Terms of Reference

Regional Advisory Meeting

Pre-season Fraser River sockeye abundance forecasts for 2010

9 March, 2010

Pacific Biological Station
Nanaimo, BC

Chairperson: Michael Chamberlain

Context

The PSARC Salmon Subcommittee meets routinely to conduct peer reviews of scientific information in support of management decision making.  A peer review of the Fraser River sockeye abundance forecasts for 2010 is planned for March 9, 2010. 

Objectives 

2010 Fraser River sockeye abundance forecasts:

Fraser River sockeye abundance forecasts are requested annually by Fisheries and Aquaculture Management for pre-season fisheries planning activities.  Quantitative abundance forecasts have been produced and peer reviewed annually by DFO since the mid-1990s.  A framework describing the methodology was reviewed by PSARC in 2006.

The objective of the March 2010 meeting is to review those changes in forecasting methodology, identified in the November 2009 review, which are new to the 2010 document and were included in the 2006 methodology.  A recommendation as to the appropriate forecast for the 2010 return year will also be sought.

Products

• CSAS Proceedings document summarizing the discussion (1)
• CSAS Science Advisory Report (1)
• CSAS Research Document (1)

Location and Date

Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, March 9, 2010

Participants

Participants will include internal DFO representatives and potentially participants from the Province of British Columbia, academia, First Nations, NGO’s and industry.