State of the salmon : rapid status assessment approach for Pacific salmon under Canada's wild salmon policy / Gottfried Pestal, Bronwyn L. MacDonald, Sue C.H. Grant, Carrie A. Holt.: Fs97-6/3570E-PDF

"We developed an approach to rapidly assess the biological status of Pacific Salmon Conservation Units (CUs) under the Wild Salmon Policy (WSP). This approach assigns a Red (poor), Amber (intermediate), or Green (good) status, with High, Medium, or Low confidence, to CUs with applicable data. Existing integrated WSP status assessment approaches are labour intensive, and therefore, have only been completed for ~11% of the ~377 current Pacific Salmon CUs, and have not been updated since they were assigned in expert workshops. The WSP rapid status approach can provide a more complete and current picture of status across Pacific salmon species in BC & the Yukon. We developed seven candidate WSP rapid status algorithms based on completed WSP integrated status assessments, evaluated algorithm performance against a set of criteria, and identified the best performing algorithm. WSP rapid statuses are incorporated into DFO's new Pacific Salmon Status Scanner, an interactive data visualization tool for salmon experts. Rapid statuses in DFO's Salmon Scanner will be combined with expert review to support Fisheries Act Stock Management Unit (SMU) Limit Reference Point (LRP) status requirements, state of salmon reporting, climate change vulnerability assessments, and planning, prioritization and monitoring of hatchery, harvest and habitat actions"--Abstract, page xi.

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