Northwest Fisheries Science Center 5-10-Year Strategy for Salmon Recovery Science

NWFSC’s Salmon Recovery Science Strategy (the Strategy) provides a roadmap for effective, practicable salmon recovery science at the Center. In this Strategy, we use “salmon” as an inclusive term for salmon and steelhead species. This Strategy is not comprehensive of all salmon science or recovery but centers on the intersection of these ideas: salmon recovery science. Some salmon science is outside the scope of salmon recovery science. In this Strategy, we identify key research focus areas that potentially impede recovery and for which we lack sufficient existing knowledge to provide actionable management advice. We also suggest organizational changes to increase the coordination and continuation of recovery science across the Center.