Integrated Fisheries Management Plan Salmon Enhancement Program data tables

Salmon Enhancement Program (SEP) facilities are subject to the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations (PAR) under the Fisheries Act. PAR licences include a production plan, which is developed within a formal integrated planning process involving internal and external consultation. External consultation is carried out through the Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) process.

The production planning cycle establishes maximum number of salmon eggs to be collected and juveniles to be released for each enhanced system, using strategies that will produce the number of adult salmon desired to meet specific objectives while considering species and ecosystem interactions, effects on wild stocks, harvest, habitat capacity, project capacity and overall conservation unit objectives.

Planning and data collection includes production from major federal facilities, contracted Community Economic Development Program hatcheries (CEDP), Public Involvement Projects (PIP) operated by volunteers, and Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS).

Production plan

The production plan lists the production events that are to take place in the upcoming brood year. In-season changes made after the Integrated Fisheries Management Plan is finalized are not included.

Production plan data table

• Draft salmon IFMP production plan - 2024 brood
  • accessible web version
  • downloadable .XLSX version

Post-season production

The data tables for post-season production list previous years’ proposed release targets and the production that actually took place. They address production from SEP licensed facilities only, and do not contain production of steelhead or cutthroat which are provincially managed.

2 broodyear cycles are posted. The previous broodyear has fry release information only as smolt releases have not yet occurred. Data from earlier broodyear includes all releases including smolts.

Discrepancies between plans and releases

Discrepancies between planned releases and actual releases may exist due to the inability to achieve target broodstock due to factors such as:

• low escapement
• logistical issues
• environmental conditions such as high water levels

Discrepancies between the release target and actual release may also be caused by higher than expected survival during incubation and rearing.

Discrepancies where there is a target but no associated release may also be due to the use of an approved alternate, or “back-up” release strategy. Alternate release strategies may happen if the primary release strategy cannot be used due to common causes such as:

• the inability to collect primary broodstock (see reasons above)
• facility rearing capacity or logistical issues, resulting in a change in release stage
• inaccessibility to primary release sites, resulting in releases to nearby sites

Post-season production data tables

• Salmon IFMP post-season production tables - 2022 brood
  • accessible web version
  • downloadable .XLSX version
• Salmon IFMP post-season production tables - 2021 brood
  • accessible web version
  • downloadable .XLSX version

Related links

• Fish hatcheries
• Integrated Fisheries Management Plans (IFMP)

Contact us

Email: DFO.PacificSalmonRMT-EGRSaumonduPacifique.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca