Managing Pacific Salmon for Ecosystem Values: Ecosystem Indicators and the Wild Salmon Policy

The PFRCC has released a report on the role that Pacific salmon play in shaping aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The report proposes indicators that might be used to measure this ecosystem role and future work needed to eventually guide policy makers on how to incorporate ecosystem values in their mangement considerations. This is in support of strategy 3 of DFO’s Wild Salmon Policy.