2024 Annual Report for Term and Condition 8 to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) For the Mitchell Act Biological Opinion (MA BIOP)

This report provides information to address the requirements of the Terms and Conditions (T&C) 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8f, 8g, and 8i (summarized below).

Excerpts from Terms and Conditions

8. NMFS shall annually provide one comprehensive annual report for all Mitchell Act funded programs to NMFS’ SFD on or before January 31st for the previous fiscal year. The annual report will include:
   1. Numbers of fish released, release dates and locations, and tag/mark information for each program.
   2. Estimates of the natural spawning distribution, origin, survival and contribution to fisheries and escapements for fish released for each brood year, for each program.
   3. Estimates of pHOS and/or gene flow for all natural ESA-listed salmonid populations that are affected by straying from Mitchell Act funded hatchery programs.
   4. Provide tables for all Mitchell Act funded facilities combined, grouped by State Authority, that include the duration (in days) of each epizootic and magnitude (% of production lost).
   5. Compliance records with NPDES permitting requirements.
   6. The number of fish encountered and killed at each weir and broodstock collection location including the species, origin (hatchery or natural-origin), life-stage, and release condition (unharmed, injured, killed).
   7. Results of RM&E, including important findings, for:
      1. the Kalama River Research Program
      2. Results of RM&E – Toutle Fish Collection Facility Activities
      3. Evaluation of the benefits and risks of juvenile wild fish rescue programs