Northwest Power & Conservation Council: Fish resources

Status & Trends by Region

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Status & Trends

Limiting Factors

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Status & Trends in the Pend Oreille Subbasin (Intermountain Province)

Bull Trout

Biological Objective :	Draft Recovery Plan Criteria : Lake Pend Oreille 2,500 adults among at least 6 local populations with greater than 100 adults (USFWS 2003 Ch 3) Priest Lakes 1,000 adults among at least 5 local populations with greater than 100 adults (USFWS 2003 Ch 3) Pend Oreille River 1,575-2,625 adults (Indian Creek 50-100, Slate Creek 25-75, Mill Creek 50-150, Cedar Creek 150-250, Ruby Creek 100-200), Tacoma Creek 150-350, Calispell Creek 50-100, Sulliva Creek 600-850, and Le Clerc Creek 400-550) (USFWS 2003 Ch 23)³²⁷
Current Status :	Redd Counts 2015: 530 redds Lightning Creek - 11 redd⁵⁰¹ East Fork Lightning Creek - 17 redds⁵⁰¹ Savage Creek - 5 redds ⁵⁰¹ Char Creek - 0 redds⁵⁰¹ Porcupine Creek - 0 redds⁵⁰¹ Wellington Creek - 8 redds⁵⁰¹ Rattle Creek - 5 redds⁵⁰¹ Johnson Creek - 5 redds⁵⁰¹ Morris Creek - 0 redds⁵⁰¹ Strong Creek - 0 redds⁵⁰¹ Trestle Creek - 117 redds⁵⁰¹ Pack River - 14 redds⁵⁰¹ Grouse Creek - 48 redds⁵⁰¹ Granite Creek - 68 redds⁵⁰¹ Sullivan Springs Creek - 0 redds⁵⁰¹ North Gold Creek - 41 redds⁵⁰¹ South Gold Creek - 69 redds⁵⁰¹ West Gold Creek - 3 redds⁵⁰¹ Middle Fork East River - 51 redds⁵⁰¹ Uleda Creek - 11 redds⁵⁰¹ Caribou Creek - 57 redds⁵⁰¹
ESA Listing Status :	Threatened

Westslope Cutthroat

No abundance chart available for Westslope Cutthroat.

Biological Objective :	Subbasin Plan Objective : None
Current Status :	No index of adult abundance in the Idaho portion of the subbasin Over 30 populations surveyed by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians since 2002 ⁴⁴²
ESA Listing Status :	Species of Concern

Kokanee

Biological Objective :	Subbasin Plan Objective : Lake Pend Oreille annual harvest of 750,000 of which 375,000 are hatchery-produced fish.(IPOC 2004) Adult population size of 3.75 million (IDFG 2001)
Current Status :	Abundance (age 1-4) 2015: 6,180,000 fish (age1-4) ⁴⁸⁰
ESA Listing Status :	Not Listed

Mountain Whitefish

No abundance chart available for Mountain Whitefish.

Biological Objective :	Subbasin Plan Objective : None
Current Status :	Few studies exist that describe abundance. Between 1999-2001, 1,963-26,613 fish (greater than 200 mm) existed in the Lower Clark Fork River below Cabinet Gorge Dam to the inlet of Foster side-channel ^{a href="res_datasources.cfm?mnu=res&DSID=442#442">442}
ESA Listing Status :	Not Listed