Final Advisory Letter
Final report of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council in its role as advisors on wild Pacific salmon and steelhead stocks and habitat.
Descriptions of Salmon Strongholds
Submitted by carla on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 13:13
- A Salmon Stronghold is a watershed, multiple watersheds, basin or other defined spatial unit where wild salmon populations are strong and diverse, and the habitat has high intrinsic potential to support a particular salmon and steelhead species or suite of species.
- A Salmon Stronghold is an area designated on the basis of biological criteria representing high quality standards for abundance, productivity, diversity (life history and run timing) and other biological attributes important to sustaining viable populations of wild Pacific salmon throughout its range.
- A Salmon Stronghold is a core centre of salmon abundance and diversity that generates the highest percentage of wild salmon.
- A Salmon Stronghold is defined as being among the healthiest remaining wild Pacific salmon ecosystems in North America to ensure the long-term survival of salmon, steelhead, and the many species that depend on them and inhabit those watersheds.
- A Salmon Stronghold is a priority-ranked watershed or area that is part of a comprehensive conservation strategy that requires the continuation of protection and restoration of salmon habitat wherever it is detrimentally impacted or at risk.