Electronic Detection
Studies and reports on the accuracy and feasibility of using electronic equipment for detection of coded wire tags on Pacific Salmon can be accessed from the documents below.
Non-copyright documents are listed in the top table and can be downloaded from this page. Each of the column headers can be used for a basic sort of the contents.
Copyright documents are listed in the bottom table and can be accessed from their DOI links.
| File | Description | File Date |
|---|---|---|
| Report on the 1996 Tests to Electronically Detect Coded-Wire Tags | By: J.O. Thomas and Associates and Susan Bates, CDF&O. Unpublished CDF&O report. Data used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC, Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| The Effect of 1.5-Length and Double-Length Coded Wire Tags on Coho Salmon Survival Growth Homing and Electronic Detection | By: H. L. Blankenship and D. A. Thompson. WDFW. 2009. The study compared 1.6-mm and 2.2-mm coded wire tags (CWTs) of a new composite to the original 1.1-mm CWTs by examining (1) tag detectability, (2) rates of adult returns, and (3) growth in coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch. | 2003 |
| Electronic Detection of Coded-Wire Tags in Chinook Salmon: A Comparison of Two Techniques Using a “Wand” Detector | By: Ron Olson and Dietrich Schmitt, NWIFC. PSMFC RCMT 2001 Annual Meeting Minutes. | 2001 |
| Reliability And Feasibility Of Using Electronic Detection for Recovery of Coded Wire Tags at Hatchery Racks | By: WDFW, no authors listed. Data used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| Detection of Coded-Wire Tags in Chinook Salmon with the “Wand” Detector | By: Olson, R., K. Phillipson, and D. Zajac. Pp. 54-58 in Selective Fishery Evaluation Committee, 1998 Annual Report. Pacific Salmon Commission SFEC (99)-1. | 1999 |
| T-Wand Detector Testing – Summary for Coded Wire Tag Improvement Team | By: Geraldine Vander Hagen, NMT Inc. | 2012 |
| Reliability and Feasibility of Using Electronic Detection for Recovery of Coded Wire Tags in Coho Salmon | 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC Coho ETD (unpublished) report. Summary of agency field tests of the reliability of Wand and R-8 tube detection equipment in a variety of coho sampling situations prior to the implementation of coho Mass Marking and Mark Selective Fisheries. Summary report of 8 documents listed as attachments: 1. CDFO study: Report on the 1996 tests to electronically detect coded-wire tags. 2. NWIFC study: Evaluation of electronic detection for coded-wire tags in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). 3. WDFW study: Reliability and feasibiliity of using electronic detection for recovery of coded wire tags at the hatchery rack. 4. WDFW study: Electronic coded-wire tag detection equipment study during 1996 coastal recreational fishery. 5. WDFW study: Electronic coded-wire tag detection equipment study during the 1996 treaty coho fishery. 6. WDFW study: Electronic coded-wire tag detection equipment study during the 1996 Puget Sound recreational fishery. 7. USFWS and IDFG study: Detection rate comparison of tube and wand coded wire tag detectors on B-stain steel head at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, spring 1996. 8. Letter from Northwest Marine Technology, Inc. referencing commitments to upgrade electronic detection equipment. | 1997 |
| Electronic Coded-Wire Tag Detection Equipment Study During the 1996 Puget Sound Recreational Fishery | By: WDFW, no authors listed. Unpublished WDFW report. Data used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| Electronic Coded-Wire Tag Detection Equipment Study During 1996 Coastal Recreational Fishery | By: WDFW, no authors listed. Unpublished WDFW report. Data used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| 1997 Electronic Sampling Tests R-8 Detector Sampling of Coho Hatchery Rack Returns | By: WDFW, no authors listed. PSMFC RCMT Annual Meeting Minutes 1998. Attachment 6. | 1998 |
| Comparison of Survival of Coho Salmon Coded Wire Tagged With standard and Double Length Coded Wire Tags and Adult Electronic Detection | By: H. Lee Blankenship, Daniel A. Thompson, and Lynn M. Anderson. WDFW Unpublished Memo. PSMFC RCMT 1996 Annual Meeting Minutes, Attachment 14. | 1996 |
| Detection Rate Comparison of Tube and Wand Coded Wire Tag Detectors on B-Strain Steelhead at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery | IDFG 1996, unpublished memo. This steelhead data was used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC, Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| Electronic Coded-Wire Tag Detection Equipment Study During the 1996 Treaty Coho Fishery | By: Cynthia Pratt and Tim Flint, WDFW. Technical Report No. FRD97-02. Data used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| A Field Test of the Counting Accuracy of the CWT-Tube Detector in the 1998 Area 5 Sockeye Fishery | By: Ken Phillipson, Robert Conrad, and Ron Olson. Unpublished NWIFC Report. | 1998 |
| Evaluation of Electronic Detection for coded-Wire Tags in Coho Salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch) | By: Ron P. Olson and Ken Phillipson. NWIFC. 1997. Unpublished NWIFC report. Data used in the 1997 PSC Ad-hoc SFEC Coho ETD report. | 1997 |
| Optimizing Detection of Coded Wire Tags | By: G.E. Vander Haegen. Northwest Marine Technology. 2006. PSMFC RCMT 2017 Meeting Materials. Slide Deck | 2006 |
| Testing of Northwest Marine Technology’s Wand Detector on Chinook Salmon, 1994 | ADFG Unpublished Report. PSMFC RCMT 1995 Annual Meeting Minutes, Attachment 16. By: ADFG's CWT and Otolith Processing Lab. | 1995 |
| Electronic Screening of Troll Chinook Heads | By: Ron Josephson. ADFG Unpublished Memo. PSMFC RCMT 2005 Annual Meeting Minutes, Attachment 11. | 2005 |
| Chinook Salmon DFO T-Wand Study Detection Settings Comparison 2013-2014 | By: Kathy Fraser, CDFO. PSMFC RCMT 2015 Meeting Materials: Slide Deck. Presentation slides on comparing accuracy of T-wands at “standard” and “new” settings for detecting CWTs in Chinook Salmon. | 2015 |
List of copyright documents or files too large to host above:
Ebel, W. J. 1974. Marking fishes and invertebrates. III. Coded wire tags useful in automatic recovery of chinook salmon and steelhead trout. Marine Fisheries Review 36(7):10-13. https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/MFR/mfr367/mfr3673.pdf
Olson, R., K. Phillipson, and A. Shaffer, NWIFC. Preliminary Results of a Wand Study on Hatchery Chinook. PSMFC RCMT 2010 Annual Meeting Minutes, Attachment 6. Powerpoint of field study to determine if mouth wanding is still needed with improved detection range of NMT wands. https://docs.cbfwl.org/RCMT/Olson_Preliminary%20Results%20of%20a%20Wand%20Study%20on%20Hatchery%20Chinook.pdf
G. E. Vander Haegen, A. M. Swanson, H. L. Blankenship, Detecting Coded Wire Tags with Handheld Wands: Effectiveness of Two Wanding Techniques, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Volume 22, Issue 4, November 2002, Pages 1260–1265, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8675(2002)022<1260:DCWTWH>2.0.CO;2
G. E. Vander Haegen, H. L. Blankenship. Advances in coded wire tag technology: meeting changing fish management objectives. Pages 127-140 in Wolf, K. S., and O’Neal, J. S., editors. PNAMP Special Publication: tagging, telemetry and marking measures for monitoring fish populations: a compendium of new and recent science for use in informing technique and decision modalities. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Special Publication 2010-002, TTM-Final10-0463.pdf