Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Chinook Salmon Abundance Monitoring Using an Acoustic Camera |
| Proposal ID | 34035 |
| Organization | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Robert L. Johnson |
| Mailing address | P.O. Box 999 Richland, WA 99352 |
| Phone / email | 5093720999 / bob.johnson@pnl.gov |
| Manager authorizing this project | Robert L. Johnson |
| Review cycle | FY 2002 Innovative |
| Province / Subbasin | Mountain Snake / Salmon |
| Short description | |
| Target species | |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|
| 45.2067 |
-115.8067 |
Chinook Campground, Secesh River - Loon Lake R5E, T22N Sec 26 |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
|---|
| NMFS |
Action 179 |
NMFS |
The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work with affected parties to establish regional priorities within the congressional appropriations processes to set and provide the appropriate level of FCRPS funding to develop recovery goals for listed salmon ESUs in the Columbia River basin. Tasks shall include defining populations based on biological criteria and evaluating population viability in accordance with NMFS' viable salmonid population approach. These tasks shall be completed by 2003. |
| NMFS |
Action 180 |
NMFS |
The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003. |
| NMFS |
Action 193 |
NMFS |
The Action Agencies shall investigate state-of-the-art, novel fish detection and tagging techniques for use, if warranted, in long-term research, monitoring, and evaluation efforts. |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
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 2002 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 2002 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
| Initial deployment |
Task 1 – Deploy a loaned acoustic camera (from APL) at the Secesh River counting site to acquire initial sample data for software development. |
.5 |
$4,000 |
|
| APL subcontracted tasks: hardware fabrication and software development, etc. |
Task 2 – Write software features to count fish at the Secesh site during data collection
Task 3 – Fabricate an upgraded acoustic camera with specific features for adult salmonid counting
Task 5 – Produce a user manual |
6 |
$134,900 |
Yes |
| Secondary deployment |
Task 4 – Deploy the upgraded acoustic camera at the Secesh River counting site |
.5 |
$4,000 |
|
| Final Report to BPA |
Task 6 – Write a final report |
.5 |
$4,000 |
|
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 2002 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 2002 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 2002 cost |
|---|
| Personnel |
FTE: .21 |
$12,825 |
| Fringe |
|
$3,335 |
| Supplies |
|
$1,820 |
| Travel |
|
$9,493 |
| Indirect |
|
$37,627 |
| Capital |
|
$0 |
| PIT tags |
|
$0 |
| NEPA |
|
$0 |
| Subcontractor |
|
$134,900 |
| $200,000 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2002 cost | $200,000 |
| Total FY 2002 budget request | $200,000 |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|
| Nez Perce Tribe |
Vehicles, technician, trailer space |
$10,000 |
in-kind |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Fund - Rank 14
Date:
May 24, 2002
Comment:
This 14th ranked project is fundable and innovative but judged to be medium priority. It is innovative because of the potential to piggy back on an ongoing project and use existing or planned infrastructure to investigate the feasibility of obtaining accurate spawner abundance information of spring and summer chinook salmon in small streams using acoustic camera technology based on the Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) originally developed for military applications. The budget is mainly for an engineering project to fabricate an upgraded version of the existing acoustic camera during the following winter, test it, and write fish counting software.
Funding of this project is in part dependent upon the status of the NPT-PNNL Mt. Snake proposal for the split-beam hydroacoustic array at the Secesh (Proposal #199703000), because there is need for the Crump weir, etc. The Secesh portion of that proposal was recommended for funding by the Council; thus, this innovative proposal appears to be feasible. The ISRP questioned why this component was not proposed in the suit of monitoring technologies proposed in projects 199703000 (hydroacoustic system in the Secesh River, video in Lake Creek, and video and Vaki equipment in Marsh Creek), 27019 (hydroacoustic equipment in Minam River), and 28052 (Johnson Creek - weir and hydroacoustic equipment) as a unit. In the review of those projects the ISRP"...concluded that existing monitoring elements (e.g., Lake Creek video, weir and redd counts in Johnson Creek) should be continued, and installation of a single experimental high tech application is fundable. The type of installation to be tested, however, remains a question. Team members with experience in "high-tech" applications, are convinced that existing information shows resistivity counters have the greatest promise for applications such as those identified in these proposals. Given expert opinion regarding the relative value of present alternatives, the sponsors need to provide a convincing case for eliminating a resistivity counter as the installation to be evaluated at the chosen experimental site." Also, the ISRP noted that "The installation needs to viewed as experimental, and should address problems of site selection, methods for getting fish into the target area at high flow, variable water conditions, cost, and practicality." Because of these same concerns and questions, the ISRP ranks the present proposal as medium to low priority.
Recommendation:
Recommended Action
Date:
Jun 28, 2002
Comment:
Recommendation:
Date:
Jul 12, 2002
Comment:
Statement of Potential Biological Benefit
None
Comments
There appears to be little merit to this proposed work. There is little, if any, need for the development of a novel technologically-based method for counting adult spring/summer chinook salmon. High quality population estimates are essential to the management of all anadromous fisheries resources. However, additional counts of adult fish with no assessments of accuracy and precision will not clarify any resource management issues. The proposed counting system will not census the adult population. Rather it will sample the population given that it will be as susceptible to blow-out during high flow events and confusion by submerged debris. True sampling approaches based on the biology of the organism (e.g., sampling based on spawning fish, or constructed redds) allow both the construction of accuracy and precision estimates of the data, and ensure biologically relevant information. This project does not accomplish this.
Already ESA Required?
No
Biop?
No
Recommendation:
Date:
Jul 12, 2002
Comment:
Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
NoneComments
There appears to be little merit to this proposed work. There is little, if any, need for the development of a novel technologically-based method for counting adult spring/summer chinook salmon. High quality population estimates are essential to the management of all anadromous fisheries resources. However, additional counts of adult fish with no assessments of accuracy and precision will not clarify any resource management issues. The proposed counting system will not census the adult population. Rather it will sample the population given that it will be as susceptible to blow-out during high flow events and confusion by submerged debris. True sampling approaches based on the biology of the organism (e.g., sampling based on spawning fish, or constructed redds) allow both the construction of accuracy and precision estimates of the data, and ensure biologically relevant information. This project does not accomplish this.
Already ESA Req? No
Biop? No