FY 2003 Mainstem/Systemwide proposal 200307300

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
35011 Narrative	Narrative
35011 Sponsor Response to the ISRP	Response

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	The Floating Net Pen Transportation System Pilot Project
Proposal ID	200307300
Organization	Columbia Basin Fishery Restoration L.L.C. (CBFR LLC)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Fred Simmons
Mailing address	2027 Narrows View Circle NW. E-243 Gig Harbor, Washington, 98335
Phone / email	2538532004 / williestrong@earthlink.net
Manager authorizing this project	William Strong
Review cycle	Mainstem/Systemwide
Province / Subbasin	Mainstem/Systemwide /
Short description	The transportation of Chinook salmon smolts in floating net pens from various fish hatcheries and collector systems ,to be released at the mouth of the Columbia River or in the Pacific Ocean.
Target species	Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
		Columbia River Basin Mainstem System Wide

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
41
42
47
49
53

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
	Not Applicable

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
	This pilot project will stand on it's own merit and it's success will be based on the overall performance.of the project.

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1. Engineering and Design	a. Design skeleton float	2003	$35,000	Yes
	b. Design net pen frame and nets	2003	$25,000	Yes
	c. Design raceway for salmon fry	2003	$40,000	Yes
2. Analysis and program design	a.Meet with agencies for requirements and responsibilities.	2003	$75,000

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 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1.Construction of Skeleton Floats	a.Construct	2003	$406,250	Yes
2. Construction of Net Pen Frames	a.Construct	2003	$358,625	Yes
3. Nets for Net Pens	a. Purchase	2003	$45,000
4. Vessels for transportation	a. Purchase	2003	$250,000
	b.Fitting vessels for transportation	2003	$75,000	Yes
5. Vehicles Company Transportation	a.Purchase	2003	$110,000
6. Receive juvenile salmon smolts and rearing	a.Purchace from Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife	2003	$112,000	Yes
7. Smolt food	a. Purchase	2003	$5,000
8. Vessel Fuel for transport of smolts	a. Purchase	2003	$86,400
9. Install raceways	a. Construct	2003	$95,000	Yes

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Receive juvenile salmon smolts and rearing	2004	2007	$448,000
2. Smolt food	2004	2007	$20,000
3. Vessel Fuel for tranport of smolts	2004	2007	$380,000

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$203,400	$203,400	$203,400	$203,400

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1. Administative and Management Personal	a. Compensation	2003	$591,000
2.Operational and Technical Personal	a.Compensation	2003	$266,000
3. Contract with Universities	a.University of Washington	2003	$62,000	Yes
	b.Oregon State University	2003	$62,000	Yes
	c.University of Idaho	2003	$62,000	Yes
4. Office space and equipment	a. Rent office space	2003	$25,000
	b. Purchase equipment	2003	$25,000
5. Maintenance of Equipment	a.Vessels and Floating Net Pens	2003	$75,000	Yes

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1.Administrative and Management Personal	2004	2007	$2,364,000
2. Operational and Technical Personal	2004	2007	$1,064,000
3. Contracts with Universities	2004	2007	$744,000
4. Maintance of Equipment	2004	2007	$300,000
5. Office Space Rent	2004	2007	$100,000

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$1,118,000	$1,118,000	$1,118,000	$1,118,000

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1.Coded-wire tags Transported Groups 50,000 fish per group and 4 groups	a.Tag Salmon smolts	2003	$160,000	Yes
2. Coded-wire-tags Inriver Groups 50,000 fish per group and 4 groups	a.Tag Salmon smolts	2003	$160,000	Yes
3. Project reporting and prentation	a. Provide written reports of actual tranportaion data.	2003	$35,000
4.Report distribution	a. Supply documentation upon request	2003	$50,000

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Tag trasnported and inriver groups with coded-wire-tags	2004	2007	$1,440,000
2. Project reporting and distribution	2004	2007	$160,000

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$405,000	$405,000	$405,000	$405,000

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2003 cost
Personnel	FTE: 13	$645,000
Fringe		$212,000
Supplies		$226,400
Travel		$75,000
Indirect		$0
Capital		$405,000
NEPA	Categorical exclusion (CX)	$0
Subcontractor	1. Industial Plastic Inc. Design and construct skeleton float and net pen frames	$824,875
Subcontractor	2. Design raceways and construct to be determined	$135,000
Subcontractor	3.Fitting vessels for transportation to be determined	$75,000
Subcontractor	4. Washington Depatment of Fish and Wildlife	$432,000
Subcontractor	5.University of Washington	$62,000
Subcontractor	6.Oregon State University	$62,000
Subcontractor	7. University of Idaho	$62,000
Subcontractor	8.Maintance of Equipment to be determined	$75,000
		$3,291,275

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2003 cost	$3,291,275
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2003 budget request	$3,291,275
FY 2003 forecast from 2002	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

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

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 2002-13)

Recommendation:
Do not fund - no response required

Date:
Aug 2, 2002

Comment:

Not fundable. The experimental design is not technically sufficient. The proposal does not specify what benefits might be expected from use of net pens relative to existing methods of transportation of juvenile salmon, nor how any such benefits would be obtained or measured. Neither the need for transfer nor the method to be used for transfer of fish from hatchery raceways or other sources to the net pens is discussed in the proposal.

The reviewers are aware of an experiment on gas bubble trauma conducted by Earl Dawley that employed net pens in the Columbia River. Dawley couldn't keep the net pens together. The proposers should review that experiment.

Action Agency/NMFS RME Group Comments:

OCEAN AND ESTUARY SUBGROUP -- Potential action items addressed - 187; 195. The artificial transportation aspect of this proposal is not in concert with the habitat restoration efforts and proposed research on ecosystem function of the lower river and estuary currently being conducted by LCREP, NMFS, and others.

ISRP Remarks on RME Group Comments:

The RME Group comments are descriptive. There is no conflict between the ISRP and RME Group comments.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Oct 24, 2002

Comment:

The proposal is technically inadequate, and does not clearly demonstrate the proposed approach would solve or alleviate current transportation issues. For example, the proposers expect improved imprinting and improved homing response through the use of net pens. Transportation would have to originate in rearing or nursery areas to achieve this outcome, and methods to collect and transport juveniles from nursery areas are not presented. As proposed, the project would only investigate transportation in the Columbia River from a single hatchery.

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 2002-14)

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Nov 5, 2002

Comment:

Do Not Fund; agree with CBFWA. The proposal is incomplete. While the response attempts to deal with many of the comments by the ISRP, it still falls short of being adequate to accomplish its stated objective, "Net pens are proposed as a low cost alternative to the present system of transporting molts in the Columbia River.", page 1 of the response. No method is described for comparing the performance (survival or return rates) of fish transported in net pens with those transported "in the present system".

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Jan 21, 2003

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit
Potentially increases the survival of transported fish by providing more natural migration conditions through the use of net pens rather than barges. This may allow the transported fish to obtain better directional preference.

Comments
This proposal has little potential biological benefit. The use of net pens as an appropriate transport vessel is very questionable. The pens are unlikely to maintain rigidity and there would be concerns about the ability of the transported fish to keep pace with the pen's movement. The concept has many potential shortcomings that probably outweigh the benefits.

Already ESA Required?
No

Biop?
No

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund (Tier 3)

Date:
Jun 11, 2003

Comment:

Category:
3. Other projects not recommended by staff

Comments: