A method for the collaborative prioritization of freshwater fish habitat research questions / by Cody J. Dey, Adam I. Rego, Michael J. Bradford, Keith Clarke, Katherine McKercher, Neil J. Mochnacz, Alex...: Fs97-6/3423E-PDF

"This document describes the methods used to collaboratively identify research questions that, if answered, would best support the freshwater fish habitat management activities of DFO’s Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program. Our methods broadly followed those used in other collaborative research prioritization studies and involved a large group of freshwater fish habitat practitioners (i.e. ecosystem managers and policy experts) as well as a diverse group of researchers (internal and external to DFO). The main steps involved in our methodology included: i) the collation of 1903 knowledge gaps identified in previous publications and through an expert survey, ii) the refinement and collation of those knowledge gaps to produce a list of 334 candidate research questions, and iii) an online Delphi process to identify 93 research questions that were most important to habitat management, as well as identification of the amount of scientific resources (e.g. the costs) of answering each question and the amount of existing scientific knowledge relevant to each question. We discuss the general applicability of our approach to science planning within Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and suggest improvements to increase efficiency and repeatability of the process"--Abstract, page vi.

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