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A Proposal is an application to continue existing work or start new work. While historically the Program solicited for all types of projects at once, starting in fiscal year 2009, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and BPA are reviewing and soliciting for projects that are similar in nature and intent. These "categorical" reviews started with Wildlife projects and continue with Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation (RME) and Artificial Production (Hatchery) projects.

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Project 1982-013-02 - Coded Wire Tag-Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)

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	Proposal Number	Proposal Version	Type	State	Project	Title	Description	Creator	Percent Complete	Proposal Budget Limit	Create Date	Last Updated	Primary Contact	Proponent	Purpose	Emphasis	Solicitation	Portfolio	Biop Fish Accord
		Proposal Version 1	Existing Project	Pending BPA Response				Shaun Clements (Inactive)


	RMECAT-1982-013-02	Proposal Version 1	Existing Project	Pending BPA Response	1982-013-02	Coded Wire Tag-Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)	This project contributes to the annual assessment of hatchery and wild salmon populations throughout the Columbia Basin. Specifically, the goal of the coded-wire tag program, in conjunction with other Columbia River marking programs, is to tag a sufficient numbers of coho and chinook salmon from each hatchery such that accurate estimates of survival and distribution in the ocean, in freshwater fisheries and escapement areas can be made. Historically, the objective of the CWT program has been to release adequate numbers of CWT marked fish to ensure sufficient power of detecting a 50% difference in survival among compared groups (i.e. p= 1-0.95/2). This standard is currently under review (by PSC and other CWT users) and we expect to modify tagging levels in the near future to reflect project goals and desired management outcomes. Each coded wire tag group is intended to represent a portion of the total hatchery production for the species. Multiple tag groups at each hatchery represent different production scenarios, such as one portion of the production released at a different time or size than another portion. This project primarily funds the marking of fish in ODFW’s lower Columbia Basin hatcheries. CWTs are inserted into juvenile salmonids prior to release and release data is submitted to the Regional Mark Information System (RMIS). This data is then available when returning adults are captured in fisheries and escapement sampling programs. The marking is performed by ODFW’s Fish ID section and the marking program and data summaries are managed by ODFW’s Fish Propagation Division. This project is expected to contribute to a long and consistent time series of survival and distribution data that can be used to measure trends in abundance of selected hatchery stocks. In addition, the tagged hatchery stocks will be used, where appropriate, to provide data relevant to the management of natural stocks, including many that are listed as threatened and endangered under the ESA. The effectiveness of this project will be generally evaluated by the standards proposed in the PSC’s expert panel review, i.e. recovery of at least 10 tags in a fishery. Fish managers, researchers, mitigation agencies and others use the CWT release and recovery data to evaluate a number of administrative, management and environmental effects on salmon and steelhead. For example, the harvest management agencies combine CWT data with other data and information to estimate the effects of harvest regulation on populations of salmon and steelhead. Others use CWT data to estimate the rates of escapement into the wild of a population of hatchery fish. Others, including BPA, use CWT data to determine survival of different hatchery operations, hence the effectiveness of the hatchery programs they fund. The CWT marking and recovery program is consistent with the Council's 2009 Fish and Wildlife Program goals for monitoring and evaluation. In addition to monitoring the status of both threatened and endangered stocks, CWT recovery data are used to assess a wide variety of studies designed to improve survival of hatchery produced salmonids. CWT recovery data also provide critical information for evaluating stock rebuilding programs under measures now sponsored by the 2008/2010 FCRPS Biological Opinion. This project also helps hatchery mitigation production programs meet their monitoring metrics in determining survival rates, contribution to fisheries, life histories, sex biases and stray rates.	Shaun Clements (Inactive)			07/21/2010	07/07/2011	Shaun Clements (Inactive)	Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife	Hydrosystem	None	RME / AP Category Review	RM&E Cat. Review - RM&E	BiOp