Tracking radio tagged sockeye by boat on Auke Lake

Radio Transmitter and plastic applicator (the actual transmitters used for this study are slightly smaller than the one shown here)

Inserting transmitter into sockeye salmon - fish are tagged underwater in a neoprene lined holding cradle

Tracking radio tagged sockeye by boat on Auke Lake

H-Antenna and receiver for manual tracking of sockeye in the inlet creeks of Auke Lake

Non-tagged female sockeye in Lake Creek

Non-tagged male sockeye near redd in previously undocumented tributary of Auke Lake

Bear predation of radio tagged male sockeye salmon in Lake Creek

Radio tagged carcass of spawned-out female sockeye salmon in Lake Creek

Transmitter Antenna

Spaghetti Tag

Transmitter Antenna

Spaghetti Tag

Two sockeye salmon redds observed on the gravel delta at the confluence of Lake Creek with Auke Lake.

Conducting SCUBA habitat surveys in areas of high fish use as determined by tracking of radio tagged sockeye. Following slide shows examples of substrate observed during habitat transects.

Coarse Particulate Organic Matter

Male sockeye at ~15ft depth

Large Gravel Sand