Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

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1 Savannah Harbor Expansion Project SHEP Progress Report August 1 st August 31 st 2015 Task 1: SCDNR would acquire and insert 10 sonic transmitters per year into Atlantic sturgeon in the Savannah River Estuary and an additional 10 sonic transmitters into shortnose sturgeon. These fish should be collected and tagged with sonic transmitters within or as close as possible to the estuary. The goal would be a 50/50 split between adults/sub-adults and juvenile fish. All sturgeon collected will be weighed, measured, Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tagged, and have a fin clip taken for genetic analysis before being released. Overview 1: A total of 44 Atlantic and 46 shortnose sturgeon were captured and six adult/12 juvenile Atlantics and 14 adults/7 juvenile were transmitted in year 1 and 2 of the study (Table 1). In year three, eight Atlantic and seven shortnose were captured with one adult Atlantic sturgeon transmitted. (Table 2). Fish condition precluded all but one Atlantic to receive a transmitter. Efforts will continue in order to catch adult/juvenile Atlantic sturgeon and adult/juvenile shortnose sturgeon in year three of study. With water temperature decreasing soon, catch rates should increase and the transmitters will be implanted. Data for these and all previously captured fish are provided in Table 1 and 2. Task 2: SCDNR would acquire and insert 10 sonic transmitters per year into Atlantic sturgeon in the Savannah River, 10 sonic transmitters into shortnose sturgeon, and 20 transmitters into other species representative of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam (NSBL&D) area fish community (Striped bass, Robust redhorse, and American shad). These fish should be collected and tagged with sonic transmitters within or as close as possible to the NSBL&D. If sufficient numbers of sturgeon are not available for capturing, tagging and tracking in the upper river, transmitters can be implanted in other species representative of the NSBL&D fish community, preferably American shad. Overview 2: Task 2 was not funded by the USACE. Task 3: Acquisition, operation and maintenance of 23 receivers per year are included in the statement of work. Receivers would be concentrated in the estuary, where the impacts of harbor deepening are anticipated (Figure 2). Overview 3: Twenty-five receivers have been deployed from the South Channel of Savannah River to Front River at river kilometer (rkm) 50, Middle, and Back River (Table 3). GPS locations of receivers and locations of tagged fish (residency master list) are also included as part of this progress report. All receivers will continue to be downloaded every few months, and resulting telemetry data will continue to be shared with UGA with provided residency master list. 1

2 Task 4: To allow identification of fish movement upstream of the NSBL&D, the contractor should locate 5 receivers between NSBL&D and the Augusta Shoals. Overview 4: Task 4 was not funded by the USACE. Task 5: Manual tracking of instrumented fish will occur monthly July September and at least quarterly for the remainder of the year. Overview 5: Manual tracking efforts occurred on August 21 st with an emphasis on locating transmitted fish in Front, Middle, and Back Rivers. Seven shortnose sturgeon, three Atlantic sturgeon, and one striped bass were located between Front River and Middle Savannah River (rkm 27-51). Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity were recorded at 1- meter water depth intervals at the location of each detected sturgeon. Planned downloads of estuarine receivers should provide information for missing fish with subsequent manual tracking efforts based on those locations. Manual tracking data is updated and available in the provided manual tracking database. 2

3 Table 1: Sturgeon Capture Data for the Savannah River SHEP Project Year 1 and 2. Date River Species PIT# External FL (mm) TL (mm) WT(g) Genetics Transmitter Code Lattitude Longitude 11/5/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.oxy 4A No ext MS-245 A /5/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.brev 4A0E18502E No ext MS-246 A /7/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.oxy 4A0D4F704C No ext MS-247 A /7/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.oxy 4A0E00482D No ext MS-248 A /13/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 4A3F2A4F36 No ext MS-249 A /14/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 4A0E142F3A No ext MS-253 A /14/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 4A0E1D2325 No ext MS-252 A /14/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 4A0D5B5B7E No ext MS-251 A /14/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 4A0E260F25 No ext MS-250 A /21/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.brev 0A13675E61 No ext MS-258 A /21/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.brev 0A13675E58 No ext MS-257 A /22/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.brev 0A13675A75 No ext MS-264 A /5/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 0A13675A77 No ext MS-266 A /10/2013 Joel fleming M. sax A /10/2013 Joel fleming M. sax A /10/2013 Joel fleming M. sax A /11/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.brev 0A13674B1B No ext MS-273 A /11/2013 Joel fleming M. sax A /11/2013 Joel fleming M. sax A /11/2013 Joel fleming M. sax A /11/2013 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A.brev 0A13674B22 No ext MS-272 A /4/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /4/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /21/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 4A0E16614C No ext MS-277 A /21/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 4A0E No ext MS-275 A /21/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.oxy 4A0D570F38 No ext MS-276 A /28/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 0A13675D47 No ext MS-278 A /28/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.oxy 0A13675D70 No ext MS-279 A /28/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 0A13675D3C No ext MS-280 A /7/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 0A13675D5A No ext MS-285 A /7/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 0A13675D6C No ext MS-282 A /7/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 0A13092F54 No ext MS-284 A /14/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A.brev 0A13675D7D No ext MS-288 A /14/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. oxy 0A13675D2D No ext MS-287 A /21/2014 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. oxy 0A13092F35 No ext MS-289 A /31/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /31/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /31/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /3/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A

