FY 2001 Innovative proposal 200104700
Contents
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 |
|---|---|
| 22064 Narrative | Narrative |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Reintroduction success of steelhead from captive propagation and release strategies |
| Proposal ID | 200104700 |
| Organization | National Marine Fisheries Service, Resource Enhancement and Utilization Technologies Division (NMFS) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Barry Berejikian, Ph.D. |
| Mailing address | P.O. Box 130 Manchester, WA 98353 |
| Phone / email | 5093720590 / barry.berejikian@noaa.gov |
| Manager authorizing this project | Thomas Flagg |
| Review cycle | FY 2001 Innovative |
| Province / Subbasin | Systemwide / Systemwide |
| Short description | Utilize fish behavior and DNA analyses to evaluate reproductive success and offspring fitness of steelhead from different captive propagation strategies. |
| Target species | Steelhead |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|---|---|
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
| RPA |
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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMFS/BPA | Action 184 | NMFS | The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the appropriate level of FCRPS funding for a hatchery research, monitoring, and evaluation program consisting of studies to determine whether hatchery reforms reduce the risk of extinction for Columbia River basin salmonids and whether conservation hatcheries contribute to recovery. |
| NMFS/BPA | Action 184 | NMFS | The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the appropriate level of FCRPS funding for a hatchery research, monitoring, and evaluation program consisting of studies to determine whether hatchery reforms reduce the risk of extinction for Columbia River basin salmonids and whether conservation hatcheries contribute to recovery. |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
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Section 3. Relationships to other projects
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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
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Outyear objectives-based budget
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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 |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
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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 |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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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 |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 2001 cost |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | FTE: GS 9/01 x 1.0 FTE; GS7/01 x 0.5 FTE (0.25 COLA for Alaska) | $60,740 |
| Fringe | $27,200 | |
| Supplies | Underwater video, picket, channel, aquariums, plumbing, fencing, blind, food | $27,550 |
| Travel | 8 individual round-trips from Seattle, WA | $23,960 |
| Indirect | $45,900 | |
| Capital | $0 | |
| PIT tags | $0 | |
| Subcontractor | # of tags: University of Idaho | $77,000 |
| $262,350 | ||
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2001 cost | $262,350 |
| Total FY 2001 budget request | $262,350 |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMFS, NWFSC, REUTD | Labor | $32,450 | in-kind |
| NMFS, AFSC | Research support | $100,000 | in-kind |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Comment:
This proposal is innovative because it evaluates free-living sequestration (isolation of steelhead in a lake for generations) as an innovative method of captive rearing. The design of the ongoing breeding experiment allows a comparison of breeding success of fish representing: 1) a 'traditional' strategy of captive rearing in which anadromous steelhead were taken into artificial, one-full-life-cycle culture, 2) a sequestration strategy in which steelhead were isolated in a lake for many generations, and 3) intercrosses between sequestered and free-ranging anadromous steelhead from the same population. The design also allows evaluation of captive reared descendents of sequestered fish and intercrosses of them with fish from the other strategies. This proposed project would extend the ongoing research to test hypotheses pertinent to potential applications in the Columbia River—whether these strategies of captive breeding can have effects on fitness of individuals who are products of the strategies. Breeding success will be measurable in mesocosms, arenas, both by behavioral analysis and by genotypically identified pedigrees. The ISRP notes that part of this work is out of the Columbia basin. However, the proposed project provides an opportunity to take advantage of work underway in Alaska to answer basic questions about captive brood stock approaches that would have application in the basin. This proposal is attractive and germane because it examines the effects of hatchery rearing on fitness - a continuing, plaguing uncertainty in the basin's artificial production programs.Comment:
This project addresses important questions regarding supplementation.Comment:
This project addresses important questions regarding supplementation.Comment:
Comment:
The contract for Project # 2001-047-00 carries a performance period and a budget period of 6/01/01 through 5/31/04. The total contract amount is $287,700. We estimate expenditures from 6/1/01 through 9/30/03 will be $271,200. The remainder ($16,500) will be required in FY04 to complete all of the deliverables identified in the contract.