STREAMNET NEWS

A Newsletter from StreamNet
The Fish Data Delivery Project for the Pacific Northwest
Issue #5 - November 4, 2005

Welcome to the fifth StreamNet News!

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Table of Contents

1. New Data in the StreamNet Database
2. Downloadable Access Database Updated
3. New Hatchery Returns Format
4. Salmon Critical Habitat Interactive Mapper Updated
5. ODFW Creates Groundfish Information Web Site
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1.  NEW DATA IN THE STREAMNET DATABASE
Since the last StreamNet News the StreamNet database has had many
updates. Additions or updates are available for time series data
including spawning population estimates (over 2,300 records),
spawner counts (over 500 records), redd counts (nearly 4,400),
and dam/weir counts (over 300). We also have new or updated data
for dam facilities (144), hatchery facilities (2), barriers (over
13,400), species-specific barrier information (nearly 300), and
fish distribution (nearly 8,800, including over 2,100 records for
westslope cutthroat trout). As the new distribution data
arrived, both the database and the GIS layers were updated.

To query the StreamNet database, point your browser to
http://www.streamnet.org/online-data/query_intro.html and click
on the "Standard Query Method" link.

2.  DOWNLOADABLE ACCESS DATABASE UPDATED
The downloadable version of StreamNet’s database was updated
September 30, 2005. The entire database can be downloaded in
MS-Access format; individual tables may be downloaded as
comma-delimited ascii text files. The downloadable version of
the database is updated only periodically -- the most up to date
data are always available through the on-line data query system.

To download the entire database or individual tables, go to
http://www.streamnet.org/online_data.html.

3.  NEW HATCHERY RETURNS FORMAT
We recently expanded the breadth of information we provide when
presenting hatchery returns data. We also improved the format
used to display the data.

In addition to the egg take, number of males and females and
jacks that returned, mortalities, and nonviable females, the data
we provide now include the dates fish were spawned, and the
number of males, females, and jacks spawned. We also provide
capture sites and dates, so that you will know if fish were
transferred into a hatchery from another location. Lastly, we
provide information on the final disposition of the fish or fish
carcasses: released upstream live; donated; buried; sold;
transferred; etc.

In the past, returns to a single hatchery were presented on
different rows of data, forcing you to gather the related records
for males, females, and jacks in order to get total return to a
hatchery. The new format provides the number of males, females,
and jacks all in one record.

Until we have completed the conversion of data to this new
format, the entire data set in the previous format will be
available at http://www.streamnet.org/online-data/ids.cfm?id=58.

4.  SALMON CRITICAL HABITAT INTERACTIVE MAPPER UPDATED
In cooperation with the Northwest regional office of NOAA
Fisheries, StreamNet updated the salmon and steelhead critical
habitat interactive mapper
(http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/salmesa/crithab/gisdata/disclaimer.html)
to present the final designated critical habitat for 12
evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon and
steelhead as established in the final rule on August 12, 2005.

Critical habitat was also designated by NOAA's Southwest
region for the 7 ESUs of Pacific salmon and steelhead in
California. We have made the interactive maps identifying
these designated areas available through our partners at
CalFish (http://www.calfish.org). For more information including
a variety of related maps, documents and data supporting the final
rule, visit the NOAA Fisheries Critical Habitat website at
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm.

5.  ODFW CREATES GROUNDFISH INFORMATION WEB SITE
One of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's goals for 2005 is
to provide year-round fishing opportunities for the angling
public. To help achieve that goal, Oregon StreamNet staff in the
Natural Resources Information Management Program (NRIMP) worked
with Marine Resources Program (MRP) staff and with their support
to develop an online harvest tracking system for recreationally
caught marine groundfish. This new Web-based resource, made
available to the public in April 2005, provides monthly harvest
estimates for Oregon's numerous sport groundfish species. The
Web site also explains, in an easy to follow question & answer
format, how ODFW uses harvest caps and other techniques to manage
marine fisheries. NRIMP keeps the site updated with the latest
groundfish harvest information, like quota changes and progress
toward this year's harvest caps. You may view the MRP page at:
http://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/. NRIMP and MRP will continue
to make improvements to the site based on user feedback and
fishery management needs.

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Edited by Michael Banach

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ABOUT THE STREAMNET PROJECT: StreamNet is a cooperative,
multi-agency effort among the Columbia River Basin's state,
tribal and federal fisheries agencies, the Northwest Power and
Conservation Council (NPCC), the Bonneville Power Administration,
and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to compile
fish-related data. We compile and make available on our web site
information intended to be useful to fisheries managers and
researchers, land managers, planners, and others. We acquire,
regionally standardize, and georeference data from multiple
sources on a number of topics, including fish distribution,
fish abundance trends, hatchery releases and returns, harvest
levels, migration barriers, hatcheries, and dams. We provide a
catalog of photographs relevant to fish species and facilities in
the region. We also archive and provide stand-alone "independent
data sets" created by other entities. We maintain the official
list of stream reaches the NPCC has recommended be protected from
dam construction, and we are the official keepers of the Pacific
Northwest's 1:100,000 scale GIS streams layer. We provide
pre-made maps and let you make maps interactively from data in
the StreamNet database to meet your needs. We continually work
to update these resources, so new information becomes available
several times each year. We also provide customized data-related
services for participants in the NPCC's Fish and Wildlife
Program. When significant changes are made at StreamNet (new
data or new ways to display them), we will email another short
StreamNet News to those on the mailing list.

You can learn more about StreamNet at
http://www.streamnet.org/about-sn.html. We exist in order to
bring useful information to people such as you, and we welcome
your questions, feedback, and suggestions. We also hope you
will inform your colleagues about the resources available at
StreamNet (http://www.streamnet.org).

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