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| A | 11680 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Project management | This work element covers all of the project management and administrative works related to this contract.
Proper project administration is necessary to ensure that this project stays on track with its work schedules. Project administration involves planning, issuing contracts when necessary, and then monitoring the work and budget to make certain that the milestones are reached and the project stays within budget. It involves attending management, planning, and budgetary meetings on the project. It also involves writing project plans, progress, technical, and annual reports. The time for the later reports is included in other work elements.
Tasks for this work element include:
Writing the FY07 Project plan and its associated budget
Attending planning and budgetary meetings on the project
Monitoring progress to ensure that milestones are met | $7,852 | 6.01% | 06/01/2006 | 09/30/2006 |
| B | 11681 | 183 | Produce Journal Article | Evaluate performance of the entire network of adult interrogation systems | During FY06, we propose to continue analyzing the existing and the newly installed extended-range interrogation systems using previously tagged salmonids. We propose to continue determining PIT-tag reading efficiencies for the different salmonid populations (e.g., steelhead and chinook salmon, ocean type and stream type) and age classes ascending the fish ladders at Bonneville, McNary, Ice Harbor, and Lower Granite Dams. By continuing our yearly evaluations, we will be able to estimate normal year-to-year variation and start being able to define the impact of different fish densities on fish behavior in the ladders.
These evaluations are critical for researchers and managers that use the data collected at the different extended-range interrogation systems for their monitoring and evaluation of mitigation actions. The different levels of confidence in the data are necessary for making accurate SAR and other estimates. As has been true for every year that the systems have been evaluated, the 2006 evaluation will also provide new information on how adult salmon use fish ladders and indicate whether the current interrogation systems are satisfactory or if further development is necessary.
We will also calculate or record on a biweekly schedule, number-of-reads per fish, individual antenna currents, and relative weir counts to determine if performances of individual interrogation units (antenna, antenna cable, and transceiver) are degrading at all (especially the antennas that contain moisture). These records are then kept to yield a yearly index that can be compared to earlier annual indices. This work will be done in conjunction with PSMFC in helping to determine whether any of the orifice antennas need to be replaced.
The data analyses of the individual populations have assisted PSMFC in its operation and maintenance of the interrogation systems for adult salmonids because they have found problems that their O&M systems do not catch. PSMFC mostly deals with analyzing short-term problems and not following long-term performance. Thus our independent analyses complement nicely with theirs to keep the install systems operating smoothly. | $25,148 | 19.23% | 04/01/2006 | 12/01/2006 |
| C | 11682 | 183 | Produce Journal Article | Evaluate the new vertical-slot system at Bonneville Dam | BPA and the Corps will be installing a vertical-slot interrogation system into the top portion of the Bradford Fish Ladder at Bonneville Dam. Since it is not practical to tag fish and release them into the Bradford fish ladder because earlier tests have shown that fish behavior would be abnormal, NMFS proposes to utilize inriver tagged fish for the analysis comparing the detection of tagged fish in the orifice-based and the vertical-slot interrogation systems. The analysis will cover the main salmonid populations that use the fish ladder. | $17,400 | 13.31% | 04/01/2006 | 12/01/2006 |
| D | 11683 | 183 | Produce Journal Article | Evaluate the new full-flow system at Bonneville Dam | BPA and the Corps will be installing a full-flow interrogation system near the Juvenile Fish Facility (JFF) at Bonneville Dam. Since this new system will be in series with the current interrogation system installed at the JFF, it will be possible to compare the two systems directly. Since there may be a difference in how well the two systems detect different salmonid populations, the analysis will cover the main salmonid populations that use that passageway.
This system needs to be evaluated thoroughly because in the future, the goal is to bypass the current interrogation system and only use the full-flow system. | $17,400 | 13.31% | 04/20/2006 | 09/30/2006 |
| E | 11684 | 183 | Produce Journal Article | Evaluate the new counting-window system at McNary Dam | BPA and the Corps will be installing a counting-window interrogation system into the top portion of the Washington Ladder at McNary Dam. Since it is not practical to tag fish and release them into the Washington Ladder, NMFS proposes to utilize inriver tagged fish for the analysis comparing the detection of tagged fish in the orifice-based and the counting-window interrogation systems. The analysis will cover the main salmonid populations that use the ladder. Earlier analyses using these populations demonstrated that summer chinook salmon were not detected well in this ladder and recommended that the counting-window system be installed. | $17,407 | 13.31% | 04/15/2006 | 12/01/2006 |
| F | 11685 | 183 | Produce Journal Article | Evaluate the new PIT tag model (TX1400SST) | DA has been working on improving their tag technology in order to increase their chances of detecting tagged fish transiting the huge antenna needed for the corner-collector detection system. They are currently producing an interim tag model (TX1400SGL) and will be ready in late fall to release the final tag model (TX1400SST). Before this tag can be used by the fisheries community, the PIT-Tag Steering Committee requires that the tag pass a number of tests. The proposed budget covers the costs for running the necessary laboratory tests.
It is possible that BPA may request that tags from other manufacturers also be evaluated for use in evaluating the corner collector. These tags might be evaluated with either the current set of tests or with a shorter list of tests. The current budget does not include the time it would take to perform these tests or if necessary the time to develop alternative tests since the emphasis would be on the large corner collector antenna. | $20,855 | 15.95% | 12/07/2005 | 09/30/2006 |
| G | 11686 | 156 | Develop RM&E Methods and Designs | Assist in development of new Separation-by-code software | In the mid 1990s, NMFS developed the DOS-based computer program, MULTIMON, that is still used at the dams for Separation-by-Code projects. In FY04, PSMFC finally found a computer platform that they believe will allow them to develop a Windows-based program that will be able to perform this function. The current schedule calls for an evaluation of the prototype software first in the laboratory and then at a juvenile fish facility in 2006; depending on the timing of the evaluation, they would like to include a fish test as part of the evaluation. PSMFC has requested that NMFS assist them in evaluating the program in the laboratory and the field. Furthermore, they have requested that NMFS design and help carry out the fish test. The proposed budget includes money for work related to the evaluation and fish test. | $17,759 | 13.58% | 10/01/2005 | 09/30/2006 |
| H | 11687 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Final report covering FY06 activites | At the end of the contract, BPA requires that NMFS write a final report that summarizes their FY06 activities. | $3,460 | 2.65% | | 12/01/2006 |
| I | 11679 | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Quarterly status reports | BPA contract requires this project provide quarterly status reports to its COTR. | $3,460 | 2.65% | 01/01/2006 | 09/30/2006 |
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