BPA Fish and Wildlife FY 1997 Proposal

Section 1. Administrative
Section 2. Narrative
Section 3. Budget

see CBFWA and BPA funding recommendations

Section 1. Administrative

Title of project
Terminal Fisheries

BPA project number   5518700

Business name of agency, institution or organization requesting funding
TBD

Sponsor type   Placeholder

Proposal contact person or principal investigator

 NameTBD
 Mailing address
 Phone

BPA technical contact   ,

Biological opinion ID   Research M&E Program; Hypothesis F.4

NWPPC Program number   8.3C.1

Short description
Project would attempt to prove/disprove hypothesis that opportunities for terminal fisheries in the Columbia River cannot be expanded

Project start year   1997    End year   

Start of operation and/or maintenance   0

Project development phase   PLANNING

Section 2. Narrative

Related projects
9306000

Project history

Biological results achieved

Annual reports and technical papers

Management implications
Results of study could suggest that sport, commercial and Tribal salmon harvest management policies/practices be changed to allow improved survival of anadromous species, especially listed Snake River stocks. In addition, the results of this study should clearly either support or counter the use of harvest management to improve salmon survival, thereby directing use of available funding to those measures that are truly improving the survival of listed stocks.

Specific measureable objectives
Identify: (1) potential sites for seasonally-appropriate terminal fisheries, including Baker Bay (R.M. 4), Grays Bay (R.M. 22), Multnomah Channel (begins R.M. 86.5), the lower Willamette River, Vancouver Lake, the John Day River (fall chinook), and Willow Creek embayment (R.M. 253). Develop preliminary schemes for species and run timing, egg sources, physical feasibility, avoidance of straying into spawning areas used by unique or listed demes, and potentials for avoiding by-catch of non-target fish.

Testable hypothesis
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TERMINAL FISHERIES IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER CANNOT BE EXPANDED

Underlying assumptions or critical constraints

Methods

Brief schedule of activities

Biological need

Critical uncertainties

Summary of expected outcome

Dependencies/opportunities for cooperation

Risks

Monitoring activity

Section 3. Budget

Data shown are the total of expense and capital obligations by fiscal year. Obligations for any given year may not equal actual expenditures or accruals within the year, due to carryover, pre-funding, capitalization and difference between operating year and BPA fiscal year.

Historic costsFY 1996 budget data*Current and future funding needs
(none) New project - no FY96 data available 1997: 500,000
1998: 500,000
1999: 500,000
2000: 500,000
2001: 500,000

* For most projects, Authorized is the amount recommended by CBFWA and the Council. Planned is amount currently allocated. Contracted is the amount obligated to date of printout.

Funding recommendations

CBFWA funding review group   System Policy

Recommendation    Tier 2 - fund when funds available

Recommended funding level   $500,000