NRC offers well recognized experience to the tremendous variety of issues surrounding salmon and their survival. NRC's salmon experience draws from a deep understanding of not only salmon biology but of commercial and recreational salmon fisheries around the world. NRC has conducted field studies of salmon in California, Oregon, the Columbia River Basin, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska and Russia. General areas of expertise include:
- habitat requirements of Pacific salmon
- salmon harvest management
- salmon ecology and behavior
- limnology
- salmon run size and run timing forecasting
- water quality issues
Specific NRC salmon research conducted for a variety of clients covers a broad set of professional services including:
- analyses of salmon carrying capacity
- run reconstruction
- oil spill effects on salmonids
- effects of hydropower operations on salmon survival
- assessments of salmon interception/bycatch fisheries
- effects of salmon hatcheries on wild stocks
- assessments of habitat quality
- recommendations regarding habitat restoration
Over the past 25+ years, NRC scientists have published many significant project reports for public and private clients alike and have authored or co-authored numerous peer reviewed technical documents on Pacific salmon.
