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Recent reviews of the status of anadromous salmonid stocks of the western United States and
British Columbia indicate that in less than a century, wild stocks have gone from a pristine state to one of numerous extinctions, threatened status or uncertain status. The causes of the declines are linked to various impacts dominated by overharvesting of weaker stocks, problems associated with hatcheries, hydroelectrical developments, and habitat loss.
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Author: P.A. Slaney; D. Zaldokas
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Date Published: Dec 1997
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Report ID: 15714
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Audience: Government and Public
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Nehlsen et al. (1991) concluded that for many stocks to survive and prosper in the next century, there is a need for a major shift to restore habitats and ecosystem function, rather than rely on artificial production.
It is assumed throughout this guide that recovery of structural diversity and nutrient sources
(often salmon carcasses) will eventually restore aquatic communities or the biodiversity of
disturbed aquatic ecosystems. The loss of the large old-growth trees in stream channels with their
massive rootwads as anchors, is the type of structure that cannot be easily duplicated, which is the rationale for cable anchoring of woody complexes to streamside trees and instream boulders, at least on the first pass. Salmon spawners, in particular, are keystone species as the vital link between aquatic and terrestrial communities, especially within the riparian zone.
Most of the procedures in this guide are focused on the short term (20-50 years). For the long
term, riparian protection and restoration needs to be implemented and maintained to recover
riparian functions, to provide future desired conditions for fish and wildlife resources and to
provide shrubs and deciduous trees for leaf litter mixed with mature coniferous trees for large wood
recruitment and fluvial-resistive root systems. Finally, although practitioners of restoration have
little control over fish harvest rates or ocean (or lake) conditions that cause shifts in migrant
survivals, it is assumed that wise stock management in the fishery will ensure sufficient spawning escapements to these streams.
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Fish and Aquatic Habitat Information |
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Subject
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Region - Province Wide |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Enhancement Assessment |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Restoration |
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