'Salmon and People in a Changing World'
- IYS Theme
What is the International Year of the Salmon (IYS)?
It is a project launched by several organizations, including the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission and the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization. The IYS is an international framework for collaborative outreach and research. Through outreach efforts, the IYS will raise awareness of what humans can do to better ensure salmon and their varied habitats are conserved and restored against the ever-changing environment. The IYS will stimulate an investment in research and leave a legacy of knowledge, data/info systems, tools, and a new generation of scientists better equipped to provide timely advice to inform rational management of salmon and build resilience for salmon and people.
The IYS focal year will be 2019, with projects and activities starting in 2018 and continuing into 2022.
The IYS focal year will be 2019, with projects and activities starting in 2018 and continuing into 2022.
Scientific themes that have been identified for the IYS:
- Status of Salmon: to understand the present status of salmon and their environment
- Salmon in a changing salmosphere: to understand and quantify the effects of natural environmental variability and anthropogenic factors affecting salmon distribution and abundance and to make projections of their future changes
- New Frontiers: to develop new technologies and analytical methods to advance salmon science and to explore the uncharted regions of the salmosphere
- Human Dimension: to investigate the cultural, social, and economic elements that depend upon sustainable salmon populations
- Information Systems: to develop an integrated archive of accessible electronic data collected during the IYS and tools to support future research
- Outreach, Engagement, and Education are also key components of the IYS. This includes improving public and political awareness of:
- salmon’s cultural, social, and economic importance
- the challenges salmon face from major environmental changes and human impacts
How is the Squamish River Watershed Society (SRWS) taking part in the IYS?
The SRWS wants to celebrate the IYS by helping to raise awareness about salmon. We want to share our knowledge with our community and learn from salmon experts with you. We will be holding FREE events that are family-friendly every month that share information about salmon. Join us for these fun events, learn some new facts about salmon biology and the environment, and help us to save the salmon that we share the earth with!
Visit our Events Calendar to keep updated on our next event.
Visit our Events Calendar to keep updated on our next event.
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE IYS, PLEASE VISIT: yearofthesalmon.org/ and npafc.org/iys/

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