Workshop Coordinator:
Dana McCanne, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Workshop Overview

The Southern California Steelhead Monitoring and Research Workshop was designed to give attendees an overview of the California Coastal Salmonid Monitor Program (CMP), a statewide program, implementation for the Southern California Steelhead Distinct Population Segment. The workshop started with current monitoring projects that predate CMP implementation on the South Coast. Next, current CMP efforts, including the utilization of DIDSON technology, and future CMP plans were covered. Research needs for the CMP were presented as well as the genetics of Southern California steelhead. There was a presentation on GIS tools that the CMP utilizes to model fish distribution, develop sampling frames, and project support. Finally, the database that all CMP projects will use was introduced, including how to get data in and out of the database as well as the open-source tools that will be made available to do the many of the analyses projects will need.

Presentations

The California Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan (CMP)
Kevin Shaffer, CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Branch

Passive Monitoring Techniques for Steelhead Migration, in the Santa Clara River, Ventura County, California
Steve Howard, United Water Conservation District

Five Years and Counting of Lifecycle Monitoring of Oncorhynchus mykiss in Topanga Creek, California
Rosi Dagit, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains

Snorkel Surveys As A Method Of Monitoring Oncorhynchus Mykiss In Small Southern California Coastal Streams
Jenna M. Krug, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains

Ventura River Basin Steelhead Monitoring, Evaluations, and Research
Scott Lewis, Casitas Municipal Water District

History of Steelhead Monitoring on the Lower Santa Ynez River from 1994 to the Present
Timothy H. Robinson, Ph.D., Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board

Building a Southern California Steelhead Monitoring Program
Mary Larson, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region

Methods Used in the Southern California Steelhead Monitoring and Research
Dana McCanne, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region

DIDSON in Southern California Streams: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Sam Bankston, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

The Coastal Monitoring Plan Aquatic Survey Program
Doug Burch, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern Region

Influence of Adaptive Genetic Variation on Life-History in Steelhead/Rainbow Trout
Devon Pearse, Ph.D., National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

We Have Much More to Learn About the Basis for Anadromy in Southern Steelhead
David Boughton, Ph.D., National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center