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Includes work performed under contracts solely for incubation of fish eggs. If the full range of hatchery fish culture activities is performed under a contract, use WE#176, Produce Hatchery Fish.

• Number of eggs produced by species, location of production.

Rule 1: Any ESA, NEPA, permitting, or other environmental compliance work should be split out under WE# 165, Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation.

Example:

WE: Incubate Eggs
WE Title: Incubate eggs at Fish Central Hatchery
WE Description: Provide safe incubation of spring Chinook eggs at Fish Central Hatchery.

WE: Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation
WE Title: NEPA/ESA for incubation activities at Fish Central Hatchery
WE Description: Provide NEPA documentation to BPA and work with NOAA Fisheries to obtain Section 10 permit for incubation activities at Fish Central Hatchery.

Rule 2: If more than one species/ESU or brood year is being incubated, split each species and brood year into separate work elements.

Example:

WE: Incubate Eggs
WE Title: Incubate BY 2008 spring Chinook salmon eggs.
WE Description: Incubate up to 1 million spring Chinook salmon eggs at Happy Fish Hatchery for shipment to other hatcheries for rearing.

WE: Incubate Eggs
WE Title: Incubate BY 2008 summer Chinook salmon eggs.
WE Description: Incubate up to 500,000 summer Chinook salmon eggs at Happy Fish Hatchery for direct release to three locations along Big Creek.

WE: Incubate Eggs
WE Title: Incubate BY 2009 summer Chinook salmon eggs.
WE Description: Incubate up to 500,000 summer Chinook salmon eggs at Happy Fish Hatchery for direct release to three locations along Big Creek.

• Environmental compliance requirements complete
On-the-ground work associated with this work element cannot proceed until this milestone is complete. Milestone is complete when final documentation is received from BPA environmental compliance staff (completion can be based on pre-existing environmental documentation from BPA).
• Receive fertilized fish eggs
• Incubate eggs
• Transfer fry for rearing
• Shock & Pick eggs
• Release eggs to stream

Metrics

No metrics needed for this work element.

You may enter more than one point for this work element to describe multiple facilities and release sites for a specific population, ESU, or species that are part of the same hatchery program. However, if work is done in separate subbasins, use a separate work element for each subbasin. If a location already exists in Pisces, click the "Link" button to synchronize locations. If not, enter a location and location description for this work element to enable future linking.

Applicability and status of the following environmental compliance requirements can be found on the Environmental Compliance tab for that work element in your SOW for all 2007 contracts forward. BPA's Environmental staff will update and maintain this information in Pisces in real time, so that you can check the status of environmental compliance on your project at any time.

Note: Many of the fields are set to auto-load in Pisces, but the settings will be reviewed by BPA's Environmental staff prior to the contract being finalized, and may be revised depending on the specific circumstances.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

NEPA coverage for this work element will be determined by BPA's Environmental staff and could include an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental Assessment (EA), Record of Decision to an existing EIS, or Categorical Exclusion.

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

ESA consultation is typically required for this work element.

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)

NHPA Section 106 consultation is typically not required for this work element.

Public Involvement

Public involvement is typically required for this work element. The contractor should work with BPA Environmental staff to document previous or ongoing outreach efforts associated with this work or to develop a public involvement plan.

• If the full range of fish culture activities is performed under a contract, use WE# 176: Produce Hatchery Fish.
• If a hatchery O&M contract involves only one or two fish culture activities such as trapping/collecting/holding fish or acclimation of juvenile fish, one or more of these specific work elements may be used, as appropriate: WE# 66, Trap/Collect/Hold/Transport Fish - Hatchery; WE# 64, Spawn Fish; WE# 63, Rear Fish; WE# 56, Acclimate Juvenile Fish; WE# 60, Maintain Fish Health.
• Maintenance of the incubation facility should be covered under WE# 61, Maintain Hatchery.
• All put and take fishery work is covered under WE# 187, Put and Take Fisheries.
• Any use of WE 59 Incubate Eggs requires an annual production plan for those fish. Use WE# 174 Produce Plan - Hatchery Production Plan to cover work to develop this plan. The plan will cover all species reared under this WE. For each species, where applicable, the plan will include a forecast for the next adult return and the number retained for broodstock, disposition of excess fish, assumptions about survival between life stages, number of individuals to be released at each lifestage, transportation, and acclimation plans, etc. The plan will be provided electronically to comanagers and attached in Pisces to the contract under which the fish are reared. For contracts that also include WE# 61 Maintain Hatchery, where an annual maintenance plan is required, the annual production plan(s) and the maintenance plan may be combined into a single document titled "Annual Operating Plan" (AOP).