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Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar Lake Ontario population in Canada EXTIRPATED 2006 COSEWIC COSEPAC COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF COMITÉ SUR LA SITUATION ENDANGERED WILDLIFE DES ESPÈCES EN PÉRIL IN CANADA AU CANADA COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows: COSEWIC 2006. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar (Lake Ontario population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 26 pp. (www.sararegistry.gc.ca/status/status_e.cfm). Production note: COSEWIC acknowledges Patricia Edwards for writing the status report on the Atlantic Salmon (Lake Ontario population) in Canada. COSEWIC also gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for the preparation of this report. Mart Gross and Michelle Herzog have edited and prepared sections of the report, and the COSEWIC report review was overseen by Mart Gross, Co-chair (Marine Fishes) and Paul Bentzen of the COSEWIC Marine Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee, with input from members of COSEWIC. That review may have resulted in changes and additions to the initial version of the report For additional copies contact: COSEWIC Secretariat c/o Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215 Fax: (819) 994-3684 E-mail: COSEWIC/[email protected] http://www.cosewic.gc.ca Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le saumon atlantique (population du lac Ontario) (Salmo salar) au Canada. Cover illustration: Atlantic salmon (Lake Ontario population) — A.H. Leim and W.B. Scott. Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada (1966). ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006 Catalogue No. CW69-14/460-2006E-PDF ISBN 0-662-43227-4 Recycled paper COSEWIC Assessment Summary Assessment Summary – April 2006 Common name Atlantic salmon – Lake Ontario population Scientific name Salmo salar Status Extirpated Reason for designation Once a prolific species throughout the Lake Ontario watershed, there has been no record of a wild Atlantic salmon since 1898. The Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon was extinguished through habitat destruction and through over- exploitation by a food and commercial fishery. Attempts to re-establish Atlantic salmon through stocking have failed, and the original strain is no longer available. Occurrence Ontario Status history Last reported in 1898. Designated Extirpated in April 2006. Assessment based on a new status report iii COSEWIC Executive Summary Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar Lake Ontario population Species information The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) belongs to the family Salmonidae that includes Atlantic and Pacific salmon, trout, charr, grayling and whitefishes. Adult Atlantic salmon that have been out to sea have trout-like bodies with a blue-green back and silvery sides. The freshwater adults once populating Lake Ontario were reportedly smaller and darker than anadromous strains. This report is concerned with the Lake Ontario population (COSEWIC Designatable Unit). Distribution Anadromous Atlantic salmon once occurred in every country with rivers flowing into the North Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea. In Canada, nearly every suitable coastal stream within Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Labrador, and Newfoundland supported a spawning run of anadromous salmon. In addition, many inland lakes had freshwater populations that did not migrate to the ocean. Atlantic salmon populations have declined in number throughout much of their global range, as well as in Canada, and self-sustaining populations are no longer found west of Montréal. The Lake Ontario population ceased to exist over 100 years ago. Habitat Streams suitable for Atlantic salmon juveniles and adult spawning are characterized by clean water seldom rising above 25°C and naturally graded and stable beds with stony bottoms comprised of particles varying in size from coarse sand and gravel to large boulders. Anadromous Atlantic salmon utilize estuaries and continental margins as well as open seas for growth to the adult stage. Little is known about the specific stream or lake habitat required by the extinct Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon. Usage of streams was probably similar to that for other populations in eastern Canada, and Lake Ontario, because of its large size, likely sustained the adult stage in a manner somewhat similar to that of an ocean environment. iv Biology Atlantic salmon have a complex life history typically described as progressing from egg to alevin to fry to parr to smolt to grilse to adult to kelt. The Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon, unlike those in eastern Canada, probably did not migrate to the Atlantic Ocean but instead completed its life cycle within the Lake Ontario watershed, with egg through parr stage in rivers and smolt through adult and kelt stages within the lake. The life history of Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon was probably similar to that of the species in general, although local adaptations such as in run timing are known. Population sizes and trends The Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon is extinct. At one time, Atlantic salmon were so common in Lake Ontario and its tributaries that catches were measured in barrels of fish rather than in numbers of individual fish. The population began to decline by the mid- 1800s and continued to decline with various hatchery stocking activities, which began in 1866. The last known Atlantic salmon was removed from the Lake Ontario basin before 1900, by anglers. Today, the Lake Ontario ecosystem contains apparently suitable habitat for Atlantic salmon; however, attempts at stocking non-native populations have continued to be unsuccessful in establishing reproducing populations. Limiting factors and threats Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon habitat was degraded by timbering, agriculture, and mills and dams across rivers that prevented access to spawning grounds. Adult Atlantic salmon were also captured as food fish, and harvested in large numbers in a commercial fishery. Lake Ontario fish communities and the aquatic environment have continued to change dramatically over time; presenting new challenges to the introduction of non-native Atlantic salmon. There have been many stocking efforts, but there are no self-reproducing Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario. Special significance of the species Atlantic salmon are said to have encouraged the territorial expansion by Europeans into the interior of Canada. The "king of fish" was valued by aboriginals, provided food for natives and settlers alike, and enabled the creation of a fishery employing thousands of people. The Atlantic salmon was an important species ecologically, functioning in the movement of nutrients from the lake into its tributaries, and as a top predator in both the rivers and the lake. Several recent watershed fisheries management plans have identified the public's interest in restoring naturally sustaining populations of Atlantic salmon. Existing protection or other status designations Due to its vast range and collectively large population, the Atlantic salmon has been given a global rank by the Nature Conservancy of G5 (demonstrably widespread, v abundant and secure), and a national rank of N4 (apparently secure). At the individual provincial and state levels, however, the designations range from "presumed extirpated" in Ontario, to "secure" in Quebec. Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon are currently listed as endangered by Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA), and most neighbouring US populations of Atlantic salmon are listed as endangered (US Endangered Species Act). vi COSEWIC HISTORY The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) was created in 1977 as a result of a recommendation at the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference held in 1976. It arose from the need for a single, official, scientifically sound, national listing of wildlife species at risk. In 1978, COSEWIC designated its first species and produced its first list of Canadian species at risk. Species designated at meetings of the full committee are added to the list. On June 5th 2003, the Species at Risk Act (SARA) was proclaimed. SARA establishes COSEWIC as an advisory body ensuring that species will continue to be assessed under a rigorous and independent scientific process. COSEWIC MANDATE The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assesses the national status of wild species, subspecies, varieties, or other designatable units that are considered to be at risk in Canada. Designations are made on native species for the following taxonomic groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, arthropods, molluscs, vascular plants, mosses, and lichens. COSEWIC MEMBERSHIP COSEWIC comprises members from each provincial and territorial government wildlife agency, four federal entities (Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership, chaired by the Canadian Museum of Nature), three non-government science members and the co-chairs of the species specialist subcommittees and the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge subcommittee. The Committee meets to consider status reports on candidate species. DEFINITIONS (2006) Wildlife Species A species, subspecies, variety, or geographically or genetically distinct population of
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