Response for project 199302900: Survival Est For Passage Throu
Comment on proposed FY 2006 budget
NOAA Fisheries would like to renew our project for FY 2006 and the identified budget for FY 2006 is consistent with our expectations.
Accomplishments since the last review
| Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Successfully obtained Federal ESA and State fish handling permits for research. | |
| Produce Annual Report | Provided BPA five annual reports of research (3 for spring migrants and 2 for summer migrants)since 2003 (available on BPA's website under 1993-029-00 project number). | |
| Produce/Submit Scientific Findings Report | Prepared tech memo: Williams, J. G., S. G. Smith, R. W. Zabel, W. D. Muir, M. D. Scheuerell, B. P. Sandford,D. M. Marsh, R. McNatt, and S. Achord. 2004. Effects of the federal Columbia River power system on salmon populations NOAA Tech. Memo. 63 | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Successfully collected and validated PIT tag data from Snake and Columbia River dams and the PIT tag trawl for use in juvenile survival estimation. | |
| Mark/Tag Animals | PIT-tagged 40,000 to 55,000 juvenile salmonids each year for hydropower survival estimation. | |
| Analyze/Interpret Data | Estimated survival of juvenile spring/summer chinook salmon and steelhead through individual reaches and combined reaches of the hydropower system each year as well as an analysis of adult returns of PIT tagged fish. |
FY 2006 goals and anticipated accomplishments
| Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Obtain required permits (Federal ESA and State fish handling) for research. | |
| Produce Annual Report | Produce annual report summarizing research. | |
| Produce/Submit Scientific Findings Report | Produce report of scientific findings for publication in peer-reviewed journal. | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect and validate PIT tag data from Snake and Columbia River dams and the PIT tag trawl for use in juvenile survival estimation. Operate the pair trawl in the estuary. | |
| Mark/Tag Animals | PIT tag from 40,0000 to 54,000 juvenile salmonids for survival estimation. | |
| Analyze/Interpret Data | Analyze PIT tag data from Snake and Columbia River dams and the pair trawl to estimate juvenile survival within the hydropower system and adult return rates. Test survival model assumptions. |
Subbasin planning
How is this project consistent with subbasin plans?
Work not related to a Subbasin Plan. This project is systemwide in scope. This project (1993-029-00) is listed specifically in the 2005-2007 Implementation Plan for the Federal Columbia River Power System Endangered Species Act Updated Proposed Action, dated May, 2005 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration, page 43. The survival estimates generated by this project will be used to help determine success of failure in meeting annual Performance Standards for operation of the FCRPS. Under the Adult and Juvenile Fish Survival Through the Hydrosystem section, the Implementation Plan calls for (page 8 and 9): Report on adult and juvenile system survival estimates based on the best available empirical survival data. Use survival models to extrapolate empirical survival estimates to obtain system level survival estimates. Use surrogates as indicators for ESUs where empirical data is limited or not available.
How do goals match subbasin plan priorities?
Work not related to a Subbasin Plan. This project is systemwide in scope.