The Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) serves the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), Columbia River Indian Tribes, and the Council by providing independent scientific advice and recommendations regarding scientific issues that relate to the respective agencies’ fish and wildlife programs.

 

REPORTS

ISAB 2025-1 ISAB SAR and SAS Metrics Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Estimation, Interpretation, and Use of Smolt-to-Adult Return (SAR) and Survival (SAS) Metrics for Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia River Basin
ISAB 2024-3 ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2024 Annual Report
ISAB 2024-2 ISAB 2024 Review of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2024-1 ISAB Review of Technical Memorandum: Loss Assessment of Spring/Summer Chinook in the Upper Snake River Basin
ISAB 2023-2 ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2023 Annual Report
ISAB 2023-1 ISAB Review of Spring Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Models for Assessing Responses to EIS Alternatives for the Willamette Valley System
ISAB 2022-2 ISAB Review of the Upper Columbia United Tribes' Phase 2 Implementation Plan: Testing Feasibility of Reintroduced Salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin
ISAB 2022-1 ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2022 Annual Report
ISAB 2021-5 ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2021 Annual Report
ISAB 2021-4 American Shad in the Columbia River: Past, Present, Future
ISAB 2021-3 ISAB Review of the Coast-Wide Analysis of Chinook Salmon Smolt to Adult Returns (SARs) by Welch et al.
ISAB 2021-2 ISAB Comparison of Research Findings on Avian Predation Impacts on Salmon Survival
ISAB 2021-1 ISAB Dam Bypass Selectivity Report: Review of Analyses of Juvenile Fish Size Selectivity in Dam Bypass Systems and Implications for Estimating and Interpreting Fish Survival
ISAB 2020-2

Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2020 Annual Report 
ISAB 2020-1 Review of Chapter 2 of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) 2019 Annual Report
ISAB 2019-3 Review of the Upper Columbia United Tribes’ Fish Passage and Reintroduction Phase 1 Report: Investigations Upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams (Reintroduction Report)
ISAB 2019-2 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2019 Annual Report
ISAB 2019-1 A Review of Predation Impacts and Management Effectiveness for the Columbia River Basin
ISAB 2018-4 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2018 Annual Report
ISAB 2018-3 Review of the 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2018-2 Review of NOAA Fisheries Document: A Power Analysis of Two Alternative Experimental Designs to Evaluate a Test of Increased Spill at Snake and Columbia River Dams, Using Smolt-to-Adult Returns of Anadromous Salmonids
ISAB 2018-1 Review of Spring Chinook Salmon in the Upper Columbia River
ISAB 2017-2 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2017 Annual Report
ISAB 2017-1 Review of NOAA Fisheries' Interior Columbia Basin Life-Cycle Modeling Draft Report
ISAB 2016-2 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2016 Annual Report
ISAB/ISRP 2016-1 Critical Uncertainties for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2016-1 Predation Metrics Report
ISAB 2015-2 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2015 Annual Report
ISAB 2015-1 Density Dependence and its Implications for Fish Management and Restoration in the Columbia River Basin (and July 2016 addendum)
ISAB 2014-5 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2014 Annual Report
ISAB 2014-4 Review of NOAA Fisheries' Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) Modeling of Willamette River Spring Chinook Populations
ISAB 2014-3 Review of the Fish Benefits Workbook for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Willamette Valley Project
ISAB 2014-2 Review of the Proposed Spill Study
ISAB 2014-1 ISAB Review of the Expert Regional Technical Group (ERTG) Process for Columbia River Estuary Habitat Restoration
ISAB 2013-5 Review of NOAA Fisheries’ Life-Cycle Models of Salmonid Populations in the Interior Columbia River Basin (June 28, 2013 draft)
ISAB 2013-4 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2013 Annual Report
ISAB 2013-3 Review of the IEAB Fish Tagging Cost Effectiveness Model
ISAB 2013-2 Review of BPA's A Framework for the Fish and Wildlife Program Data Management
ISAB 2013-1 Review of 2009 Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2012-7 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2012 Annual Report
ISAB 2012-6 Review of the Columbia Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Program
ISAB 2012-5 Review of the draft 2011 Fish Passage Center Annual Report
ISAB 2012-4 ISAB Review of draft 2012 MERR and HLI Reports
ISAB 2012-3 Review of Lamprey Synthesis Report
ISAB 2012-2 High Level Indicators for Monitoring Diversity
ISAB 2012-1 ISAB Follow-up Review: FPC and CSS analyses of latent mortality of in-river migrants due to route of dam passage
ISAB 2011-5 Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2011 Annual Report
ISAB 2011-4 Using a Comprehensive Landscape Approach for More Effective Conservation and Restoration
ISAB 2011-3 Review of Three Fish Passage Center Technical Memoranda
ISAB 2011-2 Comments on the Fish Passage Center’s draft 2010 Annual Report
ISAB 2011-1 Columbia River Basin Food Webs
ISRP/ISAB 2011-1 Comments on the Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy
ISAB 2010-6 Review of the data and graphics for the Council’s draft High Level Indicators’ Progress Report (pamphlet) to Governors and Congress
ISAB 2010-5 Review of the Comparative Survival Study 2010 Draft Annual Report to suggest topics for further review and to provide comments to improve the Annual Report
ISAB 2010-4 Review of FPC 2009 Annual Report to suggest analyses for further review and to provide comments to improve the Annual Report
ISAB/ISRP 2010-3 Comments on the Draft Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Reporting Plan
ISAB 2010-2 ISAB Review of NOAA Fisheries’ 2010 Low Flow Fish Transport Operations Proposal
ISAB 2010-1 Scoping for the ISAB Review of Fish Passage Center Products
ISAB 2009-3 Comments on the draft Tribal Pacific Lamprey Restoration Plan for the Columbia River Basin
ISRP/ISAB 2009-2 ISRP and ISAB Comments on the Council's March 2009 Proposed High Level Indicators
ISAB/ISRP 2009-1 Tagging Report: A comprehensive review of Columbia River Basin fish tagging technologies and programs
ISAB 2008-5 Snake River Spill — Transport Review
ISAB 2008-4 Non-native Species Impacts on Native Salmonids in the Columbia River Basin (Including Recommendations for Evaluating the Use of Non-Native Fish Species in Resident Fish Substitution Projects)
ISAB 2008-3 Review of the Comprehensive Passage (COMPASS) Model – Version 1.1
ISAB 2008-2 Review of the Estuary Recovery Module
ISAB 2008-1 Review of the Interior Columbia River Technical Recovery Team’s Analyses of Survival Changes Needed to Meet Viability Criteria
ISAB/ISRP 2007-6 ISAB and ISRP Review of the CSS Ten-Year Retrospective Summary Report
ISAB/ISRP 2007-5 ISAB/RP review of the Salmonid Field Protocols Handbook
ISAB 2007-4 Review of draft Viability Criteria for Application to Interior Columbia Basin Salmonid ESUs
ISAB 2007-3 Human Population Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife
ISAB 2007-2 Climate Change Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife
ISAB 2007-1 ISAB Latent Mortality Report
ISAB 2006-7 December 2006 Review of Compass Model version 1.0
ISAB 2006-6 COMPASS Model Development: ISAB reply to NOAA Fisheries’ request for a reaction to the COMPASS team response
ISAB 2006-5 ISAB review of Council proposal for a Columbia River Basin Data Center
