Methods of Applying Salmon Timing Mechanisms to Wild and Hatchery Fish Management proposal 200737000

FY07-09 proposal 200737000

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Methods of Applying Salmon Timing Mechanisms to Wild and Hatchery Fish Management
Proposal ID	200737000
Organization	The B. Taylor Group LLC
Short description	The migrations, feeding, spawning and other events of salmon are entrained to quantifiable and predictable natural light and dark cycles. This study will demonstrate how this phenomenon can be applied towards the more efficient management of stocks.
Information transfer	The information can be used to develop for more efficient hatchery food delivery systems, reliably time the in-and out-migrations, develop more predictable forecasting models and target windows of time to release juveniles into the lower river and generate power during the downstream migration season.
Proposal contact person or principal investigator

Contacts

Contact	Organization	Email
Form submitter
Bernie Taylor	The B. Taylor Group	btgroupllc@aol.com
All assigned contacts
Bernie Taylor	The B. Taylor Group	btgroupllc@aol.com

Section 2. Locations

Province / subbasin: Columbia Gorge / Columbia Gorge

Latitude	Longitude	Waterbody	Description
		Mainstem, tributaries and hatcheries

Section 3. Focal species

primary: All Anadromous Fish

Section 4. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishments

Section 5. Relationships to other projects

Funding source	Related ID	Related title	Relationship

Section 6. Biological objectives

Biological objectives	Full description	Associated subbasin plan	Strategy
Hydrosystem Mitigation	Mitigation across the basin for the adverse effects to fish and wildlife caused by the development and operation of the hydrosystem.	None	[Strategy left blank]

Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)

Work element name	Work element title	Description	Start date	End date	Est budget
Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage	Juvenile Downstream Passage Model	Develop a model to predict low evening passage times during the downstream migration season to generate power when water would otherwise be spilled.	1/1/2007	1/1/2009	$60,000
Biological objectives			Metrics
Produce Hatchery Fish	Hatchery Feeding Model	Develop a model to allow hatchery managers to distribute food to the fish when they would feed in a natural environment based on their biological clocks and availability of food.	1/1/2007	1/1/2009	$20,000
Biological objectives			Metrics
Spawn Fish	Adult Spawning Timing Model	Develop a model to predict the natural spawning timing of adults to transfer to hatchery managers and field counting crews. The model will reduce the amount of time required to count fish by allowing them to predict when the spawning adults will be on the redds.	1/1/2007	1/1/2007	$40,000
Biological objectives			Metrics
Trap/Collect/Hold/Transport Fish - Hatchery	Juvenile Predictive Timing Model	Develop a model to time the release of barged juvenile fish in the Lower Columbia Basin to reduce mortality.	1/1/2007	1/1/2009	$40,000
Biological objectives			Metrics
Develop RM&E Methods and Designs	Adult Abundance Forecasting Model	Develop a more reliable adult-return abudance forecasting model based on predicted mortality of the juveniles in relation to their out-migration timing.	1/1/2007	1/1/2009	$60,000
Biological objectives			Metrics

Section 8. Budgets

Itemized estimated budget

Item	Note	FY07	FY08	FY09
Travel	[blank]	$5,000	$5,000	$0
Supplies	[blank]	$7,500	$7,500	$0
Personnel	[blank]	$97,500	$97,500	$0
Totals		$110,000	$110,000	$0

Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets

Total itemized budget:	$220,000
Total work element budget:	$220,000

Cost sharing

Funding source/org	Item or service provided	FY 07 est value ($)	FY 08 est value ($)	FY 09 est value ($)	Cash or in-kind?	Status
Totals		$0	$0	$0

Section 9. Project future

FY 2010 estimated budget: $0
FY 2011 estimated budget: $0

Comments:

Future O&M costs:

Termination date: 01/01/09
Comments:

Final deliverables: Models on Excel spreadsheets or other commonly used software with documentation presenting the findings of the studies and directions on hard copy.

Section 10. Narrative and other documents

Reviews and recommendations

FY07 budget	FY08 budget	FY09 budget	Total budget	Type	Category	Recommendation
NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs]
$0	$0	$0	$0	Expense	ProvinceExpense	Do Not Fund
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs]
$0	$0	$0	$0		ProvinceExpense
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs]
$0	$0	$0	$0		Basinwide

ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)

Recommendation: Not fundable

NPCC comments: The proponents have some interesting ideas, but the technical background was poorly explained. A brief summary of the existence of a book on salmon rhythms and the presentation of related hypotheses within the region was presented. The concept of using light as a cue for a variety of practical applications in the salmon-hydrosystem is tempting, but based on the information in the proposal not enough evidence is presented to justify investment in the development of the models. Therefore, the ISRP believes the proposal is not fundable at this time.

ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)

Recommendation: Not fundable