Time is Running Out
These actions are not exhaustive nor will they be easy to implement. Indeed they will take significant time, funding, and further scientific study, as well as major effort to make their accomplishment politically acceptable. As Lackey notes, however, despite millions of dollars spent annually, wild Pacific salmonids continue to decline and time is running out. Changes in how we think about Pacific salmonid recovery and bold actions to restore ecosystem function are needed or we will find ourselves living in a world without salmon.
Robert Lackey’s original article, Wild Salmon Recovery and Inconvenient Reality Along the West Coast of North America: Indulgences Atoning for Guilt?, first appeared in volume 2, issue 5 of WIREs Water.
Dr. Robert Lusardi is the California Trout-UC Davis Wild and Coldwater Fish Scientist, Dr. Jacob Katz, directs CalTrout’s Central California Region, and Dr. Peter Moyle is a distinguished Professor, Emeritus at the University of California, Davis.
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