Terms of Reference

Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon Population Abundance Estimate

Regional Peer Review – Maritimes Region

October 19, 2018
Moncton, New Brunswick

Chairperson: Lottie Bennett

Context

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) identified the inner Bay of Fundy (iBoF) Atlantic Salmon assemblage as a Designatable Unit (DU) and assessed this population as Endangered in May 2001 (COSEWIC 2006). Furthermore, this population was included as Endangered on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) when the Act was passed in 2002.  A Recovery Potential Assessment (RPA) for iBoF Atlantic Salmon was conducted in 2008 (DFO 2008), which includes information on population abundance for iBoF Atlantic Salmon available at that time. A Recovery Strategy for the iBoF Atlantic Salmon was developed and published on the SARA Public Registry as final in May 2010 (DFO 2010).  Updated abundance information that incorporates data since the 2008 RPA is needed to update the Population Abundance section of the draft amended Recovery Strategy under development, and to inform the regulatory and management decisions made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to effectively manage the species and activities within its habitat.

Objective

• Provide a current population abundance estimate for the entire iBoF Atlantic Salmon Designatable Unit.

Expected Publications

• Proceedings
• Science Advisory Report

Expected Participation

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Science, Species at Risk Management Division, and Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division
• Parks Canada
• First Nations and Aboriginal Organizations
• Nova Scotia Power
• Academia
• Environmental non-government organization

References

COSEWIC. 2006. COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) Salmo Salar in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa.

DFO. 2008. Recovery Potential Assessment for Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2008/050.

DFO. 2010. Recovery Strategy for the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), Inner Bay of Fundy Populations [Final]. In: Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Ottawa: Fisheries and Oceans Canada.