kemo99 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The 2016 Grayling project is underway! Activities planned:Support AEP recovery rest period. Continue with temperature monitoring program.Track tagged fish (previously tagged with PIT tags in 2013 – 2015) in Dismal Creek using stationary PIT-tag arrays across the channel. Aerial videography of sites providing key habitat functions and with restoration opportunities, using a camera-fitted quadcopter. The temperature monitors will be launched within the next few weeks. We'd like to wait a bit to see what water levels are going to be like. The first PIT tag array was deployed yesterday. We want to detect fish (that were fitted with PIT tags last year) as they move upstream to spawn. Water temperature was close to 1 degree and the channel was mostly clear with occasional chunks of ice drifting down. The antenna spans the full width of the stream and there is a data logger that records the PIT tag serial number, date and time as the fish pass through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Curious, was the data collection done by our group; was it helpful / used in any way in assisting the ESRD in their decision making? Was this project used as a snapshot for the watershed and provided the basis to make the decision for the rest and recovery period? Was just wondering. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemo99 Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 We've been working closely with AEP (ESRD) on this project. Project coordination and planning meetingsExchange of all data that has been collected (temperature, angling location, etc)AEP and the club have each deployed 50% of the temperature probes each yearAEP has assisted with data validation and analysisWe've submitted our data for inclusion in the FWMIS database.With respect to the recovery rest period, we had Dave Park out to one of our meetings in March last year where he introduced us to the idea and gathered some feedback from club members. Many options were discussed, which included closing portions of the study area as well as some other related activities related to the watershed. We didn't know what elements would be finally implemented until we read about it in the regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 April 30, out to Dismal with Ken and Paul to check out the Data collecting instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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