FY 2000 proposal 20052
Contents
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 |
|---|---|
| 20052 Narrative | Narrative |
| 20052 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Strategies to Limit Disease Effects on Estuarine Survival |
| Proposal ID | 20052 |
| Organization | Oregon State University, National Marine Fisheries Service (OSU/NMFS) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Jerri L. Bartholomew |
| Mailing address | Dept. of Microbiology, Nash Hall 220, OSU Corvallis, OR 97331-3804 |
| Phone / email | 5417371856 / [email protected] |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Mainstem/Systemwide / Systemwide |
| Short description | Determine the impact of pathogens on fish survival in the estuary and examine fish rearing, release, and treatment strategies for decreasing pathogen effects. |
| Target species | Spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishment |
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Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
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Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 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 forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash 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.
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.
Comment:
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.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 -
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.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.Comment:
[Decision made in 2-2-00 Council Meeting];