Enhanced Monitoring of Chinook Salmon Mark Selective Fishery (MSF)

PSSI Project Summary

Division: Stock Assessment and Research (StAR)
Section: South Coast Area Salmon Stock Assessment
Organization: DFO
Session(s): Fisheries Monitoring And Harvest Methods
Presentation Date(s): December 09, 2025
Speakers: Phil Lemp, Erin Rechisky
Abstract:
In 2023, Fisheries and Oceans Canada launched a multi-year monitoring program to understand the effects of mark-selective fisheries (MSFs) on Chinook salmon in the South Coast Area. The Chinook reference fishery was initiated to independently verify Chinook salmon catch estimates, hatchery mark rates, and stock composition in MSFs and compare those estimates to those of the South Coast Area recreational catch monitoring program.