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GUIDING PRINCIPLES 



OF SALMON AND TROUT 



CONSERVATION 



THE PRODUCTIVITY OF WILD SALMON AND TROUT 

 POPULATIONS MUST BE MAINTAINED AND INCREASED 



THE EXTINCTION OF ANY WILD SALMONID POPULATION IS AN 

 IRREVERSIBLE LOSS OF GENETIC RESOURCES. 



MANAGEMENT ACTIONS MUST MAINTAIN THE GENETIC 

 STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF 

 POPULATIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL. 



THE UNIT OF CONSERVATION IS THE POPULATION. 



HABITAT RESTORATION MUST RECLAIM THE LINKAGE 

 BETWEEN THE LIFE HISTORY NEEDS OF THE ANIMAL AND ITS 

 HABITAT. 



THE INDUSTRIAL MODEL OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

 DEFEATS CONSERVATION 



WATERSHEDS ARE THE STOREHOUSE OF GENETIC MATERIAL 

 AND GENE CONSERVATION IS THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN. 



WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANY MORE SALMONID 

 BIODIVERSITY. 



