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Trout Production:

Trout Production:. Estimates Suggest Price Competitive Options are Available. Proposed Final Report. Tracey Elmore and Elisabeth Donner, JLARC Staff. Department of Fish and Wildlife Directed by Statute to Enhance and Improve Recreational Fishing.

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Trout Production:

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  1. Trout Production: Estimates Suggest Price Competitive Options are Available Proposed Final Report Tracey Elmore and Elisabeth Donner, JLARC Staff

  2. Department of Fish and Wildlife Directed by Statute to Enhance and Improve Recreational Fishing

  3. WDFW’s Approach to Trout Production Lacks Detailed Cost Data by Species and Size • Angler Survey – Functions as market research to identify angler demand by species and size • Fisheries Management Science Principles – Determines what species and sizes to produce and where to place these in response to angler demand • Tracks costs by hatchery rather than species and size – Lacks cost data to compare to prices of alternative approaches to the state producing all of its own trout Trout Production Report Page No. 6-7

  4. Legislature Directed Audit to Identify WDFW’s Costs to Produce Trout and Compare with Alternative Approaches

  5. Spokane Hatchery Case Study Provided Estimated and Comparable Costs • Auditors estimated cost to grow rainbow trout by three most commonly released sizes • Compared to private company’s estimated prices and previously submitted bids Rainbow Trout WDFW Spokane Hatchery Private Company • Fry $0.04 Not comparable Fingerlings $0.19 $0.36 Catchables $1.51 $1.13 to $1.77 Trout Production Report Page No. 4-5, 11-12 & App. 3

  6. Auditors Caution Against Applying Results More Broadly 1 The Department collects hatchery cost information by species and size (see Auditor Recommendation) 2 Formal bids are available showing the prices private growers would charge the Department to purchase their fish Trout Production It is likely the Legislature will not know with certainty whether results from this one price comparison apply more broadly until: Report Page No. 13

  7. Auditors Recommend WDFW Develop a Plan to Track Costs by Species and Size of Fish

  8. Auditor Recommendation: • Plan should determine the most cost effective approaches to meet WDFW’s stocking objectives, including the identification of production costs by species and size of fish • Will allow for comparison to the prices of alternative approaches to the state producing all of its own fish • The Department should report to the Legislature on this plan by December 2013 WDFW concurs OFM concurs Trout Production Report Page No. 21 & App. 2

  9. Contacts Tracey Elmore, Project Lead tracey.elmore@leg.wa.gov 360-786-5178 Elisabeth Donner, Research Analyst elisabeth.donner@leg.wa.gov 360-786-5190 John Woolley, Project Supervisor john.woolley@leg.wa.gov 360-786-5184 Visit JLARC’s website at www.jlarc.leg.wa.gov www.jlarc.leg.wa.gov

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