SALMONID CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

1. DEFINE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT UNITS

· LOCALLY ADAPTED POPULATION PER WATERSHED

2. INVENTORY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

· GENETIC STRUCTURE

· LIFE HISTORY ATTRIBUTES

3. ADOPT BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES

· OVER ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE

· MEASURABLE BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES

· MAINTAIN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OBJECTIVES

4. DEVELOP MANAGEMENT PLANS TO MAINATIN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

5. CONDUCT INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC AUDIT

· WERE BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED?

· IDENTIFY CRITICAL UNCERTAINTIES

· IDENTIFY RESEARCH TO ADDRESS UNCERTAINTIES

6. POLICY AUDIT

· DID WE DO WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO?

· IDENTIFY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND CHANGES

· CARRY OUT ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT CHANGES