Wild salmon policy biological status assessment for conservation units of interior Fraser River coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) .: Fs70-6/2015-022E-PDF

The Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) outlines Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) strategies for managing Canada’s salmon resources. The status assessment (Strategy 1) involves developing benchmarks and determining the biological status of Conservation Units (CUs). In order to apply the WSP status assessment strategy to Interior Fraser Coho (IFC) salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), abundance-based benchmarks were calculated, based on previously published methods, and a comprehensive set of population dynamics, abundance, trend, distribution, and productivity information were reviewed for each of the five CUs. This assessment found no evidence that smolt-adult survival has improved or returned to the higher productivity regime. Because the productivity is low, the sustainable harvest that can be expected from the management unit is also low relative to historic levels.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
Title Wild salmon policy biological status assessment for conservation units of interior Fraser River coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) .
Variant title Biological status of interior Fraser River coho salmon
Series title Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat science advisory report, 1919-5087 ; 2015/022, Pacific Region
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Politique concernant le saumon sauvage – évaluations de l'état biologique pour les unités de conservation du saumon coho du Fraser intérieur (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
"April 2015."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-11).
Publishing information Nanaimo, B.C. : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015.
Description 12 p. : fig., ill., maps, tables.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-6/2015-022E-PDF
Subject terms Fisheries resources
Salt water fish
Fishing area
Fisheries management
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