Freeze Brand Marking of Steelhead Trout and Chinook Salmon Juveniles for Water Budget Studies: Idaho. Annual Report, FY 1985

摘要

During the fall of 1984 and spring of 1985, 362,428 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) juveniles were freeze branded for Water Budget Center - Downstream Smolt Monitoring Studies. Of these, 106,361 fish received a coded wire tag. Release of the freeze brand groups began March 20, 1985 and were completed by June 4, 1985. After brand loss and mortality, there were 133,025 spring chinook, 25,600 summer chinook, 33,850 fall chinook, 65,125 A-run steelhead, and 62,400 B-run steelhead released with brands. (ERA citation 11:050308)