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Pre-restoration fish baseline has been completed in cooperation with the Nisqually Tribe and USGS (Western Fisheries Research Center). Pre-restoration data will be updated through sampling season 2008 and post-restoration data collection will begin starting in 2010 dependent upon funding allocation. The initial fish monitoring was completed with their cooperative efforts, and continued monitoring following restoration will be conducted through fyke trapping or beach seining efforts as a follow-up to the initial baseline surveys (Visintainer et al. 2006, Ellings and Hodgson 2007). The Tribe and USGS (Western Fisheries Research Center) have provided continuity with the fish sampling program by including detailed data analysis on estuary growth rates and residence time which they have conducted through otolith sampling and analysis (Lind-Null, Larsen and Reisenbichler, 2008a, Lind-Null, Larsen and Reisenbichler, 2008b, Lind-Null and Larsen, 2009).
