FY 1999 proposal 9035

Additional documents

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9035 Narrative Narrative

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleEvaluate Estuarine & Nearshore-ocean Migratory Behavior of Juvenile Salmon
Proposal ID9035
OrganizationNational Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS/NWFSC)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameRichard D. Ledgerwood
Mailing addressPoint Adams Biological Sta. P.O. Box 155 Hammond, OR 97121-0155
Phone / email5038611853 / dick.ledgerwood@noaa.gov
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycleFY 1999
Province / SubbasinSystemwide / Ocean/estuary
Short descriptionCompare migration pattersn in Feb-Ap of juvenile chinook reared inTerminal Fishery Project & tracked through Columbia R. estuary to ocean using sonic tags.
Target species
Project location
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

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Section 2. Past accomplishments

YearAccomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

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Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

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Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

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Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

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Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget
ItemNoteFY 1999 cost
Personnel $67,600
Fringe $29,300
Supplies $19,500
Travel $1,700
Indirect $41,800
Subcontractor $0
$159,900
Total estimated budget
Total FY 1999 cost$159,900
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds$0
Total FY 1999 budget request$159,900
FY 1999 forecast from 1998$0
% change from forecast0.0%
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind
Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: Study fish not made available by CEDC. Describe major milestones if necessary. Fish are normally transferred to CEDC at subyearling-age from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife facilities (Willamette River hatchery) in November and reared through the winter to yearling-age for release in the spring. If fish were unavailable for net-pen rearing, they would be unavailable for this study. In addition, the proposed February tagging is contingent upon representative fish attaining sufficient size (>125-mm fork-length) for tagging.


Reviews and recommendations

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

Recommendation:
Date:
May 13, 1998

Comment:

Criteria 1: Technical Criteria - Yes

Criteria 2: Objectives Criteria - Yes

Criteria 3: Milestones Criteria - Yes

Criteria 4: Resources Criteria - Yes:


Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
May 13, 1998

Comment:

urgent. Proposed activities would not produce significant near-term survival improvement nor risk a lost opportunity within the next 1-3 years.

Duplicates ongoing work. Some or all of proposed activities are similar or identical to work already funded. Better knowledge or coordination of past or ongoing projects would have reduced or eliminated project need.

Questionable management value. Proposal was either incomplete but did not provide adequate information to determine whether management criteria were met or complete but did not meet critical management criteria.


Recommendation:
Inadequate
Date:
Jun 18, 1998

Comment:

The study design is inadequate and not well defined. The idea to force fish into the ocean before they naturally would is not based on sound science. There is no indication of what level of sampling may be necessary to make the intended inferences. The sampling size described appears extremely small. The proposal’s linkage to Youngs Bay net pen study is good.