf SJRGA. 2013. 2011 Annual Technical Report On Implementation and Monitoring of the San Joaquin River Agreement and the Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan. tuolumnerivertac.com/Documents/SJRGA2013_2011AnnualTechnicalReport_compressed.pdf U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). 2018.

NMFS Biological Opinion RPA IV.2.2: 2011 Six-Year Acoustic Telemetry Steelhead Study. Contributions by Buchanan, R., J. Israel, P. Brandes. E. Buttermore.

Reclamation Bay-Delta Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, CA. FINAL REPORT May 14, 2018, 144p. usbr.gov/mp/bdo/docs/2011-six-yr-acoustic-telemetry-steelhead-report.pdf U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). 2018. NMFS Biological Opinion RPA IV.2.2: 2012 Six-Year Acoustic Telemetry Steelhead Study. Contributions by Buchanan, P. Brandes, R., J. Israel, E. Buttermore.

Reclamation Bay-Delta Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, CA. FINAL REPORT May 16, 2018, 172p. usbr.gov/mp/bdo/docs/2012-six-yr-acoustic-telemetry-steelhead-report.pdf U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). 2018. NMFS Biological Opinion RPA IV.2.2: 2013 Six-Year Acoustic Telemetry Steelhead Study. Contributions by: R. Buchanan, P. Brandes, J. Israel, and E. Buttermore.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Bay-Delta Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, CA. FINAL REPORT. June 2018, 213 pp. usbr.gov/mp/bdo/docs/2013-six-yr-acoustic-telemetry-steelhead-report.pdf