Technical Bulletins

Tracy Technical Bulletins are internet released reports of significant findings and are not peer-reviewed. Abstracts may be viewed before reports are downloaded as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Tracy Technical Bulletins are also available by mail. Please contact the TFFIP Manager, J. Carl Dealy.

The following is listed with the most current first.

Tracy Technical Bulletins
No. Description
Tracy Technical Bulletin 2021-1 Wu, Brandon J. and Zachary A. Sutphin. 2021. Estimation of Tracy Fish Collection Facility Fish-Haul Truck Biomass Capacity. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Tracy Technical Bulletin 2021-1. Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin Region, 50 pp. View Abstract (DOCX - 39 KB) | View Full Report (PDF - 1.5 MB)
Tracy Technical Bulletin 2020-1 Reyes, René C., Brandon J. Wu, and Zachary A. Sutphin. 2020. Predation of Juvenile Delta Smelt in the Bypass Pipes and Secondary Channel at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Tracy Technical Bulletin 2020-01. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 32 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2019-2 Fullard, Clarence D., Javier B. Miranda, Michele N. Johnson, Brandon J. Wu, René C. Reyes, and Zachary A. Sutphin. 2019. Exploring Methods to Measure Fish Predation at Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Release Sites. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Tracy Technical Bulletin 2019-02. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 48 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2019-1 Michael J. Horn. 2019. Nighttime Light Levels near the Proposed Brannan Island Fish Release Site. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2019-1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region. 16 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2017-1 Cathy Karp, Brandon J. Wu, and Kevin Kumagai. 2017. Juvenile Chinook Salmon, Steelhead, and Adult Striped Bass Movements and Facility Efficiency at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2017-1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 81 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2016-1 Cathy Karp and Brent Bridges. 2016. A Review of Fish Release Methods at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility with Recommendations for Future Operations. April 2016. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Technical Bulletin 2016-1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 32 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2015-5 Tracy B. Vermeyen and Bryan Heiner. 2016. Hydraulic Evaluation of Hydrolox Traveling Screen in the Secondary Channel of the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. June 2016. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Technical Bulletin 2015-5. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 28 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2015-4 Cathy Karp and Judy Lyons. 2015. Evaluation of Holding Tank Conditions on Delta Smelt Survival at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Byron, California. July 2015. 21 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2015-3 Cathy Karp and Brent Bridges. 2015. White Sturgeon Salvage Efficiency at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. May 2015. 22 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2015-2 Cathy Karp and Judy Lyons. 2015. Evaluation of Fish Behavior Upstream and Downstream of the Mitten Crab Traveling Screen at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. May 2015. 25pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2015-1 Cathy Karp and Judy Lyons. 2015. Facility Efficiency for Splittail, Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Byron, California. May 2015. 21 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2014-3 Brandon J. Wu and Brent B. Bridges. 2014. Retention Efficiency of the Tracy Fish Collection Facility Holding Tank Screens for 20–30 mm Fork Length Juvenile Delta Smelt during 30-Minute Fish Counts. August 2014. 35 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2014-2 Zachary A. Sutphin.  2014.  Effects of Removing Primary Channel Adult Striped bass on Delta Smelt Salvage Efficiency.  August 2014. 29 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2014-1 Zachary A. Sutphin and Connie Svoboda. 2014. Effects of Life-Stage and Origin (Wild or Hatchery) on Delta Smelt Secondary Channel Efficiency at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. August 2014. 25 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2012-1 Reyes, R., Z. Sutphin, and B. Bridges. 2012. Effectiveness of Fine Mesh Screening a Holding Tank in Retaining Larval and Juvenile Fish at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. December 2012. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2012-1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 20 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2011-1 Reyes, René C. 2011. Dichotomous Key to Fish Eggs of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. February 2011. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2011-1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 35 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2010-2 Reyes, René C.  2010.  Descriptions of the Early Life Stages of Three Common Ictalurids from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California.  July 2010. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2010-2.  U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center.  51 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2010-1 Sutphin, Z.A. and J. Morinaka.  2010.  Evaluation of Calcein Immersion for Batch-Marking Fish: Survivability and Mark Retention in Delta Smelt and Sacramento Splittail.  Tracy Technical Bulletin 2010-1.  U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center.  19 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2008-3 Reyes, R.C. 2008. Embryogenesis and Ammocoete Morphological Development of the Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus Gairdner, 1836) from the American River, California. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2008-3. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 34 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2008-2 Z.A. Sutphin. and B.J. Wu. 2008. Changes in Water Quality During Fish-Hauling Operations at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2008-2. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 18 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2008-1 Boutwell, J. E., D. Sisneros, and D. Craft. 2008. Standard Operating Procedures for the Debris Removal System and Traveling Screen, Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy , California. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Tracy Technical Bulletin 2008-1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 126 pp.

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Tracy Technical Bulletin 2006-1 Wang, J.C.S., . 2006. Early Life History Comparison of the Green Sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris, and White Sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies. Technical Bulletin 2006-1. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center. 24 pp.

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Last Updated: 2/4/22