ASF’s Blueprint for Saving Wild Salmon

1

Determine what’s killing wild salmon at sea, and offer solutions

1

Determine what’s killing wild salmon at sea, and offer solutions

Expand our ocean tracking work to enhance knowledge of salmon migration and areas of high mortality.

Link this data to research about climate change and shifting ocean conditions to predict future movement patterns and threats.

Advocate for evidence-based measures to counter and reduce marine mortality.

2

Ensure fisheries are sustainable

2

Ensure fisheries are sustainable

Negotiate conservation agreements to suspend the commercial harvest of North American wild Atlantic salmon in Greenland and among the Faroe Islands.

Encourage everyone who benefits from wild Atlantic salmon to support and participate in research and conservation efforts.

Advocate for measures that ensure no fishery continually pushes a population below sustainable level.

3

Reduce the effects of aquaculture

3

Reduce the effects of aquaculture

Advocate for regulatory reform of the industry to meet minimum international standards.

Work to prevent the spread of the industry to new areas where wild salmon are present.

Ensure rigorous environmental assessment and monitoring of any new and existing projects.

4

Remove barriers to fish passage and restore healthy streams

4

Remove barriers to fish passage and restore healthy streams

Harness the power of the ASF network to address the root causes of watershed problems.

Fund and manage dam removal and fishway improvement projects throughout the historic geographic range of wild Atlantic salmon.

Advocate for policies that reduce human impact on watersheds and eradicate invasive species.

We will do this by focusing on Four Goals: