Review Procedures 



The Independent Scientific Ad\ i- 

 sory Board is a standing group that 

 meets regularly throughout the year. 

 Recommendations I'rom the Inde- 

 pendent Scientific Advisory Board 

 are reached by consensus. The Inde- 

 pendent Scientific ,'\d\isory Board 

 may enlist ad hoc members to 

 assist in re\'ie\vs. Ad hoc members 

 may include Independent Scientific 

 Review Panel and Peer Review 

 Group members. The Independent 

 Scientific Advisory Board conducts 

 reviews in a manner consistent vv ith 

 its tenns of reference and procedures 

 policy. 



Independent Scientific .\dvisory 

 Board Administrative Oversight 

 Panel 



A panel consisting of the chair 

 of the Northwest Power Planning 

 Council, the regional administrator 

 of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Ser\'ice. and a representati\e from 

 the Columbia Basin Indian tribes 

 provides administrative oversight for 

 the Independent Scientific Advisory 

 Board and approves the Independent 

 Scientific Advisory Board work 

 plan. The panel makes appointments 

 to the Independent Scientific Advi- 

 sory Board from a list developed 

 by a Scientific Screening Commit- 

 tee. Decisions of the panel shall be 

 by majority vote. The Council shall 

 work with the National Marine Fish- 

 eries Service and the regional Indian 

 tribes to amend the Independent Sci- 

 entific Advisory Board's tenns of 

 reference to provide this role for 

 the regional Indian tribes, and to 

 define protocols for the .Adminis- 

 trative Oversight Panel that ensure 

 the Independent Scientific Advisory 

 Board's continued independence. 



Specific Tasks of the Independent 

 Scientific Advisory Board 



• Evaluate the program's scientific 

 principles to ensure they are con- 

 sistent with the best available sci- 

 ence 



Evaluate the fish and wildlife 

 program on its scientific merits 

 in time to infonn amendments to 

 the fish and wildlife program and 

 before the Council requests rec- 

 ommendations from the region 



Evaluate National Marine Fish- 

 eries Service recovery plans for 

 Columbia River Basin stocks and 

 aspects of the recovery process 

 when requested 



- Review the scientific and 

 technical issues associated with 

 efforts to improve anadromous 

 fish survival through all life 

 stages, based on adaptive man- 

 agement approaches 



- Review and provide advice 

 on priorities for conservation 

 and recovery efforts, includ- 

 ing research, monitoring and 

 evaluation 



Provide specific scientific advice 

 on topics and questions requested 

 from the region and approved 

 by the oversight panel. Tribes, 

 fish and wildlife agencies and 

 others may submit questions 

 to the Independent Scientific 

 Advisory Board through the 

 oversight panel. The Independent 

 Scientific Advisory Board may 

 also identify questions and pro- 

 pose reviews. The oversight 

 panel and the Independent Sci- 

 entific Advisory Board reviews 

 these questions in a timely 

 manner and decides which are 

 amenable to scientific analysis, 

 are relevant to the Council's and 

 National Marine Fisheries Ser- 

 vice's programs, and fit within 

 the Independent Scientific Advi- 

 sory Board's work plan 



In 2000, The National Marine 

 Fisheries Service established a 

 Recovery Science Review Panel 

 and Technical Review Teams 

 that will provide scientific advice 

 on West Coast salmon recovery 

 efforts. The Independent Scien- 

 tific Adv isory Board effort will 

 be coordinated with The National 



Marine Fisheries Service's panel 

 and teams to a\ ciid redundancy. 



3. Administration of the Inde- 

 pendent Scientific Review 

 Panel, the Scientific Peer 

 Review Groups, and the 

 Independent Scientific Advi- 

 sory Board Membership 



The Independent Scientific 

 Review Panel and the Independent 

 Scientific Advisory Board shall each 

 be composed of eleven members. 

 Peer Review Groups shall be com- 

 posed of a pool of scientists sufficient 

 in size and expertise to assist the 

 Independent Scientific Review Panel 

 in its review responsibilities. To 

 ensure coordination and avoid redun- 

 dancy of eftbrts between the Inde- 

 pendent Scientific Review Panel and 

 the Independent Scientific Advisory 

 Board, at least two members of the 

 Independent Scientific Review Panel 

 shall be on the Independent Scientific 

 Advisory Board. Other Independent 

 Scientific Advisory Board members 

 should be considered for appointment 

 to the Peer Review Group. 



Membership for each group shall 

 include, to the extent feasible, sci- 

 entists with expertise in Columbia 

 River anadromous and resident fish 

 ecology, statistics, wildlife ecology, 

 and ocean and estuary ecology, fish 

 husbandry, genetics, geomorphology, 

 social and economic sciences, and 

 other relevant disciplines. There 



Fast Fact 



yy hile development of the 

 hydrosysteiu harmed sonic spe- 

 cies of widlife, others bene- 

 fitted. Waterfowl, for example, 

 gained new shoreline feeding 

 and winterinii habitat when res- ' 

 crvoirs filled behind ihuns. 



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