Review of the Draft Research And Restoration Plan for Arctic-yukon-kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon

• ISBN13: 9780309101073
• ISBN10: 0309101077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-30
• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr

Summary

Declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska in the late 1990s and early 2000s created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this resource. Based on recommendations from a 2004 National Academies report, the AYK Sustainable Salmon Initiative (SSI) developed a research and restoration plan to help understand the reasons for this decline and to help support sustainable management in the region. This report reviews the draft plan, recommending some clarification, shortening, and other improvements, with a better focus on the relationship between the underlying intellectual model and the research questions, and a clearer discussion of local and traditional knowledge and capacity building.

Table of Contents

SUMMARY	1	(2)
1 INTRODUCTION	3	(4)
Background,	3	(1)
Stakeholder Groups and the AYK SSI,	4	(1)
The Present Study,	5	(1)
Report Organization,	6	(1)
2 GENERAL COMMENTS	7	(4)
3 THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK	11	(12)
Implementation of Research Framework,	11	(9)
An Example of Deriving Research Questions from a Hypothesis,	20	(1)
Additional Suggestions for the Research Plan,	21	(2)
4 CAPACITY BUILDING	23	(4)
Educational Capacity Building,	24	(1)
Collaborative Research Program for Capacity Building,	25	(2)
5 SPECIFICS OF THE RESEARCH AND RESTORATION PLAN	27	(7)
Scientific and Administrative Leadership,	28	(2)
Biological Escapement Goals,	30	(1)
Data and Data Management,	31	(1)
LTK and the AYK,	31	(3)
6 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	34	(4)
REFERENCES	38	(2)
APPENDIX A Summary from First Report	40	(14)
APPENDIX B Biographic Information on the Committee	54