The Use Of Stock Rebuilding Programmes In Theprecautionary Management Of Salmon Stocks ...

• Main Authors: Potter, Ted, Hutchinson, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2005 - W - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management; Atlantic salmon; North Atlantic; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25350793.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_Use_Of_Stock_Rebuilding_Programmes_In_Theprecautionary_Management_Of_Salmon_Stocks/25350793/1

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The last two to three decades have seen serious declines in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks throughout their range. In response, the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) and its Parties have agreed to apply a Precautionary Approach to the conservation, management and exploitation of salmon. They have also proposed that Stock Rebuilding Programmes (SRPs) should be developed for all river stocks that are below their conservation limits. NASCO has therefore developed guidance on the process for establishing an SRP for a salmon stock and what such a plan might contain. The nature and extent of the programme will depend upon the status of the stock and the pressures that it is facing. While the short-term response to a stock failing to exceed its conservation limit may be to reduce or eliminate exploitation, salmon stocks frequently face a range of other pressures in both the freshwater and marine environments. SRPs will ...