Session Information
| Session | Poster Session | | Date | Monday (2008-04-07) | | Time | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | | Room | Grand Terrace |
Presentation Information
| Presenter | Tom Miewald | | Title | Prioritizing Pacific salmon conservation across multiple spatial scales | | Affiliation | Wild Salmon Center | | Authors | Tom Miewald, Gordon Reeves, Greg Block, Christina Friedle | | Keywords | Decision support, GIS, North Pacific, Salmon, Watershed | | Presentation Type | Poster | Abstract:
The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to identify, understand and protect the best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim. To address this mission, WSC has adopted a Salmon Stronghold approach. A stronghold refers to a watershed, multiple watersheds or other defined spatial unit including habitat with high intrinsic potential to support a particular salmon species, or suite of species.
To identify strongholds and areas for conservation action within stronghold watersheds, WSC is developing a multi-scale, tiered approach. This approach incorporates different data, processes, and models at global, regional, and local scales. At the North Pacific scale, a database called the Pacific Salmon Conservation Assessment (PSCA) provides a “global” perspective of salmon abundance and diversity.
Using this knowledge, a series of regional workshops in Russia and North America focus on a finer level of detail. For example, the North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership (NASSP) is a tool that incorporates expert knowledge on a regional basis. Within watersheds, WSC is developing analyses which identify freshwater areas that are intrinsically more likely to support high quality salmon habitat. Fisheries data are compiled or collected to assess current condition. Landscape scale habitat indicators are determined using GIS models and remote sensing.
The goal of these tools and processes is to support decision making. This poster will highlight tools and approaches to prioritize conservation action across these scales and extents. |
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