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Contract Number:

33620

Contract Title:

2007-249-00 EXP EVALUATION OF LIVE CAPTURE GEAR

Contract Start Date:

5/1/2007

Contract End Date:

5/31/2008

WE ID:

156. Develop RM&E Methods and Designs

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Title:

E: 156 - Develop detailed study design and suitability evaluation matrix.

Description:

Development of the study design, methodologies and protocols will be accomplished by integrating fishery location and seasonality with information review of all relevant scientifically-valid peer reviewed and gray literature and case studies of live-capture selective fishing gear applications, and selective gears tour with suitability criteria for different gears and run timing and abundance information and developing a suitability evaluation matrix. CCT will oversee and lead all aspects of developing the suitability evaluation matrix and detailed study design, and reports. Activities will focus on applications related to anadromous salmonids and for geographic regions that are similar to the upper Columbia River area.

LGL, Limited Environmental Research Associates will provide expertise and participate in a capacity-building role to CCT staff and members by advising and assisting in a technical support role. LGL, Limited will participate with the CCT in-onsite operational assessments; will assist the CCT in preparing the summary of the assessments, a gear/fishery/siting database design, preparation of the Suitability Evaluation Matrix, and preparation of the Draft and Final gear testing design report. They will also advise on mark-recapture and statistical techniques; and on gear design and sourcing. Dave Moore will provide sub-contractor assistance with expediting a selective gears tour to observe, witness and learn about different live-capture gears and techniques and their respective operation ranges and limitations. Cultural emersion including talking with tribal elders and key tribal staff is important in order to integrate tribal culture and tradition into the selection and use of any gear ultimately selected as a product of this work.

WE Agreement Type:

Contracted

Deliverable Specification:

The study design will establish a gear testing schedule for Phase II and establish sampling protocols and methodologies, including marking and recapture analysis for determining post-release survival, CPUE per species and gear (number of fish per unit of time and/or effort) capture efficiency per species and gear (number of fish per number of fish in the rive and rearing type HOR vs NOR), injury and survival effects on target and non-target species, cost effectiveness, safety, and practicality of tribal use (individual and community).

We suggest that the proportion of non-target fish to target fish maybe a useful metric, and assessing the relative acute and 24-hour (minimum) holding mortality rates. If non- target fish are going to be released, tagged, and depending on the number of marks released, some post-dash release survival information could be obtained through recaptures.

Gears to be evaluated include dip nets, angling, pound nets, net traps weirs and traps, fish wheels (with and without motors), seines, tangle nets (set nets and drift nets), spear, and gaff; during adult salmon upstream migration, holding and spawning time-frame (June through October). Details of specific gears to be tested will be developed for the Study Design.

Final Report will be submitted to ISRP.

Different gear types will be analyzed for a variety of suitability criteria, including catch efficiency, bycatch mortality, post release survival, ease of use, cost of new versus existing gear, safety, fishermen access, access to private property, equipment needs, tribal (community) versus individual tribal member use of the gear, need for recovery of released fish (revival boxes, holding pens), permitting, ESA constraints, and fish condition (fat content).

The suitability elevation matrix will be developed, listing the suitability criteria in rows and the gear types in columns to help elucidate the most appropriate (gears) for different areas (e.g., mainstem Columbia River, Columbia River immediately below and at the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery site, lower Okanogan River, middle Okanogan River, Okanogan River at the Similkameen confluence, and Okanogan River between Zosel Dam and the Similkameen River), and at different times during the adult run.

The milestones attempt to show the sequence of steps that will be used to produce the study plan-starting with a literature review (Milestone A), on-site operational assessments (Milestone B), tour of different gears used in similar fisheries (Milestone C), the development of a Suitability Criteria Matrix (Milestone E), and final study design (Milestone F).

The 8/31/06 ISRP comments will be addressed in the study design for Phase II and the corresponding SOW.

WSE Effective Budget:

$73,370

% of Total WSE Effective Budget:

44.18%

WSE Start:

05/01/2007

WSE End:

05/31/2008

WSE Completion:

05/30/2008

WSE Progress:

Concluded

WSE ID Continued From:

[Unassigned]

WSE ID Continued To:

[Unassigned]

Finite or Recurring:

Finite

Budget History

SOWRevision	Planned	Updated	Contractor Comments (optional)	BPA Comments (optional)
1. 33620 (05/01/2007 - 05/31/2008)	$67,370	$73,370
Work Element Budget (Current Performance Period)	$73,370	$73,370

