Proposal title | Tucannon River Spring Chinook Captive Broodstock Program |
Proposal ID | 200001900 |
Organization | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Name | Joseph D. Bumgarner |
Mailing address | 401 South Cottonwood Dayton, WA 99328 |
Phone / email | 5093824755 / [email protected] |
Manager authorizing this project | Joseph D. Bumgarner |
Review cycle | FY 2001 Ongoing |
Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Tucannon |
Short description | Complete modifications to Lyons Ferry Hatchery to conduct spring chinook captive broodstock program. Rear and spawn broodstock, raise their progeny and release 150,000 smolts into the Tucannon River to rebuild spring chinook run and prevent extinction. |
Target species | |
Year | Accomplishment |
1997 |
Collect 1997 brood year eggs (from supplementation program) to initiate captive broodstock. |
1998 |
Collect 1998 brood year eggs (from supplementation program) to continue captive broodstock. |
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Rear 1997 brood year juveniles at Lyons Ferry Hatchery. |
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Planning, site modification designs, and budget proposal for captive broodstock program. |
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Submit FY2000 proposal to CBFWA under the NPPC Fish and Wildlife Program for review and funding by BPA. |
1999 |
Collect 1999 brood year eggs to continue captive broodstock program. |
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Use LSRCP funds ($120,000) to begin site modifications at Lyons Ferry Hatchery. |
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Rear and mark by "family" the 1997 and 1998 brood year juveniles. |
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Write and submit Tucannon Master Plan for 3-Step Review process. |
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Partially complete site modifications at LFH (ponds to rear captive year fish, but no security, alarms, or overhead covers). |
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Work with BPA in Drafting the Environmental Assessment for NEPA compliance. |
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Monitor and document mortality of captive brood fish (1997 and 1998 broods). |
2000 |
Work with BPA to complete Environmental Assessment for NEPA compliance. |
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Reply to questions from the ISRP on the Tucannon Master Plan of the captive broodstock program: Master Plan Accepted by ISRP and NPPC. |
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
1. Raise captive brood fish |
a. Conduct daily rearing and raising of captive brood fish (daily feeding, pond cleaning, medical treatments to control mortalities, basic hatchery record keeping for feed fed, mortalities, water inflow, etc…) |
6 |
$20,900 |
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2. Spawn mature captive brood fish |
a. Sort mature fish from immature fish, and separate mature fish to spawning tank. Conduct weekly checks for ripeness during spawning season, and spawn all ripe fish and incubate fertilized eggs |
7 |
$6,850 |
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3. Rear captive brood progeny |
a. Pick and record all dead eggs after shocking and determine fecundity and mortality of eggs from each spawned female. Incubate fry until ponding, and then place all captive brood progeny in standard raceways for rearing. |
6 |
$8,300 |
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4. Disseminating or collating information |
a. Attend captive broodstock meetings, workshops, etc.. to learn or pass on information from/to others regarding captive broodstock program |
8 |
$1,800 |
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Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
1. Monitor and document survival, mortality, and maturity rates of captive brood fish. |
a. Assist hatchery staff in monthly record keeping of mortalities and maturation (by family groups) for each brood year. |
8 |
$11,400 |
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2. Monitor and document mortality, survival, and viability of captive brood progeny. |
a. Assist hatchery staff in egg picking to determine mortality, survival, fecundity, and egg viability of collected captive brood eggs that were fertilized. |
8 |
$2,300 |
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3. Permanently identify all 15 families from the 1999 brood year for captive broodstock rearing. |
a. Assist hatchery and tagging staff with marking (CWT and VI) of 1999 brood year fish for captive broodstock rearing. |
3 |
$1,200 |
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4. Spawn mature captive brood adults |
a. Assist hatchery staff in sorting and spawning of mature captive broodstock (Obj 2, Task a, O&M phase) |
7 |
$8,870 |
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5. Conduct Genetic Monitoring |
a. Collect, send, and analyze DNA samples from captive broodstock spawners and from parents to captive broodstock program (2000 BY) |
8 |
$10,000 |
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6. Disseminating or collating information |
a. Attend captive broodstock meetings, workshops, etc.. to learn or pass on information from/to others regarding captive broodstock program |
8 |
$1,800 |
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Item | Note | FY 2001 cost |
Capital |
Security Fencing, Overhead Pond Cover Building |
$25,000 |
Personnel |
FTE: Hat Spec 2 (0.25 FTE), CM (0.08 FTE), Fish Health (0.08 FTE) |
$15,950 |
Fringe |
Calculated at 28.5% |
$4,550 |
Supplies |
Misc Equip (brushes, nets, screens, buckets, crowders, etc…), chemical supplies (formalin) |
$5,500 |
Travel |
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$1,000 |
Indirect |
Agency Overhead at 23.5% |
$6,350 |
Other |
Fish Food, Utilities, Water Pumping Costs |
$4,500 |
Personnel |
FTE: Fish Biologist (0.17 FTE), Fish Tech (0.08 FTE) |
$11,050 |
Fringe |
Calculated at 28.5% |
$3,150 |
Supplies |
Genetic sampling and analysis, Fish marking (BWT/No ad), broodstock marking |
$13,600 |
Travel |
|
$1,000 |
Indirect |
Agency Overhead at 23.5% |
$6,770 |
| $98,420 |
The FY20001 Budget increased because of a shortfall in completing the capital construction for the project with FY2000 funds. Some of the necessary plumbing parts to complete the facility modifications were more costly than originally expected. Also, labor and transportation costs were higher than expected. The amount requested by WDFW in FY2001 for capital construction is $25,000. By subtracting that amount from the FY2001 proposal, the O&M and M&E portion of the project is $73,675, about 1,400 off the initial projected cost identified in the FY2000 project proposal.
The scope of the project has not changed.
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.