Joint Chum Technical Committee. Update of Research Needs for Southern British Columbia and Washington Chum Salmon. A Report to the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics from the Chum Technical Committee. TCCHUM (92)-3. April, 1992.

Update of Research Needs for Southern British Columbia and Washington Chum Salmon

The Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the PSC has recently requested (November 13, 1991) that each technical committee provide a report on research needs and priorities relative to their respective areas of responsibility, which will be used in developing the overall research priorities of the PSC.

This report is an update of a Chum Technical Committee (CTC) report prepared in February of 1987 (TCCHUM (87)-3), identifying research required to comply with the provisions of Annex IV, chapter 6 (Chum Chapter) of the Pacific Salmon Treaty (PST).

As in the 1987 report, special emphasis has been placed on stock composition research, which continues to be a high priority of the PSC. Considerable work has been completed by the Chum Committee and various agency researchers in the U.S. and Canada on methods of estimating stock composition for chum salmon. Brief highlights of progress on some of these tasks, since the last report on research needs, are provided in this report under each topic. For detailed information on committee activities related to estimating chum stock composition, please refer to the following PSC reports: TCCHUM (87)-2; TCCHUM (88)-2; TCCHUM (89)-1; TCCHUM (92)-2 (in preparation). General information on chum research activities of the two countries prior to 1987 is highlighted in TCCHUM (87)-3.