When faced with the loss of a population, resource managers often feel compelled to choose restoration strategies perceived to have low risk, such as the management of the ecological components of the system or the application of regulatory measures. It can be counterintuitive to share decision-making and resource management with those who want to harvest an imperiled population, yet this social–ecological strategy resulted in the recovery of a wild Atlantic salmon population in Newfoundland, Canada. Atlantic salmon supported widespread commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries but declines in abundance necessitated closures and other conservation strategies across many areas of Atlantic Canada in the 1990s. Recreational angling for Atlantic salmon was closed in Terra Nova National Park's Northwest River in 1995 when counts were below expectations based on available habitat. The population continued to decline, even though commercial and recreational fishing mortality had been eliminated, and by 2001, extirpation seemed imminent. Despite pressure to pursue conventional strategies such as catch and release fishing and stocking, public consultation and human dimensions research revealed that illegal fishing was likely contributing to declines and that distrust of resource managers created an environment conducive to poaching. Disrupting this dynamic could not be achieved with conventional strategies, so instead an adaptive management approach was implemented that incorporated local collaboration and improved transparency, and was responsive to positive changes in behavior. Adoption of social–ecological management led to a rapid and sustained recovery of the salmon population in Northwest River, out-performing populations in adjacent rivers managed with conventional management strategies.

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社会生态管理导致濒危鲑鱼种群的持续恢复

当面临人口流失时，资源管理者往往被迫选择被认为风险较低的恢复策略，例如系统生态组成部分的管理或监管措施的应用。与那些想要收获濒危种群的人分享决策和资源管理可能有悖常理，但这种社会生态策略导致加拿大纽芬兰野生大西洋鲑鱼种群的恢复。大西洋鲑鱼支持了广泛的商业、自给和休闲渔业，但在 1990 年代，加拿大大西洋地区的许多地区因丰度下降而不得不采取关闭措施和其他保护策略。特拉诺瓦国家公园关闭了大西洋鲑鱼的休闲垂钓活动 s Northwest River 于 1995 年，当时数量低于基于可用栖息地的预期。尽管商业和休闲捕鱼的死亡率已经消除，但人口继续下降，到 2001 年，灭绝似乎迫在眉睫。尽管实施捕捞和放生、放养等传统战略的压力很大，但公众咨询和人文因素研究表明，非法捕捞可能导致数量下降，对资源管理者的不信任创造了有利于偷猎的环境。传统策略无法打破这种动态，因此实施了一种适应性管理方法，该方法结合了当地合作和提高透明度，并对行为的积极变化做出反应。