The Likely Suspects Framework Development Paper Published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science
We are thrilled to announce the publication of a scientific paper on the development of our flagship project: the Likely Suspects Framework in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. Led by the Missing Salmon Alliances’ Principal Investigator (Colin Bull) the authors outline a scientific framework to share ideas between salmon stock assessment and management activities, and to develop new management support tools.
The factors that influence salmon abundance throughout its lifetime are numerous and interconnected (see figure). For future positive management interventions to be most effective, we need a more complete picture of how conditions are changing and how survival rates are being influenced across the whole life-cycle. The ongoing declines in Atlantic salmon populations and the challenges brought by global warming underscore the need for a more co-ordinated approach to sharing knowledge, and for providing new management support tools, as outlined in this new paper.
Read the full paper here.
Conceptual overview of the life cycle of the Atlantic salmon showing hierarchical scaling of primary environmental drivers influencing stock dynamics across the marine and freshwater life stages. Processes leading to salmon mortality (red negative symbols) arise from multiple natural (dark blue circles) and anthropogenic (light blue circles) sources. Focused management strategies (green circles) intending to counter these losses (green positive symbols) and enhance stock status require benefit from knowledge of the processes acting across the life-cycle to optimise their effectiveness. (ICES J Mar Sci, fsac099, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac099)
As an Alliance of six organisations, we will build on the existing work of our partners and maximise our impact by taking a coordinated approach and vital action in order to halt and reverse the decline of wild Atlantic salmon.
The goal of the Missing Salmon Alliance is to build an evidence-base to influence national and international decision-makers to regulate activities that adversely impact wild Atlantic salmon.
The Missing Salmon Alliance
The MSA is comprised of the following members:
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Atlantic Salmon Trust, the Angling Trust with Fish Legal, The Rivers Trust and Fisheries Management Scotland.
https://www.missingsalmonalliance.org