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Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon (2006) / Chapter Skim
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5 Specifics of the Research and Restoration Plan
Pages 27-33

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From page 27...
... data identification, verification, documentation, and archiving will be useful. Data quality should be assessed in any retrospective analyses.
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From page 28...
... Conflict of Interest As in all research-funding programs, it is important for the AYK SSI's program to avoid the appearance and the reality of any conflict of interest. The NRC committee was troubled that persons primarily responsible for preparing the draft research plan, and especially the initial RFPs, also were competing for (and receiving)
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From page 29...
... The AYK SSI draft plan talks about the need for partnerships and collaborations, and this committee endorses that idea. Whereas collaborations with scientists and organizations undertaking closely related work may require simply a joint meeting or two, other more-complex activities will require much more coordination.
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From page 30...
... To avoid conflicts of interest, individuals should not review proposals for research funding in the same cycle in which they are also competing for funds, and they should not review proposals from their own organizations. BIOLOGICAL ESCAPEMENT GOALS The committee could not help noticing that escapement goals were not presented within the context of the AYK SSI science plan (save for the statement "Central to current management is the establishment of spawning escapement goals," on p.
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From page 31...
... We recommend that the metadata for the region contained in the North Pacific Ecosystem Metadatabase be assessed as a first step in the science program. In addition, that metadatabase should serve as a repository for AYK SSI metadata.
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From page 32...
... In other parts of the document, however, LTK tends to be the final statement or final paragraph of various discussions; it appears to be an afterthought, often coupled with the concept of capacity building. While LTK and capacity building are linked in some ways, LTK should play a much larger role in the overall plan and should be communicated with greater clarity.
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From page 33...
... And although this sentence appears, the use of LTK is not incorporated into the discussions of each study approach. LTK is mentioned (along with capacity building)
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