FY 2000 proposal 20052

Additional documents

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20052 Narrative Narrative
20052 Sponsor Response to the ISRP Response

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleStrategies to Limit Disease Effects on Estuarine Survival
Proposal ID20052
OrganizationOregon State University, National Marine Fisheries Service (OSU/NMFS)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameJerri L. Bartholomew
Mailing addressDept. of Microbiology, Nash Hall 220, OSU Corvallis, OR 97331-3804
Phone / email5417371856 / bartholj@bcc.orst.edu
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycleFY 2000
Province / SubbasinMainstem/Systemwide / Systemwide
Short descriptionDetermine the impact of pathogens on fish survival in the estuary and examine fish rearing, release, and treatment strategies for decreasing pathogen effects.
Target speciesSpring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha)
Project location
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

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Section 2. Past accomplishments

YearAccomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project IDTitleDescription
9063 Ocean survival of salmonids relative to migrational timing, fish health.. Our proposed study in concert with this ongoing project will provide for a comprehensive evaluation of the influence of pathogens on salmonid health and survival as they migrate from their freshwater to ocean environments.
9102800 Monitoring smolt migration of wild Snake River spring/summer chinook salmo By collecting fish in the estuary, this project will further the monitoring program by providing information on estuarine survival of chinook salmon.
9801001 Grande Ronde Basin spring chinook salmon captive broodstock program Research on a vaccine for BKD and immunostimulant effects may provide therateutants necessary for maintaining health of captive broodstock.
9600600 PATH Provides critical and empirical data for modeling survival in PATH

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 2000 cost
Personnel Bartholomew $12,172; Bootland $12,540; Technicians (2) $56,000 GRA $12,996; hourly $3,200 $96,908
Fringe @41% to 51% $38,290
Supplies PCR reagents, tissue culture, ELISA kits, bacteriological media, supplies. $18,000
Operating tank charges $4,776
Travel project-related travel and travel to 1 national meeting per year for each OSU PI $2,500
Indirect @43% $79,754
Other tuition $6,896
Subcontractor NMFS - Arkoosh and Jacobson (see itemized budget_ $87,054
$334,178
Total estimated budget
Total FY 2000 cost$334,178
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds$0
Total FY 2000 budget request$334,178
FY 2000 forecast from 1999$0
% change from forecast0.0%
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind
NMFS salaries (1 month plus benefits for all project personnel) $19,527 unknown

Reviews and recommendations

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

Recommendation:
Fund in part
Date:
Jun 15, 1999

Comment:

Recommendation: Fund in part. Fund objective 2 and proceed with objective 3 pending results from 2. Do not fund objective 1 (45% of budget) due to the uncertainty in interpretation of results.

Comments: This proposal identifies three significant pathogens in the Columbia Basin and will investigate the effect of these pathogens on the ability of spring chinook to adapt to the marine environment. Smolts will be sampled in the lower river before entry to the estuary and from an estuarine location to examine the incidence of these pathogens. The potential effect of each pathogen will be examined in laboratory conditions so that infections and challenge conditions can be controlled and results observed directly. The investigators will also examine the effectiveness of vaccines and immunostimulants for decreasing pathogen effects in the estuary. The laboratory studies could provide important information concerning the role of disease in early marine survival and the potential for controlling these effects in hatchery fish.

Experimental design appears adequate in most respects with one major exception noted by each reviewer. Samples collected in the river and in the estuary seem to be of little comparative value since a change in pathogen incidence may be due to sampling a different stock of fish, or it may reflect progression of the infection or death of the infected fish. How would observations from these samples be associated with the laboratory component of this project?

More information on the extent of research and results from previous work of this kind would have been useful. Linkages to other BPA/FWP projects and priorities are listed but not described in sufficient detail to evaluate actual interaction or importance. Although this is submitted as a "new" proposal, clearly a considerable amount of similar work has been done previously in freshwater. Insufficient information about this previous work is provided in some areas. This is needed to fully evaluate the importance and potential utility of the new work that is now proposed.

In summary, the question to be addressed is of programmatic value. Due to the uncertainty of the interpretation, the fieldwork aspect of the proposal is considered weak. The lab work is supportable. Each reviewer noted the discrepancy between the uncertainty of the field portion of the work (objective 1) and the much more controlled laboratory components, with the latter being much more likely to provide information of value to the FWP.


Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Disease is important management concern and may be limiting in the estuary. Multi-year research will require a multi-year funding commitment. The tasks and objectives of this project could be easily dove tailed with Project #9801400.
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Technical Criteria 1: Met? Yes - Questionable management application; linking release data to estuarine survival difficult maybe impossible.

Programmatic Criteria 2: Met? Yes -

Milestone Criteria 3: Met? Yes -

Resource Criteria 4: Met? Yes -


Recommendation:
Rank 34
Date:
Oct 8, 1999

Comment:

Rank Comments: The panel judged that the proposed laboratory studies could provide important information concerning the role of disease in early marine survival and the potential for controlling these effects in hatchery fish.
Recommendation:
Rank 34
Date:
Oct 8, 1999

Comment:

The panel judged that the proposed laboratory studies could provide important information concerning the role of disease in early marine survival and the potential for controlling these effects in hatchery fish.
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Mar 1, 2000

Comment:

[Decision made in 2-2-00 Council Meeting];