1. Lower Snake River Comp Plan M & E Program SPY’s thoughts based on 3 weeks

2. Remember the Honeymoon period

3. The M & E Program Hatchery Production Production Trapping Acclimation Natural Production Production Productivity Genetic Cooperators

4. LSRCP Objectives Congressional Authorization Congressional Authorization –Adult return goals  58,700sp/su chinook  55,100 steelhead  18,300 fall chinook ESA-minimize/avoid impacts to naturally reproducing listed stocks ESA-minimize/avoid impacts to naturally reproducing listed stocks

5. –Adult Escapement –Juvenile production –Hatchery fish reproductive success in wild –Genetic impacts to wild and hatchery stocks –Long term fitness –straying –Refugia maintenance –Endemic vs. nonendemic –Ecological interactions –Statial/temporal structure –Productivity –Life history diversity –Smolt assessment –Disease monitoring –Fish culture impacts –Habitat conditions –Value of recycling adults through fisheries M & E Study Guidelines 2004 Draft MEG Study Guidelines

6. Competition for funding between facility maintenance, fish production, and M & E led to the need for addition guidance in prioritizing available funding.

7. 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

8. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 1. To develop and implement fish culture and production strategies that maximize survival, by releasing healthy fish while minimizing domestication.

9. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 2. To evaluate the success of the LSRCP program’s mitigation goal to replace adult Chinook, steelhead and rainbow trout in place and in-kind.

10. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 3. Obtain the scientific information necessary to manage the LSRCP hatchery mitigation facilities and manage fisheries in the project area consistent with applicable laws, trust responsibilities, regulations, and permits.

11. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 4. Electronically share accurate and complete evaluation data in a timely manner with the LSRCP office, among cooperators, and to identified regional partners.

12. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 5. Design and implement programs that are scientifically credible, cost effective, logistically practical, and that provide written reports in a timely manner.

13. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 6. Participate in forums and other activities as time and funding permit to achieve state, tribal, regional, national and international management and conservation obligations and objectives.

14. LSRCP Monitoring and Evaluation Principles for Anadromous and Resident Fish 7. To develop and implement research programs in the LSRCP project area of regional significance. The LSRCP program will cooperate with regional partners to support such activities as funding permits once obligations outlined in paragraphs 1 – 6 are met. The LSRCP program will cooperate with regional partners to support such activities as funding permits once obligations outlined in paragraphs 1 – 6 are met.

15. Future Process Timeline June 1, 2008 June 1, 2008 –FY09 SOW and budget to LSRCP June and July, 2008 June and July, 2008 –Review FY08 accomplishments and FY09 request August, 2008 August, 2008 –Budgets to Portland September, 2008 September, 2008 –Budgets to cooperators

16. Adequate funding is becoming increasingly difficult. Adequate funding is becoming increasingly difficult. Consider other funding opportunities to Consider other funding opportunities to –NPCC/BPA amendment process; –Pacific Salmon Treaty; –Other ??

17. Uncertainties and Data Needs Identify uncertainties and data needs Identify uncertainties and data needs Include the management question that would be addressed by future study.

18. –Adult Escapement –Juvenile production –Hatchery fish reproductive success in wild –Genetic impacts to wild and hatchery stocks –Long term fitness –straying –Refugia maintenance –Endemic vs. nonendemic –Ecological interactions –Statial/temporal structure –Productivity –Life history diversity –Smolt assessment –Disease monitoring –Fish culture impacts –Habitat conditions –Value of recycling adults through fisheries 2004 Draft MEG Study Guidelines M & E Study Guidelines