FY 2000 proposal 20098
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Develop and Evaluate Selective Commercial Fishing Gear: Tangle Nets |
| Proposal ID | 20098 |
| Organization | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Geraldine Vander Haegen |
| Mailing address | 600 Capitol Way N Olympia, WA 98501-1091 |
| Phone / email | 3609022793 / [email protected] |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Lower Columbia / Columbia Lower |
| Short description | Operate no-take selective fisheries using a tangle net to exploit strong stocks of anadromous fish while allowing live-release of non-target fish on the Columbia River. Evaluate the post-release survival of all species caught, and compare to gill nets. |
| Target species | Salmonids in the lower Columbia River. |
Project location
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
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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
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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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 |
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| Personnel |
5 months + 1 week Biologist 4, 14 months Scientific Technician 3, 2 months Research Scientist 2 |
$70,647 |
| Fringe |
For above |
$19,270 |
| Supplies |
Tangle net, pump, hose, safety equipment, raingear, portable computer, tags, etc. |
$23,850 |
| Travel |
Conferences, community meetings, field sites |
$13,000 |
| Indirect |
WDFW Admin. support |
$26,863 |
| Subcontractor |
Gill netter, consulting |
$31,043 |
| $184,673 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2000 cost | $184,673 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2000 budget request | $184,673 |
| FY 2000 forecast from 1999 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
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| WDFW |
1 month Biologist 4 and benefits |
$5,033 |
unknown |
| WDFW |
1 month Research Scientist 2 and benefits |
$5,909 |
unknown |
| WDFW |
Ground and aerial tracking of radiotags |
$10,000 |
unknown |
| WDFW |
Boat and motor rental for checking fish held 24 hours |
$3,500 |
unknown |
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: Fishing may be restricted by the Columbia River managers, and by the weather. Insufficient tags released for the 1999 brood may inhibit completion of objectives 2, 3, 4, and 5 in FY1999, and 2000 brood tagged in late FY2000 will be recovered in FY2001.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Jun 15, 1999
Comment:
Recommendation:
Do not fund.
Comments:
This is considered interesting and potentially worthwhile, but it is predicated on the limited experience of the use of tangle nets in British Columbia. There is inadequate discussion of the extent or results of that practice, however, and too many questions remain unanswered to justify the proposal for the benefit of the target fish species. The project would directly engage the commercial fishing industry and hence involve policy issues. The questions arise, then, to what extent that industry is willing to participate, what care commercial fishermen would pledge to assure safe catch and release, to what extent they may be expected to adhere to handling and release procedures for non-target fish, and whether benefits would extend beyond the commercial fisheries to the fishery resource itself.
Specific questions and comments that should also be addressed: include whether the Tribes and commercial fishing organizations, as principal beneficiaries, might (should) be expected to fund the proposal. Greater detail should be provided for some areas of the proposal. For example, (Objective No. 4), are fish that are held for 24 hours (for short-term survival estimates) and radio-tagged (for longer survival estimates) from different batches? How are fish to be tracked, and what are the potential pitfalls of this approach in assessing long-term survival? Will only tagged males be used to fertilize the eggs of tagged females (Task No. 5b)? If not, will that make a difference? Will the number of surviving eggs be related to the age or biomass of the female (Task No. 5c)?
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Consider as "Innovative Research" as a part of selective fisheries generally.
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Technical Criteria 1: Met? Yes - Programmatic Criteria 2: Met? Yes -
Milestone Criteria 3: Met? Yes - Need greater resolution for Objective 4.
Resource Criteria 4: Met? Yes -
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Mar 1, 2000
Comment:
[Decision made in 9-22-99 Council Meeting];