Open AccessSalmon for terrestrial protected areas
Author(s) -
Darimont Chris T.,
Bryan Heather M.,
Carlson Stephanie M.,
Hocking Morgan D.,
MacDuffee Misty,
Paquet Paul C.,
Price Michael H.H.,
Reimchen Thomas E.,
Reynolds John D.,
Wilmers Christopher C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
conservation letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.153
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 1755-263X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-263x.2010.00145.x
Subject(s) - oncorhynchus , riparian zone , fishing , fishery , marine protected area , limiting , ecosystem , upstream (networking) , environmental resource management , ecology , environmental science , fish <actinopterygii> , habitat , biology , mechanical engineering , computer network , computer science , engineering
Although managers safeguard protected areas for migratory species, little consideration has been given to how migratory species might benefit parks. Additionally, whereas land‐sea connections are considered in management of protected areas, most effort has focused on reducing negative “downstream” processes. Here, we offer a proposal to promote positive “upstream” processes by safeguarding the seasonal pulse of marine nutrients imported into freshwater and riparian ecosystems by spawning migrations of Pacific salmon. Currently, high rates of fishing limit this important contribution to species and processes that terrestrial parks were designed to protect. Accordingly, we propose limiting exploitation in areas and periods through which salmon runs bound for terrestrial protected areas can migrate. Best suited for less commercially valuable but relatively abundant and widespread pink and chum salmon ( O. gorbuscha and keta ), our proposal thus considers ecosystem and societal needs for salmon. We conclude by outlining strategies to overcome socio‐economic barriers to implementation.