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Eel River Salmon Restoration Project
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Adults are trapped using a fyke-entrance fish trap in conjunction with metal weir panels
placed across Redwood Creek. Adult fish trapped are measured and checked for marks. Due to
the listing of coho salmon, as a threatened species by the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) under the Endangered Species Act we have filed for and received permit number 1075
which authorizes incidental take of coho salmon, as defined in the Endangered Species Act, for
tissue collection for genetic analysis. After a tissue sample is collected, fork length and weight are recorded and all coho salmon will be returned to Redwood Creek and allowed to spawn
naturally.
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Species from which eggs and sperm are to be taken for our hatchery are transferred to
numbered PVC pipe tubes. Fish are held until ripe in fiberglass troughs located at the spawning
and rearing facility. Fish are periodically checked for ripeness, spawned when ripe and scale and
tissue samples taken as required.
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Egg size and number is measured before eggs are transferred to
incubation trays. Some of the eggs are used to help support the salmonids in the class room
educational program. Records are maintained of trapping, spawning, and rearing . Swim-up fry
are initially raised in fiberglass troughs and later transferred to one of our various pond sites. The fish are raised to smolts, tagged, and released at various sites as specified by the Department of Fish and Game. Reports are submitted to the Department of Fish and Game as required.
We expect to receive approximately 650 hours of in-kind labor support by community members
during trapping, spawning, marking and release activities.
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