Lower Snake Lower Snake River Comp River Comp

PlanPlan

M & E ProgramM & E Program

SPY’s thoughts based on 3 weeks

Remember the Honeymoon

period

TheThe M & E M & E

ProgramProgram

Hatchery ProductionProduction

Trapping

Acclimation

Natural ProductionProduction

Productivity

Genetic

Cooperators

LSRCP ObjectivesLSRCP Objectives

Congressional AuthorizationCongressional Authorization– Adult return goalsAdult return goals

58,700sp/su chinook58,700sp/su chinook 55,100 steelhead55,100 steelhead 18,300 fall chinook18,300 fall chinook

ESA-minimize/avoid impacts to ESA-minimize/avoid impacts to naturally reproducing listed stocksnaturally reproducing listed stocks

– Adult EscapementAdult Escapement– Juvenile productionJuvenile production– Hatchery fish Hatchery fish

reproductive success in reproductive success in wildwild

– Genetic impacts to wild Genetic impacts to wild and hatchery stocksand hatchery stocks

– Long term fitnessLong term fitness– straying straying – Refugia maintenanceRefugia maintenance– Endemic vs. nonendemic Endemic vs. nonendemic

– Ecological interactionsEcological interactions– Statial/temporal Statial/temporal

structurestructure– ProductivityProductivity– Life history diversityLife history diversity– Smolt assessmentSmolt assessment– Disease monitoringDisease monitoring– Fish culture impactsFish culture impacts– Habitat conditionsHabitat conditions– Value of recycling adults Value of recycling adults

through fisheriesthrough fisheries

M & E Study GuidelinesM & E Study Guidelines

20042004 Draft Draft MEG Study GuidelinesMEG Study Guidelines

Competition for funding Competition for funding between facility between facility

maintenance, fish maintenance, fish production, and M & E led to production, and M & E led to

the need for addition the need for addition guidance in prioritizing guidance in prioritizing

available funding.available funding.

LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish

In its role as administrator for the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has established the following obligations and priorities for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) programs:

1. To develop and implement fish culture and production strategies that maximize survival, by releasing healthy fish while minimizing domestication. The scope of this obligation is sub-divided into three areas:

a. Routine Production Monitoring includes maintaining records of broodstock collection, mating,numbers of eggs, fry, fingerlings & smolt, sizes, growth, water temperature, flow, density, time and location of releases, and related biological and physical attributes associated with routine fish culture operations. While these activities involve the collection of data, they are so central to the fish culture process that costs for these activities are attributable to Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs rather than to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The LSRCP program will pay the reasonable cost of these activities.

b. Disease Monitoring, Prevention, and Treatment includes routine clinical examination, testing, treatment, and developing practices to minimize and prevent outbreaks of diseases and to minimize the spread of diseases when they occur. While these activities involve the collection of data, and development of practices, they are so central to the fish culture process that costs for these activities are attributable to Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs rather than to M&E. The LSRCP program will pay the reasonable cost of these activities.

c. Development of Optimum Production Strategies requires controlled experiments to assess factors that affect survival. These factors may include size and time of release, type and amount of feed, water flow, rearing density, rearing container characteristics pond cleaning or fish handling protocols. Because production strategies are generally well developed, the LSRCP has developed a special peer review procedure to evaluate costs and benefits before such studies are funded. The cost for these controlled studies is included in M&E budgets. The LSRCP will pay reasonable costs for approved studies.

To evaluate the success of the LSRCP program’s mitigation goal to replace adult Chinook, steelhead and rainbow trout in place and in-kind. The LSRCP program will pay for the reasonable costs to implement the following activities:

To account for the number of adults harvested in coastwide and project area fisheries for each broodyear’s production and release site, to the extent practicable, including:

Marking/tagging costs includes the marking (e.g. PIT tagging) needed to account

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish

1. To develop and implement fish 1. To develop and implement fish culture and production strategies culture and production strategies that maximize survival, by releasing that maximize survival, by releasing healthy fish while minimizing healthy fish while minimizing domestication.domestication.

