1、 ASFs State of Wild Atlantic Salmon report July 2024 1 Contents:i.Glossary(p.2)ii.Sources(p.2)iii.Executive summary(p.3)iv.ASFs analysis and proposed actions(p.4)v.2023 North American Atlantic salmon returns and sustainability(p.5)vi.Graph:North American returns 1993-2003(p.6)vii.Regional returns an
2、d analysis(p.7)viii.2023 harvest and fisheries(p.11)2 i.Glossary Adult salmon:large and small salmon Conservation limit:the number of spawning adult salmon required to sustain viable populations,accounting for fisheries.Large salmon:Atlantic salmon larger than 63 cm that have spent two or more winte
3、rs at sea.Small salmon:Atlantic salmon less than 63 cm that spend a single winter at sea before returning to freshwater to spawn.ii.Sources 1.ICES.2024.Working group on North Atlantic Salmon(WGNAS).ICES Scientific Reports.6:36.415 pp.https:/doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25730247 2.Fisheries and Oceans C
4、anada.Atlantic Salmon Fishway Counts.Newfoundland and Labrador Region.https:/www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/en/atlantic-salmon-fishway-counts.Retrieved July 18,2024.3.Quebec.2024.Bilan de lexploitation du saumon au Quebec en 2023.https:/mffp.gouv.qc.ca/documents/faune/peche/bilan-exploitation-saumon-2023.pdf
5、.Retrieved July 12,2024.3 iii.Executive summary ASFs 2024 State of Wild Atlantic Salmon report is a summary of North American population estimates and harvests from fisheries for 2023.The primary source this report relies on was recently published by the International Council for the Exploration of
6、the Seas(ICES),following analysis of data collected in 2023 by government agencies in Canada and the United States.The full 2024 ICES report on North Atlantic salmon is available here.ICES reports that adult salmon returns to North America in 2023 exceeded the 2018-2022 average,continuing a positive