ISAB/ISRP 2006-4 Review of the Draft Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance Document
ISAB 2006-3 Review of the 2005 Comparative Survival Studies’ Annual Report and Applicability of Comparative Survival Studies’ Analysis Results
ISAB 2006-2 Review of the COMPASS Model
ISAB 2006-1 Biological Effectiveness of 2005 Summer Spill
ISRP/ISAB 2005-15 Monitoring and Evaluation of Supplementation Projects
ISAB/ISRP 2005-13 Preliminary Review of Draft Research Plan
ISAB/ISRP 2005-5 Review of the All-H Analyzer (AHA)
ISAB 2005-4 Report on Harvest Management of Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead
ISAB 2005-3 Recommendation to Study Effects of Load Following on Juvenile Salmon Migratory Behavior and Survival
ISAB 2005-2 Viability of ESUs Containing Multiple Types of Populations
ISAB 2005-1 Review of the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's "Study Design for Comparing Monitoring Protocols"
ISRP/ISAB 2004-13 Scientific Review of Subbasin Plans for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2004-2 ISAB Findings from the Reservoir Operations / Flow Survival Symposium
ISRP/ISAB 2004-2 Comments on the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's (PNAMP) Draft Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin Plans
ISAB/ISRP 2004-1 Review of Draft Action Agency and NOAA Fisheries RME Plan
ISAB 2003-4 Comments on Draft NOAA Technical Recovery Team Documents Identifying Independent Salmonid Populations Within Evolutionarily Significant Units
ISAB 2003-3 Review of Salmon and Steelhead Supplementation
ISAB 2003-2 Review of Strategies for Recovering Tributary Habitat
ISAB 2003-1 Review of Flow Augmentation: Update and Clarification
ISAB 2002-1 Review of Giorgi et al Report
ISAB 2001-7 Review of Salmon Recovery Strategies for the Columbia River Basin
ISAB 2001-6 Review of the Biological Objectives in the 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2001-5 Review of Lower Snake River Flow Augmentation Studies
ISAB 2001-4 Recommendations on Council Staff's Draft Issue Paper: "Analysis of 2001 Federal Columbia River Power System Operations on Fish Survival"
ISAB 2001-3 Hatchery Surplus Review
ISAB 2001-2 2001 Emergency Surface Spill letter
ISAB 2001-1 Model Synthesis Report
ISAB 2000-5 The Columbia River Estuary and the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
ISAB 2000-4 Recommendations for the Design of Hatchery Monitoring Programs and the Organization of Data Systems
ISAB 2000-3 Consistency of the Council’s Artificial Production Policies and Implementation Strategies with Multi-Species Framework Principles and Scientific Review Team Guidelines
ISAB 2000-2 Review of the Draft Performance Standards and Indicators for Artificial Production in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Artificial Production Review
ISAB 2000-1 Review of Studies of Fish Survival in Spill at The Dalles Dam
ISAB 99-7 Review of the National Marine Fisheries Service Draft Cumulative Risk Analysis Addendum and cover memo
ISAB 99-6 Review of the National Marine Fisheries Service Draft Appendix: "An Assessment of Lower Snake River Hydrosystem Alternatives on Survival and Recovery of Snake River Salmonids" and cover memo
ISAB 99-5 Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee Net Pen Alternative: Response to Question from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council
ISAB 99-4 Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Capital Construction Program
ISAB 99-3 Work-In-Progress Report: Looking for Common Ground: Comparison of Recent Reports Pertaining to Salmon Recovery in the Columbia River Basin
ISAB 99-2 Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Capital Construction Program Part III, A. Adult Passage
ISAB 99-1 Review of "1998 Draft Annual Report to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality"
ISAB 98-8 Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Capital Construction Program Part II.B Dissolved Gas
ISAB 98-7 Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Capital Construction Program: Part II.A Development and Testing of Surface Bypass
ISAB 98-6 Review of “Development of a Regional Framework for Fish and Wildlife Restoration in the Columbia River Basin”
ISAB 98-5 Recommendation for Stable Flows in the Hanford Reach During the Time When Juvenile Fall Chinook are Present Each Spring
ISAB 98-4 First Report: The ISAB Corps Capital Construction Project Review: The scientific basis for juvenile fish passage improvements in the federal Columbia River power system: John Day Dam extended length turbine intake screens and Bonneville Dam bypass system
ISAB 98-3 ISAB 1997 Annual Report
ISAB 98-2 Response to the Questions of the Implementation Team Regarding Juvenile Salmon Transportation in the 1998 Season
ISAB 98-1 Review of Comparative Survival Rate Study of Hatchery PIT Tagged Chinook
ISAB 97-5 Review of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Impacts of Artificial Salmon and Steelhead Production Strategies in the Columbia River Basin
ISAB 97-4 Review of Proposal: Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project
ISAB 97-3 Ecological impacts of the flow provisions of the Biological Opinion for endangered Snake River salmon on resident fishes in the Hungry Horse and Libby systems in Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia
ISAB 97-2 Review of a Research Proposal for Inclusion in the 1997 Smolt Monitoring Program: Comparative Survival Rate Study of Hatchery PIT Tagged Chinook
ISAB 97-1 Review of the National Marine Fisheries Service's 1996 Annual Report to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality related to Waiver of the Dissolved Gas Standard
SRG 93-3 Critical Uncertainties in the Fish and Wildlife Program

Call for nominations

The Council, CRITFC, and NOAA invite nominations by January 31, 2025 to establish a pool of qualified candidates interested in potential appointment to the ISAB and/or ISRP.


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