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6.16.1 TECHNICAL WORK GROUPS(Begin to Fund in FY 1987)206(b)(l)[Abstract] BPA shall focus its funding of salmon and steelheadresearch in the next five years in the following areas ofemphasis:1. Studying water budget effectiveness and reservoir mortality;2. Controlling disease problems affecting spring and summerchinook;3. Exploring methods for substantially increasing andimproving hatchery production at existing hatcheries withinthe next 10 years; and4. Improving supplementation techniques.BPA shall fund technical work groups composed of representativesof the Fish and Wildlife agencies, tribes, hydropower projectoperators and BPA, with technical input from other experts, todevelop Five-Year Work Plans for each of the areas listedabove.ACTION ITEM ACTIVITY SUMMARY:Objectives:To fund the establishment of a TWG in each of the four areas ofresearch emphasis and to fund the development of Five-Year Work Plans.Background and Progress to Date:BPA funded the establishment of four TWGs in FY 1987. Each has madeprogress in its tasks:1. Reservoir Mortality and Water Budget Effectiveness TechnicalWork Group (M/WBTWG>:The M/WBTWG agreed on four areas of emphasis: survival and flowrelationships, predation, smoltification, and dam operations.As opinion was distinctly divided on the focus of survival andflow relationships, two Work Plans were submitted to the Councilin September 1987. The fishery agencies/Tribes plan emphasizedlong-term monitoring to determine the effectiveness of the WaterBudget and examination of the mechanisms of reservoirmortality. The BPA/USACE/PNUCC plan emphasized shorter-termsurvival research and simultaneous research on both theand mechanisms involved in reservoir mortality. This latterplan also maintains a basal monitoring program. To date, BPAnegotiates and funds research projects. In FY 1990, three newprojects were, or will be, implemented.ext