by invitation only
Monday, February 23
6:30–8:30 pm
Tuesday, February 24
8 am–4:30 pm
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver campus
Harbour Centre building
Room 1420
515 West Hastings
For more information, email
cs-science@sfu.ca or telephone
778-782-5466.
Hosted by:
Watching out for BC’s Wild Salmon
Watershed Watch Salmon
Society
Continuing Studies in Science,
SFU
Sponsored by:
Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
State of the Salmon
Watershed Watch Salmon
Society
Facilitator: Craig Orr, Executive
Director, Watershed Watch
Salmon Society
Reconciling the conservation of wild
salmon and the production of enhanced
salmon under Canada’s Wild Pacific
Salmon Policy: A discussion
A variety of tools are currently used to enhance Pacific salmon populations, largely
under the umbrella of Canada’s Salmon Enhancement Program (SEP). Canada’s
still-new Wild Salmon Policy on the other hand focuses mainly on the health and
protection of wild salmon, specifically, the conservation of wild salmon diversity.
Little attention has been given to the degree to which salmon enhancement in
general and SEP programs in particular are compatible with the broader objectives of
the Wild Salmon Policy.
This day-and-a-half workshop will draw from a number of perspectives on ecology,
conservation biology, modeling, economics, and social values to foster dialogue
around the role of salmon enhancement with respect to the overall goals and stated
direction of the Wild Salmon Policy.
All sessions will consist of facilitated dialogue and will be captured by multiple
note-takers. An information package containing a bibliography of key literature
will be sent to participants prior to the workshop. Participants are encouraged to
review the agenda and current literature prior to the workshop and prepare concise
comments representing their expert opinion and/or interest on agenda items to
which they wish to speak. Following the workshop, the steering committee will issue
a convener¹s report summarizing the dialogue.
Steering Committee
Craig Orr, Watershed Watch Salmon Society • Aaron Hill, Watershed Watch Salmon
Society • Patricia Gallaugher, Simon Fraser University • Brian Riddell, Pacific
Salmon Foundation • Rich Lincoln, State of the Salmon • Jeffery Young,
David Suzuki Foundation • Carol Cross, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Monday, February 23, 2009
12–12:45 Lunch
Room 1420, Segal Centre, SFU at Harbour Centre
6:30–9 pm
Reception and Opening Presentation followed by Dialogue
Welcome, overview, and introductions
Craig Orr, Facilitator
Plenary #1 followed by Dialogue
Brian Riddell, Pacific Salmon Foundation
A synopsis of where have we been, what have we learned,
important cultural, social and economic values for future
SEP, why objective and critical review is needed, and what
questions should that lead us to ask.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Room 1700, Labatt Hall, SFU at Harbour Centre
1:45–4 pm Session #3
Integrating the future SEP with WSP principles and vision
Biodiversity vs. Production
Questions:
• How much can we have of both biodiversity and
production?
• Is there a role for mass marking and mark-selective
fisheries?
Habitat restoration and ecosystems — moving past major
facilities.
8 am Light refreshments
8:30–10 am Session #1 — What have we learned?
Questions:
• What were the critical assumptions, what worked and
what didn’t, what were the surprises? What has an
empirical basis of evidence versus belief?
• What questions or objectives weren’t explicitly framed in
the original program?
• What experiences from other areas complement or
contradict lessons from the BC experience?
10–10:20 am Break
10:20–11:05 am Plenary #2 followed by Dialogue
Ecological interactions between wild and enhanced salmon in a
changing marine environment
Invited speaker: Carl Walters, Professor and Member, Fisheries
Centre, University of British Columbia
11:05 am–12 pm
Session #2 —The future of the Salmon Enhancement
Program (SEP)
Questions:
What is the foreseeable future of the SEP over the next 20
years, related to:
a. natural priorities for establishment of ecosystem-based
management?
b. climate change scenarios and mitigation (tradeoffs
between population productivity, diversity, hatcheries,
habitat, water, etc.)?
c. international production issues in the North Pacific and a
niche for Canada?
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12:45–1:35 pm
Plenary #3 followed by Dialogue
Genetic consequences, conservation applications, and
uncertainties of salmon enhancement in a changing climate.
Invited speaker: Craig Busack, Chief Scientist, Washington
Department of Fish and Game
2:15–2:30 pm Break
2:30–4 pm Session # 3 Continued
An integrated role for Stock Assessment and monitoring/
research
Questions:
• What essential monitoring needs exist to improve hatchery
impact assessment (e.g., marking and mark/biological
sampling at hatcheries and adjacent natural spawning
areas)?
• Are there additional needs for hatchery stock monitoring
to facilitate wild stock assessment (e.g., exploitation rates)?
Future tools and approaches needed to evaluate
enhancement impacts and strategies
Questions:
• What enhancement impact assessment tools are available
and needed to address the biological risk assessment
requirements in the WSP?
• What overall planning and review approaches are needed?
• What policy issues need to be addressed before or as
assisted by implementing such tools and approaches?
4–4:30 pm Workshop Wrap-Up and Next Steps
Recap of key discussion points
Drafting proceedings and ‘white paper’
Need for subsequent work (e.g. smaller focused workshops)
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