Northern Pike Suppression in the Columbia River System. Report prepared for Columbia Basin Trust and BC Ministry of Forest
Author: Amec Foster Wheeler Environment, Infrastructure
Various agencies, researchers and stakeholders from the Canadian portion of the Columbia River met in July 2016 to share information and discuss efforts underway to control the NP invasion. They identified a need for data synthesis and identification of knowledge gaps to help inform future management and suppression. The Columbia Basin Trust, in collaboration with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, retained Amec Foster Wheeler to conduct an information review that includes a summary of NP suppression efforts in the Columbia River system and recommended actions that could strengthen current suppression efforts. The main objective of this information review was to gather information from organizations carrying out NP research and suppression activities in the Columbia River system within Canada and the United States. The synthesis of this information includes a summary of the: -current and planned NP suppression efforts and related research in the Columbia River system; -information needs (i.e., relative to knowledge gaps) that would better enable suppression efforts; and, -recommended actions that could strengthen suppression efforts.
Northern Pike were first detected in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River, downstream of HLK Dam in 2009. Since the initial detection, strategies to inventory and suppress the non-native predator have included changes to daily angling quota (unlimited), an angler incentive/awareness program, adult gill-net suppression, acoustic telemetry, otolith geochemistry, eDNA and juvenile detection programs.
Northern Pike were first detected in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River, downstream of HLK Dam in 2009. Since the initial detection, strategies to inventory and suppress the non-native predator have included changes to daily angling quota (unlimited), an angler incentive/awareness program, adult gill-net suppression, acoustic telemetry, otolith geochemistry, eDNA and juvenile detection programs.
Resources Data:
Name: CBT_NP_SUPPRESSION_26JUN17_1536961354501_6961046818
Format: PDF
URL: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/acat/documents/r54684/CBT_NP_Suppression_26Jun17_1536961354501_6961046818.pdf
Additional Info
Study Years: 2017
Published: 2017
Northern Pike Suppression in the Columbia River System. Report prepared for Columbia Basin Trust and BC Ministry of Forest
Author: Amec Foster Wheeler Environment, Infrastructure
Various agencies, researchers and stakeholders from the Canadian portion of the Columbia River met in July 2016 to share information and discuss efforts underway to control the NP invasion. They identified a need for data synthesis and identification of knowledge gaps to help inform future management and suppression. The Columbia Basin Trust, in collaboration with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, retained Amec Foster Wheeler to conduct an information review that includes a summary of NP suppression efforts in the Columbia River system and recommended actions that could strengthen current suppression efforts.
The main objective of this information review was to gather information from organizations carrying out NP research and suppression activities in the Columbia River system within Canada and the United States. The synthesis of this information includes a summary of the:
-current and planned NP suppression efforts and related research in the Columbia River system;
-information needs (i.e., relative to knowledge gaps) that would better enable suppression efforts; and,
-recommended actions that could strengthen suppression efforts.
Summary
Northern Pike were first detected in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River, downstream of HLK Dam in 2009. Since the initial detection, strategies to inventory and suppress the non-native predator have included changes to daily angling quota (unlimited), an angler incentive/awareness program, adult gill-net suppression, acoustic telemetry, otolith geochemistry, eDNA and juvenile detection programs.