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Over the last 150 years much salmon habitat has been lost and this must have been a major contributory factor to the decline in wild salmon stocks. Causes include visible factors, such as hydro-electric dams, and the invisible, but highly damaging, impacts of acid rain. There may be physical, chemical or biological impacts on habitat. Read more...

NASCO has developed a Plan of Action for Habitat Protection and Restoration with the objective of maintaining and, where possible, increasing the current productive capacity of salmon habitat. Read more...

The Action Plan requires:

• development of comprehensive plans to protect and restore habitat;
• establishment of inventories of salmon habitat.

The goal for NASCO and its Parties is to maintain and, where possible, increase the current productive capacity of Atlantic salmon habitat.

The key issues in relation to habitat protection and restoration are to:

• ensure effective implementation of NASCO’s Plan of Action for Habitat Protection and Restoration;
• enhance sharing and exchange of information on habitat issues and best management practices between NASCO Parties and other relevant international bodies;
• maintain the NASCO salmon rivers database.

Further information:

• Report of a 2002 Special Session on Habitat Protection and Restoration
• Report of the Habitat FAR Review Group, 2009