Salmonid Enhancement Program Production Plans from 2015

Canada's Salmonid Enhancement Program archives final production plans for hatchery facilities from the 2015 brood year onward. The dataset documents planned salmon egg collection and juvenile release events, developed through an integrated planning process involving federal facilities, community projects, and volunteer operations. It supports the management of aquaculture and conservation objectives under the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations.

Use Cases

• Analyze planned egg collection and juvenile release numbers per brood year to track production targets for enhanced salmon systems.
• Assess the distribution of production events across facility types, including federal, community economic development, and volunteer-operated projects.
• Model the relationship between planned production events and stated conservation objectives for specific salmon species and stocks.

Strengths

• Contains final production plans from 2015 onward, providing a multi-year temporal scope.
• Data is produced through a formal integrated planning process involving internal and external consultation.
• Covers production from diverse facility types including federal, community, and volunteer-operated hatcheries.

Limitations

• The dataset contains planned events, not actual outcomes, which may differ from realized production.
• Specific data volume (rows, columns) and file sizes are not documented in the provided input.
• Focus is on federally licensed SEP facilities, with provincial steelhead and trout data managed separately.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Developed within a formal integrated planning process involving consultation for Pacific Aquaculture Regulation licenses.

Time Range

From the 2015 brood year onward.

Freshness

Updated annually with new finalized plans; last metadata update was 2026-03-24.

Geography

Canada, primarily facilities under the federal Salmonid Enhancement Program.