4 Table 1: Sturgeon Capture Data for the Savannah River SHEP Project Year 1 and 2 (con t). Date River Species PIT# External FL (mm) TL (mm) WT(g) Genetics Transmitter Code Lattitude Longitude 4/3/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /3/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /8/2014 Savannah A. sap F F A /8/2014 Savannah A. sap M F A /9/2014 Joel fleming M. sax A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap F F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap M F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap F F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap F F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap M F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap M F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap F F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap M F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap F F A /18/2014 Savannah A. sap M F A /18/2014 Savannah M. sax F SH2 A /18/2014 Savannah M. sax F SH1 A /6/2014 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. oxy 0A13675D65 No ext SH7 A /11/2014 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. brev 0A13675D32 No ext SH8 A /17/2014 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. brev 0A13675E04 No ext SH14 A /17/2014 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. brev 0A13675D41 No ext SH11 A /17/2014 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. brev 0A13675D3B No ext SH12 A /17/2014 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.5 A. brev 0A13675D44 No ext SH13 A /29/2015 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. oxy 0A13675D7A No ext SH22 A /20/2015 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. oxy 0A13675D7B No ext SH28 A /6/2015 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. oxy 0A13675D7F No ext SH30 A /6/2015 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. brev 0A13675D31 No ext SH32 A /6/2015 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. oxy 0A13675D6F No ext SH31 A /20/2015 Savannah (Front River) RM 30 (cage) A. brev Ran out of PIT No ext SH39 A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 2 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 2 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 2 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 1 No ext No weight N/A A /31/2015 NSBL&D A. sap 2 No ext No weight N/A A /23/2015 NSBL&D M. sax? F SH45 A /2/2015 Savannah (Middle River) RM 19.6 A. brev 0A13675C52 No ext SH47 A

5 Table 2: Sturgeon Capture Data for the Savannah River SHEP Project Year 3. Date River Species PIT# External FL (mm) TL (mm) WT(g) Genetics Transmitter Code Lattitude Longitude 8/6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy 0A13092F20 No ext SH73 A /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy No ext SC041 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev 0A181B494B No ext SC042 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev No ext SC043 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev 0A181B4945 No ext SC044 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy No ext SC045 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy No ext SC046 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev 0A13675D23 No ext SH65 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev 0A13675C6C No ext SH66 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev 0A13675C5F No ext SH67 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev No ext SH68 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. brev 0A13675C76 No ext SH69 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy No ext SH70 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy 0A13675D19 No ext SH71 No transmitter /6/2015 Savannah Abercorn A. oxy 0A13675D28 No ext SH72 No transmitter

6 Table 3: GPS Coordinates of Savannah River Receiver Locations. Receiver # Station Name Latitude Longitude Savannah Jetty 32⁰02.074'N 80⁰51.064'W RM 0 32⁰02.248'N 80⁰53.990'W RM 3 32⁰04.274'N 80⁰57.289'W RM 6 32⁰04.616'N 80⁰57.394'W RM 9 32⁰05.390'N 81⁰01.173'W RM 15 32⁰04.972'N 81⁰05.615'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM ⁰08.699'N 81⁰08.416'W RM ⁰09.647'N 81⁰09.256'W RM ⁰10.971'N 81⁰09.368'W RM 24 32⁰11.816'N 81⁰09.259'W RM ⁰14.164'N 81⁰09.012'W MR RM 0 32⁰08.794'N 81⁰07.974'W MR RM ⁰09.523'N 81⁰08.253'W MR RM ⁰10.342'N 81⁰08.150'W MR RM 4 32⁰11.602'N 81⁰08.252'W MR RM 5 32⁰12.613'N 81⁰08.289'W BR RM 4 32⁰06.673'N 81⁰06.471'W BR RM 7 32⁰08.704'N 81⁰07.236'W BR RM ⁰10.068'N 81⁰07.790'W BR RM ⁰11.574'N 81⁰07.096'W BR RM ⁰13.280'N 81⁰08.598'W RM ⁰16.141'N 81⁰08.052'W Abercorn RM 0 32⁰14.952'N 81⁰09.191'W Abercorn RM 1 32⁰15.127'N 81⁰10.057'W RM 39 32⁰20.490'N 81⁰07.932'W RM 45 32⁰22.882'N 81⁰10.856'W RM 53 32⁰27.582'N 81⁰11.424'W RM ⁰31.723'N 81⁰16.084'W RM 68 32⁰33.678'N 81⁰18.593'W RM 74 32⁰35.544'N 81⁰22.437'W RM ⁰38.516'N 81⁰24.591'W RM ⁰41.699'N 81⁰24.622'W 6

7 Table 3: GPS Coordinates of Savannah River Receiver Locations (con t). Receiver # Station Name Latitude Longitude RM ⁰43.956'N 81⁰24.958'W RM ⁰46.322'N 81⁰25.766'W RM ⁰48.034'N 81⁰25.761'W RM ⁰50.435'N 81⁰26.475'W RM ⁰52.905'N 81⁰27.962'W RM ⁰54.521'N 81⁰28.952'W RM ⁰56.234'N 81⁰30.159'W RM ⁰58.508'N 81⁰29.767'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 'N 'W RM 190 (Jason's Dock) 'N 'W Rm (Marina) 'N 'W Lower Shoals 'N 'W Upper Shoals 'N 'W I20 Downstream 'N 'W 7

8 Figure 1: Sampling Area below New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. 8

9 Figure 2: Savannah River Estuary Receiver Locations. Figure 3: Receivers Located Above New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. 9

10 Appendix 1: Pictures of Project 10

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