FY 2001 Ongoing proposal 199801400

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

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Ocean Survival Of Juvenile Salmonids In The Columbia River Plume
Proposal ID	199801400
Organization	National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Michael H. Schiewe
Mailing address	2725 Montlake Blvd. E. Seattle, WA 98112
Phone / email	2068603270 / michael.schiewe@noaa.gov
Manager authorizing this project	Ed Casillas
Review cycle	FY 2001 Ongoing
Province / Subbasin	Columbia River Estuary / Mainstem Columbia
Short description	Measure the effects of time of entry, smolt quality, food habits, growth, and health status of juvenile coho and chinook salmon on survival in relation to oceanographic features of the ocean environment associated with the Columbia River plume.
Target species

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1998	Conducted 2 trawl surveys in and around the Columbia River plume- June and September
1999	1998 Cruise Reports completed and submitted
1999	Conducted 3 trawl surveys in and around the Columbia River plume- May, June, and September
1999	Developed data base
2000	1999 Cruise Reports completed and submitted
2000	Publication: Recent changes in the pelagic nekton community off Oregon and Washington in relation to some physical oceanographic conditions. (in press) NPAFC Bull. No. 2.

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 2001 cost	Subcontractor
1) Physical characterization of Columbia River plume, estuary, and near-shore environment	Integrated numerical modeling and real-time data acquisition of circulation and physical water properties in the Columbia River estuary		$0

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 2001 cost	Subcontractor
1. Physical characterization of Columbia River plume, estuary, and near-shore environment	a. Integrated numerical modeling and real-time data acquisition of circulation and physical water properties in the Columbia River estuary	1	$110,000	Yes
	b. Integrated vessel observations and numerical modeling of circulation and physical water properties in the Columbia River plume and nearshore environment	1	$100,000	Yes
	c. Analysis of variability of present and historical river flow data, and estimation of suspended particulate matter (SPM) using an existing rating curve	1	$105,000	Yes
2. Biological characterization of Columbia River plume and near-shore environment	a. Measure nutrient concentrations, phytoplankton biomass and zooplankton abundance and species composition in the plume and nearshore environments	1	$60,000	Yes
	b. Compare results to historical data collected off the central OR and WA coasts and in the plume in 1970s and 1980s	1	$35,000
	c. Relate variations in seasonal cycles of plankton abundance to interannual variations in date of spring transition, coastal upwelling strength and size of plume	1	$20,000
3. Collect fishes and associated biological and physical information	a. Contract commercial fishing vessel	1	$120,000	Yes
4. Assess salmon growth and health in nearshore ocean habitats off the Columbia River	a. Measure fish and acquire tissue samples to measure growth rates, bioenergetic status, genetic composition and pathogen load and prevalence	1	$20,000
	b. Assess growth, genetic, bioenergetic status, and pathogen prevalence of juvenile coho and chinook salmon	1	$125,000
	c. Identify relationships among growth, health, and nearshore ocean conditions in relation to the Columbia River plume	1	$25,000
	d. Conduct retrospective analysis of juvenile coho salmon growth during ocean age 1 and 2 using data collected by Fisher and Pearcy (1988)	1	$30,000	Yes
	e. Identify relationships among growth and health status between naturally-produced and hatchery-reared juvenile salmon and nearshore ocean conditions	1	$15,000
5. Assess juvenile salmon food habits	a. Collect stomach contents of juvenile salmon in the nearshore ocean off the Columbia River	1	$10,000
	b. Perform stomach analysis	1	$30,000	Yes
	c. Identify relationships between food habits, ocean conditions in and around the Columbia River plume, and prey fields for juvenile coho and chinook salmon	1	$20,000
6. Report results	a. Create text, tables, and figures and report results	1	$20,000

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2005	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2002
$600,000	$850,000	$700,000	$850,000

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 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 2001 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 2001 cost
Personnel		$82,100
Fringe		$29,200
Supplies		$88,400
Travel		$9,500
Indirect		$49,700
Subcontractor		$575,000
Other	Rent, communications,utilities	$11,100
		$845,000

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$845,000
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$845,000
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$830,000
% change from forecast	1.8%

Reason for change in estimated budget

Charges to the budget reflect costs to assess genetic stock composition, insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) concentrations, and pathogen prevalence in juvenile salmon sampled from marine waters associated with the Columbia River plume. Genetic analyses of samples were previously covered under a different project. Some costs are being shifted to this project to reflect the importance of this information to this project specifically. IGF-1 concentration are a revolutionary approach to evaluate recent growth histories of individual juvenile salmon and is consistent with the scope of the project. Similarly, pathogen loads reflect on the health of juveniles and is also within the scope of the project. Some costs are being shifted to this project to reflect the importance of these items to this project specifically. Charges to the budget have been shifted to minimize the impact.

Reason for change in scope

No change in the scope of the work has been proposed.

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:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Ongoing Funding: yes; New Funding: no

Date:
Jul 14, 2000

Comment:

The changes to the budget reflect costs to assess genetic stock composition, insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) concentrations, and pathogen prevalence in juvenile salmon sampled from marine waters associated with the Columbia River plume. Genetic analyses of samples were previously covered under a different project. Some costs are being shifted to this project to reflect the importance of this information to this project specifically. IGF-1 concentration are a revolutionary approach to evaluate recent growth histories of individual juvenile salmon and is consistent with the scope of the project. Similarly, pathogen loads reflect on the health of juveniles and are also within the scope of the project. Some costs are being shifted to this project to reflect the importance of these items to this project specifically. Charges to the budget have been shifted to minimize the impact.

No change in the scope of the work has been proposed. This project was funded under the NMFS ESA placeholder in FY 2000.

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:

Date:
Sep 8, 2000

Comment:

CBFWA comment: The changes to the budget reflect costs to assess genetic stock composition, insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) concentrations, and pathogen prevalence in juvenile salmon sampled from marine waters associated with the Columbia River plume. Genetic analyses of samples were previously covered under a different project. Some costs are being shifted to this project to reflect the importance of this information to this project specifically. IGF-1 concentration is a revolutionary approach to evaluate recent growth histories of individual juvenile salmon and is consistent with the scope of the project. Similarly, pathogen loads reflect on the health of juveniles and are also within the scope of the project. Some costs are being shifted to this project to reflect the importance of these items to this project specifically. Charges to the budget have been shifted to minimize the impact. No change in the scope of the work has been proposed. This project was funded under the NMFS ESA placeholder in FY 2000.

BPA response: The work is funded through the ESA set aside that was established under the MOA. The work is an ongoing effort and project 199702600 is now incorporated into this project (see above). We anticipate the project will continue for another 8 years and we are currently finalizing plans to add a broader ocean research project covering Canadian and Alaskan waters beginning in the fall of 2000. We anticipate the addition will be deemed by NMFS to be required under the 1995 BiOp and is consistent with the Draft 2000 BiOp.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 13, 2000

Comment:

Fund from ESA placeholder per BPA comment.

REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review

Funding category:
expense

Date:
May 2005

FY05 NPCC start of year:	FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:	FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$1,827,962	$1,890,113	$1,890,113

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website