Returns look more powerful than final several recorded
Steelhead figures are up this year, but don’t call it a rebound
Dam counts and passive built-in transponder, or PIT, tag analysis indicate fish time for the Snake River this autumn and then springtime will upload their most useful return much more than 36 months.
Through Tuesday, significantly more than 81,400 steelhead have been counted at Bonneville Dam. That is prior to the 55,800 counted at the moment last year and a lot better than the comes back of approximately 66,600 in 2018 and 77,400 in 2017.
However some context is needed. Steelhead returns have now been abysmally bad the last 36 months. Whilst the run is showing enhancement in 2020, its projected performance nevertheless falls well underneath the 10-year average of approximately 173,000.
More context: The 10-year average has been shrinking due to the present bad return years changing better quality years when you look at the information set. Simply four years back it had been 270,000.
“The final 36 months would be the worst 3 years since we now have seen since gathering PIT tag information,” said Joe DuPont, local fisheries supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game at Lewiston.
Numerous steelhead are implanted using the tags that enable fisheries supervisors to trace their progress throughout their adult and juvenile migrations. Within the Fall, DuPont monitors adult PIT tag information since the seafood pass Bonneville Dam. 继续阅读“Analysis: Steelhead numbers up. Steelhead figures are up this year, but don’t call it a rebound”