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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
METHODOLOGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
THE VALUE OF CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
USE OF NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM OTOLITHS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PROJECT BULLETINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS DURING SSMSP:
THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND ITS VALUE TO
THE SALISH SEA MARINE SURVIVAL PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ZOOPLANKTON IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
THE IMPORTANCE OF FRESHWATER CONDITIONS
TO REARING PACIFIC SALMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
THE IMPORTANCE OF NEARSHORE HABITATS
FOR PACIFIC SALMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
COWICHAN PIT TAG PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
WHAT IS MICROTROLLING? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
THE IMPORTANCE OF HERRING AND OTHER
FORAGE FISH TO PACIFIC SALMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
JUVENILE SALMON STUDIES
IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
TELEMETRY STUDIES: FOLLOWING SALMON
ON THEIR JOURNEY IN RIVERS AND OCEANS . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT HARBOUR SEALS
AND IMPACTS ON JUVENILE SALMON? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HOW DO HARMFUL ALGAE IMPACT
JUVENILE SALMON? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DISEASE IMPACTS IN PACIFIC SALMON:
THE STRATEGIC SALMON HEALTH INITIATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
STUDIES OF HATCHERY SALMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
THE VALUE OF ECOSYSTEM MODELING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
FINAL SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
CONCLUDING REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING FROM THE
SALISH SEA MARINE SURVIVAL PROJECT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Painting 'Untouchable' by Joshua Hansen. Cover photos by
Eiko Jones, Jeremy Koreski, Ryan Miller and Mitch Miller
