Proceedings - 2004/046
Mitigation for acid rain impacts on Atlantic salmon and their habitat; April 19-20, 2004
Abstract
Acid rain, the result of industrial pollutant emissions, negatively impacts the freshwater habitat of Atlantic salmon in eastern Canada and USA. Participants from federal and provincial governments, industry, and NGO’s attended a workshop in April 2004 to discuss the causes, effects and mitigation options for acid rain as well as projects currently ongoing or planned for Canada, the USA and Norway.
Liming of watersheds is an important mitigation technique that has been shown to benefit the Atlantic salmon and other terrestrial and aquatic species. It was concluded that a strategy and action plan should be developed to elevate public awareness for building acid rain abatement and mitigation initiatives, and that an ecosystem approach is essential to enable effective action and to build public support groups. Governments need to adopt policy and programs to reduce and eliminate acid rain causing emissions and to support mitigation of the impacts of acid rain.
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