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish2. To evaluate the success of the 2. To evaluate the success of the

LSRCP program’s mitigation goal to LSRCP program’s mitigation goal to replace adult Chinook, steelhead replace adult Chinook, steelhead and rainbow trout in place and in-and rainbow trout in place and in-kind.kind.

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish3. Obtain the scientific information 3. Obtain the scientific information

necessary to manage the LSRCP necessary to manage the LSRCP hatchery mitigation facilities and hatchery mitigation facilities and manage fisheries in the project manage fisheries in the project area consistent with applicable area consistent with applicable laws, trust responsibilities, laws, trust responsibilities, regulations, and permits.regulations, and permits.

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish

4. Electronically share accurate and 4. Electronically share accurate and complete evaluation data in a timely complete evaluation data in a timely manner with the LSRCP office, among manner with the LSRCP office, among cooperators, and to identified regional cooperators, and to identified regional partners.partners.

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish

5. Design and implement programs that 5. Design and implement programs that are scientifically credible, cost are scientifically credible, cost effective, logistically practical, and effective, logistically practical, and that provide written reports in a timely that provide written reports in a timely manner. manner.

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish

6. Participate in forums and other 6. Participate in forums and other activities as time and funding permit activities as time and funding permit to achieve state, tribal, regional, to achieve state, tribal, regional, national and international national and international management and conservation management and conservation obligations and objectives.obligations and objectives.

LSRCP Monitoring and LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Evaluation Principles for

Anadromous and Resident FishAnadromous and Resident Fish

7. To develop and implement research 7. To develop and implement research programs in the LSRCP project area of programs in the LSRCP project area of regional significance.regional significance.

The LSRCP program will cooperate The LSRCP program will cooperate with regional partners to support such with regional partners to support such activities as funding permits once activities as funding permits once obligations outlined in paragraphs 1 – obligations outlined in paragraphs 1 – 6 are met. 6 are met.

Future Process TimelineFuture Process Timeline June 1, 2008June 1, 2008

– FY09 SOW and budget to LSRCPFY09 SOW and budget to LSRCP

June and July, 2008June and July, 2008– Review FY08 accomplishments and FY09 Review FY08 accomplishments and FY09

requestrequest

August, 2008August, 2008– Budgets to PortlandBudgets to Portland

September, 2008September, 2008– Budgets to cooperatorsBudgets to cooperators

Adequate funding is becoming Adequate funding is becoming increasingly difficult.increasingly difficult.

Consider other funding opportunities Consider other funding opportunities toto– NPCC/BPA amendment process;NPCC/BPA amendment process;– Pacific Salmon Treaty;Pacific Salmon Treaty;– Other ?? Other ??

Uncertainties and Data Uncertainties and Data NeedsNeeds

Identify uncertainties and data needsIdentify uncertainties and data needs

Include the management Include the management question that would be question that would be

addressed by future study.addressed by future study.

– Adult EscapementAdult Escapement– Juvenile productionJuvenile production– Hatchery fish Hatchery fish

reproductive success in reproductive success in wildwild

– Genetic impacts to wild Genetic impacts to wild and hatchery stocksand hatchery stocks

– Long term fitnessLong term fitness– straying straying – Refugia maintenanceRefugia maintenance– Endemic vs. nonendemic Endemic vs. nonendemic

– Ecological interactionsEcological interactions– Statial/temporal Statial/temporal

structurestructure– ProductivityProductivity– Life history diversityLife history diversity– Smolt assessmentSmolt assessment– Disease monitoringDisease monitoring– Fish culture impactsFish culture impacts– Habitat conditionsHabitat conditions– Value of recycling adults Value of recycling adults

through fisheriesthrough fisheries

20042004 Draft Draft MEG Study GuidelinesMEG Study GuidelinesM & E Study GuidelinesM & E Study Guidelines