2023 Pacific Coast Steelhead Management Meeting
Abstracts and Presentations
California - Robyn Bilski, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
Oregon - Jamie Anthony, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
Idaho - Alan Byrne, Idaho Department of Fish and Wildlife (IDFG)
Washington - Neala Kendall, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
British Columbia - Robert Bison, Fish and Wildlife Branch, Ministry of Forests (MOF)
Alaska - Craig Schwanke, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG)
Session Two - Drought and Climate Session and Local Focus Session
Statewide Drought Management and Monitoring Actions for Salmonids in California -
Jonathan Nelson, CDFW
Developing a Drought Monitoring Protocol for Juvenile Salmonids on the Mendocino Coast -
Brianna Ordung, CDFW
Prolonged drought and southern steelhead. Impacts, mitigation, and resiliency - Hayley
Sue, CDFW
Smallmouth Bass-Steelhead Interaction Monitoring in John Day River Tributaries - Lizz
Blackburn, ODFW
Visualizing Freshwater Conditions for Steelhead - Jamie Anthony, ODFW
Hold on, I just need a minute to chill out in Drano Lake (Deschutes Steelhead) - Logan
Breshears, ODFW
Thermally suitable or thermally stressful: physiological tolerance of summer steelhead -
Kara Anlauf-Dunn, ODFW
Climate Angling Framework for Inland Fisheries in Oregon - Kregg Smith, ODFW
Session Three - Ocean, Climate and Migration Session
Ocean migrations and behavior of steelhead kelts from Situk River, Alaska - Michael
Courtney, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Phenological mismatches and marine survival in steelhead trout - Sam Wilson, Salmon
Watersheds Lab, Simon Fraser University
Spatial distribution and mortality mechanisms of post-spawn steelhead kelts in the
Northeast Pacific - Trevor Davies, Fish and wildlife Branch, British Columbia Ministry of
Forests
Tracking iteroparity: Trends and movement patterns for repeat spawning steelhead on the
Washington Coast - James P. Losee, WDFW
Marine heatwaves in the Northern California current: Impacts on early marine steelhead diet
composition, morphology, and potential survival - Elizabeth Daly, Oregon State University
Poster Session
Visualizing the core of Idaho Fish & Game’s anadromous snorkel program - Alexa Ballinger, Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Session Four - Managing Sensitive Populations of Steelhead: Tools, Approaches, and
Challenges
Part 1: Management Tools Available
Development of e-Creel for Steelhead: monitoring harvest and release of steelhead in
Oregon's recreational fisheries - Brian Riggers, ODFW
The quest for fisheries-specific steelhead hooking mortality estimates - Ian Courter, Mt.
Hood Environment
Introduction to Structured Decision-Making - Sarah Converse, USGS WA Coop Research
Unit - UW
Using a newly developed integrated population model to evaluate alternative management
strategies for WA coastal steelhead - Jan Ohlberger, WDFW
Part 2: Case studies of management of steelhead fisheries impacting depressed
populations in different areas (exploring available data, identifying goals &
objectives and how decisions were made)
Clearwater River steelhead season changes using public input, available data, and
considerations for chinook and coho fisheries - Joe Dupont, IDFG
Steelhead Management in Idaho: Balancing Hatchery and Wild Populations - John
Cassinelli, IDFG.
Washington's approach to managing Columbia Basin summer steelhead fisheries during
times of depressed adult returns - Chris Donley, WDFW
Washington's Coastal Steelhead Proviso Implementation Plan: Adaptive Management and
Collaboration Catalyze Change - Toby Harbison, WDFW
Management of Interior Fraser Steelhead- Rob Bison, BC
Unchartered Waters - Closing the Deschutes River to Steelhead Fishing: Hard decisions,
developing a fishery management framework, and lessons learned - Jason Seals, ODFW
Session Five - Invited Papers Session
Spatial clustering of spawners and limited dispersal capacity of fry influence habitat
accessibility of juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Nicholas Chambers, University
of Washington
Diversity in Early Life History Movement and Survival of Juvenile Steelhead in Idaho - Marika Dobos, IDFG
Mechanisms of rapid adaptation to captivity in steelhead, and possible solutions - Michael
Blouin, Oregon State University
Utilizing Models for Hatchery Program Evaluation - Anja Huff, WDFW
Session Six - Invited Papers (Continued)
Addressing the complexities of steelhead behavior when estimating adult abundance - Carli Baum, IDFG
Predation rate estimates for steelhead smolts during early marine migrations - Barry
Berejikian, NOAA Fisheries
Long-term changes in kelt survival of WA coastal steelhead - Jan Ohlberger, WDFW