early srbtc presentation
TRANSCRIPT
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About this Presentation• Created by Michael Hopper and Geoffrey Day• Many slides came from Steve Hurley, South
East District Manager, Mass Wildlife– Presentation was originally to the Squan-a-Tissit
Chapter of Trout Unlimited in approximately 2010– Michael Hopper, Geof Day, Warren Winders and
Steve Angers began formally working on creating the Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition in 2009 with formal 501-c-3 recognition granted in 2011.
– Learn more about SRBTC at www.searunbrookie.org
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Coastal Stream Restoration
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Red Brook is a 4.5 mile long salter brook trout stream
The headwaters are owned by cranberry growers, the A.D. Makepeace Co.
The stream then runs through the Red Brook Wildlife Management Unit.
The brook enters Buttermilk Bay at the Lyman Reserve, owned by the Trustees of Reservations.
Red Brook Reserve totals 1,100+ acres, is jointly managed by TTOR, MassWildlife and TU.
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Mouth of Red Brook
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Tidal section of Red Brook
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Tidal pool at dead low water
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16 inch Red Brook Salter
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Red Brook Salter
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“Football” from Red BrookJune 1, 2007. Note the small head and very fat body;
this indicates rapid growth in the marine environment.
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Salter June 2008
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Reasons for Decline• Dams
• Cranberry Bogs
• Overfishing
• Development
• Introduced Species
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Wild Brook Trout Streams of Massachusetts
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Dams!
• Trap Sediment• Block Fish
Passage• Warm water• Safety Issues
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Massachusetts Dams
Over 2645 Dams
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Road culverts may act as mini dams and impact fish passage
Prevent Fish From Seeking Refuge Habitats
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Previous Work on Quashnet - Annual census (Hurley, MA DFW)
Total Number of Fish Sampled
0
50
100
150
200
250
1985
1987
1989
1991
1992
1994
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
Brook TroutBrown Trout
end of brown trout stocking
(no data)
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ObjectiveIdentify what migration patterns exist today
How many fish move?
What size fish move?
How far do fish move within the river?? ?
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Steve Hurley & Andrew Tweel
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PIT Tags
Assign unique ID to fish
No battery
Tiny, low impact to fish
Inserted into abdominal cavity
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Inserting PIT tag
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Stationary Antenna
-Tag #-Date/Time-Travel Directionat head of tide
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Quashnet data recorder and batteries in the “Box”
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Portable Antenna
• Can be used throughout river– Habitat usage– Non-intrusive
• Will be used in future research
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Spawning season – frequent up and down movements, pattern continues throughout day
Observed Brook Trout Behaviors
Commuter - regularly scheduled movements. Out at dusk, in before sunrise.
Migrants – Active, then no records for over a month
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Spawning activity- frequent up and down movements pattern continues throughout day
Migrant- Active, then no records for over a monthCommuter- regularly scheduled movements.
Out at dusk, in before sunrise
November December January February
noon
dusk
dawn
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2008 Fall Salter
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• Small dam removal at Red Brook 2006,2008, 2009
• Work performed by A.D. Makepeace Co., funded by:
Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (Riverways Program), American Rivers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others
Red Brook Habitat
Improvement
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Placement of Large Woody Debris
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Robbins after dam removal
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After Habitat Reconstruction
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After Habitat Reconstruction
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Waquoit Bay
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Childs River Restoration
• September 2006 Electrofishing Surveys
• No brook trout reproduction but occasional wanderers
• Habitat was suitable but trout broodstock was lacking
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• 19 trout moved from Quashnet River on June 4 2008
• PIT tagged• Adult fish 145 to 249 mm • Included 3 recaptured
trout
Brook Trout Transplantation
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Brook Trout Transplanted into
Childs River June 4 2008
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Homing Movement • 7245232 174 mm• Released into Childs River
June 4 2008• No records until Nov. 2008• Headed upstream on
Quashnet River 11/25/08• Several detections in March
at Rt 28• 3.7 miles through salt water
of Waquoit Bay• Relocated in Childs River
Aug. 2009
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Brook Trout Reproduction confirmed in March 2009
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Report of Frank Weston Benson(1862 - 1951)
• April 2, 1893 -All drove to Fresh Brook, South Wellfleet to try for Trout. Tied the Horse and fished down stream to the Railroad [bridge]. In the pool above the track F.W.B. [Frank W. Benson] caught a half pounder, then another half pounder then a one pounder. The others arrived and we caught from the pool 13 more fine Trout… The 15 fish weighed 17 pounds after they were brought home and washed
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Fresh Brook – Wellfleet(AKA Trout Brook)
• 1914 Warden Report E.B. Mercata -Excellent fishing, has been stocked, never dries up
• Mullan, James W. 1957. A fisheries investigation of Cape Cod coastal streams “fishermen report fair trout fishing last year (1955)
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Fresh Brook - Wellfleet
• No recent reports of trout• 2008 Electrofishing
Survey • American eel• Largemouth bass
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Fresh Brook WellfleetPotential for coldwater restoration
• Blocked culverts under old railroad now Cape Cod Rail Trail
• Tidal restrictions at Route 6
• Primarily on Cape Cod National Seashore
• Early signs of support from CCNS, Mass Audubon, town officials
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Future Salter Trout From Fresh Brook in Wellflleet??
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Other Diadromous
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Acknowledgements• Steve Hurley, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife• USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory: Ben
Letcher, Todd Dubreuil, Matt O’Donnell• Waquoit Bay NERR: Brendan Annett and Morgan Potter• Trout Unlimited