Fish Tagging Forum

Latest Information Synthesis Documents (updated 5/02/2013)

• Information presented at the May 2013 FW Committee meeting
  • Packet memo
  • FTF Decision memo
  • IEAB FTF Report 
  • Attachment 2C FTF Spider Chart
  • Attachment 6 Indicator Analysis
• CWT Cost updated by BPA (2013.04.30)
• Indicator Analysis (2013.04.25)
• Spider Chart (2013.04.25)
• BPA Cost Information (2013.03.25)
• Management Question Spreadsheet (2013.01.14)
• FTF Infrastructure (DRAFT.v1; 2012.12.11)
• DRAFT FTF Tag v Objective (v.4; 2012.11.19)
• FTF Data Collection and Management (DRAFT.v1; 2012.11.19)
• FTF Presentation at Feb 2013 FW Committee meeting (2013.02.12)
• FTF Presentation at Feb 2013 Council meeting (2013.02.12)
• Fish Tagging Forum Facilitator Presentation (v3; 2011.11.18)

Goal

The Fish Tagging Forum is to address costs, efficiencies and gaps for all fish tagging efforts that take place under the Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program, including expense, capital and reimbursable programs.

Timeline

Charter was adopted July 12, 2011; work is to be completed by July 19, 2013. See preliminary schedule.

Entity statements

Key references/documents

• Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy
• Draft Compilation of Tagging Infrastructure (Nov 2012)
• Draft Compilation of Tagging Data Collection and Management (Nov 2012)
• Tagging Costs Summary (Nov 2012)
• Progress Report and Decision (Oct 2012) to Support an IEAB Task to assist the Fish Tagging Forum with Cost Effectiveness analysis modeling
• FTF Tag v Objectives (Oct 2012)
• FPS Memo on PIT Tag Effects (Nov 2009)
• PIT Tags: (not presented during Forum meeting): Overview and SxC History
• Acoustic Tags (not presented during Forum meeting):
  • John Day standard testing
  • COE white Paper Sensitivity Analysis
  • Review of 2011 study design for John Day
  • John Day compliance monitoring
  • Review of telemetry evaluation
• Evaluation Framework and Measurement Table
  Forum participants will work with this table over time to adapt it for all tagging technologies discussed at the forum, and to ensure it is responsive to the Council’s charter, while meeting the needs of the forum participants. Last updated Feb 2012.
• Council’s Draft Management Questions
• Council’s Basinwide Biological Objectives (p.11-13) and Mainstem Biological Objectives (pp.36-40)
• PNAMP Management Question Survey Summary Report (Table 1, pp.8-10)
• Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS)
• Pacific Salmon Treaty
• Bonneville Power Administration streamlined set of management questions and associated research and monitoring strategies submitted as comments during the 2009 Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment process
• ISAB/ISRP Tagging Report (2009, see Table 1, p.19)