FY 2003 Mainstem/Systemwide proposal 199009300

Section 1. Administrative

Project location

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Total estimated budget

Reason for change in estimated budget

Microsatellite analyses have been expanded to include pedigree analysis and parentage assignment of all returning adults (sockeye and chinook). The "increase" is a 3.2% reduction from FY2002. The program has not scaled down as anticipated because of good returns and large numbers of outmigrant samples and others. It is anticipated that this program will have a complete dataset of three sockeye generations and two chinook generations by 2008 (expected termination date) for comparison and genetic evaluation of the captive programs.

Reason for change in scope

There has been no change in scope.

Cost sharing

Reviews and recommendations

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

Comment:

The ISRP's primary concern was why results of past monitoring were not presented? There are some obvious issues of concern such as what has been variation of family size in families of sockeye? Or, has mortality in the captive brood programs (sockeye or Chinook) been random among families? How has data been used to structure mating schemes? In the absence of any presentation of these data, the reviewers cannot comment on the timeliness of these analyses or adequacy of analyses.

The proposal provides additional information on reports and publications that have resulted from these studies to address some of the ISRP's FY00 comments. One hopes that with the long-term dataset that is being generated by this study that additional peer-reviewed publications will arise from the work. The proposal has a long-term monitoring component that is needed to provide consistency and insights into the Redfish Lake sockeye captive broodstock effort. This effort, while necessary, is largely routine by this time.

The most interesting aspect of the proposal, which could have been more fully described, is the more recent use of microsatellite loci analyses to develop pedigrees, identify parentage, and to set up MAI (Maximal Avoidance of Inbreeding) matrices to guide captive breeding options for severely depressed chinook populations in the East Fork of the Salmon, West Fork of the Yankee Fork, and so on. This approach has very strong applied conservation biology implications and deserves to be better described in the proposal with respect to its methods, application, and management implications.

This project also monitors the bi-catch of sockeye salmon in a sport fishery for kokanee in Redfish Lake and has demonstrated the bi-catch of anadromous or residual sockeye. While this concern is not the responsibility of this author, it is a concern that in a lake with a listed sockeye salmon stock, at an extremely depressed population size, that a kokanee fishery would be allowed at all. What impact is allowed on sockeye in this fishery and how is it justified?

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Comment:

The proposal has a long term monitoring component that is needed to provide consistency and insights into the Redfish Lake sockeye captive broodstock effort. The proposal also provides additional information on reports and publications that have resulted from this study (and related ones) to address some of the ISRP's FY00 review comments. One hopes that with the long-term dataset that is being generated by this study that additional peer-reviewed publications will arise from the work. The project sponsors provided a thorough response that adequately addressed the ISRP's preliminary review questions, including additional description and details on the recent use of microsatellite loci analyses to develop pedigrees, identify parentage, and to set up MAI (Maximal Avoidance of Inbreeding) matrices to guide captive breeding options for severely depressed chinook populations in the East Fork of the Salmon and West Fork of the Yankee Fork.

Comment:

Comments
This proposal is part of an ongoing project to provide genetic information for assessment of immediate and long-term genetic risks to ESA-listed Snake River sockeye and Salmon River chinook salmon currently in captive rearing programs. As such, it will provide a biological benefit by providing genetic monitoring necessary to maintain genetic variation. Of scientific interest to us is the use of microsatellite DNA analyses to develop pedigrees, identify parentage, and to define Maximal Avoidance of Inbreeding matrices to guide captive breeding options for the chinook salmon populations in the East Fork of the Salmon, West Fork of the Yankee Fork, etc. This approach may assist conservation biology.

Already ESA Required?
No

Biop?
Yes

Comment:

Comments:
Link to programmatic captive broodstock issue.

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Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website