Milestones

7 Milestones

Sort	Type	Title	Start	End	Status	Modified By	Modified Date
A		Literature review	6/1/2007	12/31/2007	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/13/2008 10:18:12 AM
		Description: Compile and review literature and include an explanation of the different possible gears that can be employed by the CCT in the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers in the study plan.
B		On-site operation assessments of methods and locations.	6/1/2007	12/31/2007	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/13/2008 10:18:12 AM
		Description: On-site operational assessments of methods and locations will be conducted to directly consult with organizations actively using live-capture selective fishing gears in the Pacific Northwest. These activities will be observed during the summer and early Autumn of 2007 in order to further determine the gears that will be tested in fiscal year 2008 and 2009.
C		Selective Gears Tour	7/1/2007	10/31/2007	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/13/2008 10:18:12 AM
		Description: A tour will be provided to observe and learn from different selective gears in action and will be comprised of 7 personnel including 4 from CCT and others from BPA and subcontractors. The field trip will be used to observe, witness and learn about different live-capture gears and techniques that are presently used and their respective operation ranges and limitations. Potential tour sites, gears and fisheries include: 1. Middle Fraser River sockeye dipnet fishery (Northern Secwepemc); 2. Farwell Canyon dry-racks (Chilcotin dipnet sockeye fishery); 3. Thompson River - Deadman and Raft Rivers Chinook weir fisheries Chinook tangle tooth fishery, and a Sockeye seine fishery (South Secwepemc); 4. Siska/Mid-Fraser River seine and fish wheel (sockeye and Chinook); 5. Lower Fraser seine and driftnet/tangle-tooth fishery for pink and sockeye salmon (Sto:lo); and 6. Lower Fraser fish wheel for sockeye (collaborative research project).
D		Submit on-site assessment report to BPA	7/1/2007	12/31/2007	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/13/2008 10:18:12 AM
		Description: Gear types and operations will be documented via still photography and video records. Information collected from the on-site assessment will be distributed to staff, agencies and stakeholders through a report on the field trip.
E		Develop suitablity evaluation matrix.	5/1/2007	12/31/2007	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/13/2008 10:18:12 AM
		Description: Suitability criteria will include catch efficiency, bycatch mortality, post release survival, ease of use, cost, use of new versus existing gear, safety, fishermen access, property rights, equipment needs, manpower, training, liability, maintenance, tribal (community) versus individual use, need for recovery of released fish (revival boxes, holding pens), permitting, ESA constraints, and fish condition (e.g., fat content). Different gear types will be analyzed for each of these criteria, including dip nets, angling, pound nets, net traps, weirs and traps, fish wheels (with and without motors), seines, tangle nets (set nets and drift nets), and dip netting in the hatchery ladder. A suitability evaluation matrix will be developed, listing the suitability criteria in rows and the gear types in columns to help elucidate the most appropriate gear for different areas, and at different times during the adult run. The suitability criteria by gear type will then be ranked based on potential effectiveness (e.g., 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good). The ranked scores will then allow for determination of the most suitable gear type for a given location and time period during the upriver migration. Additional suitability criteria will be specified and used as the Study Design is developed, including cultural factors that arise from the public outreach and education components. This particular element attempts to indicate the multi-dimensional attributes of the matrix by stating that the two-dimensional matrix (by suitability criteria and gear types) will be analyzed for different areas and at different timing during the adult run. Cultural factors are incorporated by using suitability criteria identified in WE-F, Milestone Description E, such as safety, practicality of tribal use, fishermen access, manpower, training, liability, tribal community efforts versus individual efforts, and fish condition (e.g., fat content).
F		Develop detailed study design.	5/1/2007	12/31/2007	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/13/2008 10:18:12 AM
		Description: The study design will establish a gear testing schedule for Phase II and establish sampling protocols and methodologies, including marking and recapture analysis for determining post-release survival, CPUE per species and gear (number of fish per unit of time and/or effort), capture efficiency per species and gear (number of fish per number of fish in the river), injury and survival effects on target and non-target species, cost effectiveness, safety, and practicality of tribal use (individual and community). The 8/31/06 ISRP comments will be addressed in the study design for Phase II and the corresponding SOW. The study design will also include explicit fish handling protocols for both target species and non-target species. These will include environmental factors (e.g., water temperature) and the application of marks to determine post-release survival.
G	DELIV	Develop detailed study design and suitability evaluation matrix and submit to ISRP		5/31/2008	Concluded	Linda Hermeston (Inactive)	3/14/2008 10:33:39 AM
		Description: The study design will establish a gear testing schedule for Phase II and establish sampling protocols and methodologies, including marking and recapture analysis for determining post-release survival, CPUE per species and gear (number of fish per unit of time and/or effort) capture efficiency per species and gear (number of fish per number of fish in the rive and rearing type HOR vs NOR), injury and survival effects on target and non-target species, cost effectiveness, safety, and practicality of tribal use (individual and community). We suggest that the proportion of non-target fish to target fish maybe a useful metric, and assessing the relative acute and 24-hour (minimum) holding mortality rates. If non- target fish are going to be released, tagged, and depending on the number of marks released, some post-dash release survival information could be obtained through recaptures. Gears to be evaluated include dip nets, angling, pound nets, net traps weirs and traps, fish wheels (with and without motors), seines, tangle nets (set nets and drift nets), spear, and gaff; during adult salmon upstream migration, holding and spawning time-frame (June through October). Details of specific gears to be tested will be developed for the Study Design. Final Report will be submitted to ISRP. Different gear types will be analyzed for a variety of suitability criteria, including catch efficiency, bycatch mortality, post release survival, ease of use, cost of new versus existing gear, safety, fishermen access, access to private property, equipment needs, tribal (community) versus individual tribal member use of the gear, need for recovery of released fish (revival boxes, holding pens), permitting, ESA constraints, and fish condition (fat content). The suitability elevation matrix will be developed, listing the suitability criteria in rows and the gear types in columns to help elucidate the most appropriate (gears) for different areas (e.g., mainstem Columbia River, Columbia River immediately below and at the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery site, lower Okanogan River, middle Okanogan River, Okanogan River at the Similkameen confluence, and Okanogan River between Zosel Dam and the Similkameen River), and at different times during the adult run. The milestones attempt to show the sequence of steps that will be used to produce the study plan-starting with a literature review (Milestone A), on-site operational assessments (Milestone B), tour of different gears used in similar fisheries (Milestone C), the development of a Suitability Criteria Matrix (Milestone E), and final study design (Milestone F). The 8/31/06 ISRP comments will be addressed in the study design for Phase II and the corresponding SOW.

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Study Plan Name	Study Plan Owner	Protocol State	Sample Design Name
BPA Fish and Wildlife Program Monitoring v1.0	Russell Scranton	Draft

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