FY 2001 Innovative proposal 22018

Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary

Reviews and Recommendations

Additional documents

Title	Type
22018 Narrative	Narrative

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Development of an Automatic System to Prevent Salmonid Diseases
Proposal ID	22018
Organization	Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Kevin Amos
Mailing address	600 Capitol Way N. Olympia, WA 98501-1091
Phone / email	3609022656 / amoskha@dfw.wa.gov
Manager authorizing this project	Geraldine VanderHagen
Review cycle	FY 2001 Innovative
Province / Subbasin	Systemwide / Systemwide
Short description	Develop prototype machine that will automatically vaccinate juvenile salmon, without human handling or anesthetic
Target species	Hatchery chinook, coho, sockeye and steelhead

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: 0.25	$12,692
Fringe	30% of salaries	$3,808
Indirect	20% of $400,000 to WDFW	$80,000
Subcontractor	# of tags: Northwest Marine Technology	$303,500
		$400,000

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$400,000
Total FY 2001 budget request	$400,000

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
Northwest Marine Technology	Overhead, 20% of $303,500	$60,700	in-kind
Northwest Marine Technology	Profit, 20% of $303,500	$60,700	in-kind
Northwest Marine Technology	Materials, equipment, machining	$55,000	cash
WDFW	Fish & fish handling	$5,000	in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
ISRP Review (ISRP 2000-10)

Recommendation:
Yes - B

Date:
Dec 15, 2000

Comment:

The proposal suggests that this development of an automatic vaccination robot is justified by the impending availability of BKD vaccine but there are no references to any authority that such a vaccine is or will be available. There's no analysis in the proposal of the extent of BKD and its effects on supplementation and restoration, so the argument that it is 'critical' to develop an automated delivery system is not supported. It is not clear that the product of the proposed development will be freely or reasonably available; it will apparently be patented by a private company, NWMT and sold or rented to the public agencies who need it. This robot may be needed but the proposal does not adequately convey the need to raise this above other innovative proposals.