Salish Sea Marine Survival Project

Salish Sea Marine Survival Project

The Salish Sea Marine Survival Project: Canadian Program Summaries summarizes findings from the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s five year study on salmon declines in the Strait of Georgia.

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2 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

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