| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
This project develops a framework for implementing a collaborative freshwater salmon habitat-monitoring program in the Skeena watershed. Its purpose is to help catalyze federal Wild Salmon Policy strategy 2 implementation and stimulate ecosystem based management and cumulative effects assessment by providing baseline status and trend salmon habitat monitoring data and analyses. Key components of the project include; identifying the need and support for a salmon habitat-monitoring program, recommending indicators, and outlining current habitat monitoring activities. The project also provides recommendations on governance and structure, participation, data collection, analyses and storage, monitoring prioritization and expansion, communications, management integration, and capacity requirements required for an effective program. There is support and value in developing a Skeena salmon habitatmonitoring program, and implementation can be achieved in a cost effective, practical, and sustainable manner using existing resources and by fostering multi-party monitoring. |
