Evaluation of methods for monitoring changes in abundance and productivity of pacific salmon populations

对太平洋鲑鱼种群丰度和生产力的估计往往有很大的置信度，并容易产生偏差。这种情况可能导致根据保护标准对种群的濒危程度进行错误分类。这种错误分类可能会增加生物养护风险，或不必要地降低捕鱼或其他水生系统用途的社会和经济效益。然而，用于监测的预算有限。因此，我们建议使用基于经验的计算机模拟来确定可靠的、具有成本效益的三文鱼监测和评估方法。这些方法将包括各种数据收集方案、采样的空间和时间模式以及分析结果数据的技术。我们将确定能够以低偏差和高精度估计鲑鱼丰度和生产力及其保护状况的方法。这些方法将减少对鲑鱼种群状况进行错误分类的机会，从而增加将其维持在生产状态的机会。

Estimates of abundance and productivity for Pacific salmon populations often have wide confidence limits and are subject to bias. This situation can lead to misclassification of a population's level of endangerment based on conservation criteria. Such misclassifications may increase biological conservation risks or unnecessarily decrease social and economic benefits of fishing or other uses of aquatic systems. However, budgets for monitoring are limited. We therefore propose to use empirically based computer simulations to identify reliable, cost-effective monitoring and assessment methods for salmon. Such methods will consist of various data collection schemes, spatial and temporal patterns of sampling, and techniques for analyzing the resulting data. We will identify methods that can estimate salmon abundance and productivity, as well as their conservation status, with low bias and high precision. Those methods will reduce the chance of misclassifying the status of salmon populations and thereby increase the chance of maintaining them in a productive state.