Ventral Clip Survival
Studies and reports on the effects of ventral fin clips on the survival of anadromous releases of Pacific Salmon can be accessed from this document table.
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 link.
| File | Description | File Date |
|---|---|---|
| Review of Marking for Coded-Wire-Tags and Mark Selective Fishing by PSC SFEC | Pacific Salmon Commission Selective Fisheries Evaluation Committee, 2006 Report SFEC (06)-1. This report summarizes the results of a literature review (electronic and agency “grey literature”) of all potential salmon marks suitable for mass marking or CWT indicators. Results for adipose and ventral fin mark studies were reviewed and compared for significant impacts to survival and fin regeneration. | 2006 |
| Investigation of Rearing and Release Strategies Affecting Adult Production of Spring Chinook Salmon | By: D. E. Olson. USFWS report. 1997. Investigation of rearing and release strategies affecting adult production of spring Chinook salmon. U.S. FWS Columbia River Fisheries Program Office. Vancouver, Washington. | 1997 |
| An Update on the Implications of the Use of the Ventral Fin Clip as a Mass Mark for Coho Salmon | By: Richard Bailey and Susan Lehmann, CDFO, Lee Blankenship, WDFW, and Ralph Boomer, USFWS. SFEC Summary report by the Ventral Mark Workgroup of the Ad-hoc Selective Fishery Evaluation Committee, Pacific Salmon Commission. 1997. An SFEC summary report of CDFO and WDFW studies of differential mortality attributed to the ventral fin clip. Comparisons based on survival rates of Ad-Vent-CWT releases to Ad-CWT (control) releases. https://www.psc.org/download/44/selective-fishery-evaluation-technical-committee/12438/adhoc-sfec-97.pdf | 1997 |
| Differential Survival of Ventral Fin and Adipose Fin Clips in Fall Chinook Salmon | By: H. Lee Blankenship, Daniel A. Thompson, and Steve Olhausen. WDFW and USFWS unpublished report. PSMFC RCMT 1998 Annual Meeting Minutes. Attachment 16. Report compares survival of hatchery chinook tagged with a coded wire tag and no fin clips, an adipose fin clip, a ventral fin clip, or both adipose and ventral fin clips on brood years 1992, '93, and 1994, returning in 1995, '96, and 1997. | 1998 |
| Effects of Ventral Fin Clips and Adipose Fin Clips on Survival of Coho and Fall Chinook Salmon | By: H.L. Blankenship, D.A. Thompson, G.E. Vander Hagen, and S. Olhausen. WDFW and NMT unpublished report. PSMFC RCMT 1999 Meeting Minutes Attachment 8. Study compared survival of two brood years of coho and three brood years of fall chinook given only a coded wire tag, or a coded wire tag with an adipose clip, a ventral fin clip, or both adipose and ventral fin clips. | 1999 |
List of copyright documents:
Alex C Wertheimer, John F Thedinga, Ron A Heintz, Robert F Bradshaw, Adrian G Celewycz, Comparative Effects of Half‐Length Coded Wire Tagging and Ventral Fin Removal on Survival and Size of Pink Salmon Fry, North American Journal of Aquaculture, Volume 64, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 150–157, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8454(2002)064<0150:CEOHLC>2.0.CO;2