IYS Synthesis Symposium

October 4th – 6th 2022 | The Westin Bayshore
Vancouver, Canada

Traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

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Across the Northern Hemisphere increasingly extreme and uncertain climate conditions, coupled with human activity, greatly threaten the survival of salmon. The International Year of the Salmon (IYS), a five-year initiative established in 2018 and governed by the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) and North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO), has explored the conditions necessary for the resilience of salmon and people in a changing world. In its final year, the IYS brought together participants from academia, government, industry, NGOs and Indigenous organizations to consider the progress made by the IYS, and discuss the actions necessary to enable progress towards these conditions over the next decade. The IYS Synthesis Symposium: ‘Salmon in a Rapidly Changing World: Synthesis of the International Year of the Salmon and a Roadmap to 2030’ was the culmination of over 13 workshops and symposia, three historic High Seas Expeditions and over 80 associated events across the North Atlantic and North Pacific basins.

The IYS Synthesis Symposium had a strong focus on forward looking perspectives, with the ultimate goal of developing a Roadmap for the resilience of salmon and people through to 2030. Presentations were organized under five of the IYS themes: Status of Salmon, Information Systems, Salmon in a Changing Salmosphere, New Frontiers, and Human Dimensions. The synthesis papers and the presentations given during the Symposium will be used to identify critical knowledge or method gaps and potential solutions that will inform the Roadmap.

Steering Committee Members:

Dr. Ed Farley (NPAFC, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, United States of America)
Ms. Livia Goodbrand (NASCO, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, Canada)
Dr. Emma Hatfield (NASCO Secretariat, Scotland)
Dr. Vladimir Radchenko (NPAFC Secretariat, Canada)
Dr. Alan Walker (NASCO, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, England)
Mr. Mark Saunders (NPAFC Secretariat, Canada)
Mr. Aidan Schubert (NPAFC Secretariat, Canada)
Mr. Tor Kitching (NPAFC Secretariat, Canada)