Évaluation du potentiel de rétablissement de neuf unités désignables du saumon rouge (Oncorhynchus nerka) du fleuve Fraser – Partie 2 : Biologie, habitat, menaces, mesures d’atténuation et dommages admissibles – Éléments 1 à 11, 14, 16 à 18, 22

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Language of the publication
French
Date
2023
Type
Report
Author(s)
  • Doutaz, Daniel
  • Huang, Ann-Marie
  • Decker, Scott
  • Vivian, Tanya
Publisher
Pêches et Océans Canada, Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques

Abstract

Nine Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Designatable Units (DUs) were assessed as Threatened or Endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC; 2017), and are currently under consideration for addition to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). This document is the second of two parts for the Recovery Potential Assessment (RPA) for these DUs. The first part of the RPA involved quantitative analysis of abundance data and generation of recovery targets, and estimating the probability of achieving these recovery targets under a range of modelled productivities and rates of en route mortality. This second part of the RPA provides an overview of biology and habitat requirements, an assessment of threats and factors potentially limiting recovery, an inventory of potential mitigation activities to increase survival and/or productivity, and a final discussion surrounding allowable harm. The major threats impacting these DUs were assessed in a multi-day workshop, held October 27th to 29th, 2020, with a range of subject-matter experts, and were identified to be climate change, geological events, natural systems modifications, fishing, pollution, and hatchery competition. These threats were subsequently reviewed during this peer-review process and revised according to group consensus. All nine DUs are faced with a unique and complex suite of threats and limiting factors depending on their geographic location, yet all DUs range from a High to Extreme level of threat risk. Based on the threats assessment, over the next three generations (2021-2032) it is expected that there will be a population level decline of 31-70% (High Risk) for DU10 Harrison (U/S)-L, DU16 Quesnel-S, DU21 Takla-Trembleur-S, and DU24 Widgeon-RT; a population level decline of 31-100% (High-Extreme Risk) for DU2 Bowron-ES, DU14 North Barriere-ES, DU17 Seton-L, DU22 Taseko-ES; and population level decline of 71% to 100% (Extreme Risk) for DU20 Takla-Trembleur-EStu. Alleviating the numerous and complex threats to these DUs will be difficult, especially as many of the threats are exacerbated by climate change. It will be critical to ensure that efforts are appropriately coordinated through effective governance to successfully mitigate the cumulative impacts of these diverse threats. Given the information presented in this RPA (Part 1 & 2), it is apparent that all sources of anthropogenic harm should be minimized to give these populations a chance to rebuild. It is our recommendation that the only activities allowed that cause mortality are those that are in support of the recovery, and in some cases survival of the DUs (i.e. DU20 Takla-Trembleur EStu, DU2 Bowron-ES), and all sources of anthropogenic harm should be reduced to the maximum extent possible.

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1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts

Subject

  • Nature and environment,
  • Water

Pagination

xvi, 289 pages

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Government document number
Fs70-5/2023-003F-PDF
ISBN
9780660469669
ISSN
2292-4272

Report

Report no.
2023/003
Series title
Document de recherche (Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques)

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Doutaz, D., Huang, A.-M., Decker, S., and Vivian, T. 2023. Évaluation du potentiel de rétablissement de neuf unités désignables du saumon rouge (Oncorhynchus nerka) du fleuve Fraser – Partie 2 : Biologie, habitat, menaces, mesures d’atténuation et dommages admissibles – Éléments 1 à 11, 14, 16 à 18, 22. Secr. can. des avis sci. du MPO. Doc. de rech. 2023/003. xvi+ 289 p.

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