Climate Change - Cohen Commission

database) and from grey literature (e.g. technical reports by government and fishery
management agencies, theses).
3.3 Key words in the literature search will include but not be limited to effects of climaterelated
variables such as temperature, flow, salinity, pH, currents, primary productivity
and interspecific interactions on Fraser River sockeye survival, behaviour and distribution
in both freshwater and marine habitats and life stages in each environment.
3.4 Literature will also be sought in this compilation related to how Pacific salmon
(especially sockeye salmon) are or may be showing potential adaptive responses to
climate change, or climate related variables, and for how potential mitigation measures
could be taken by salmon management agencies.
Deliverables
4.1 The Contractor will organize a Project Inception meeting to be held prior to June 1,, 2010
in the Commission office.
4.2 The primary deliverable is an electronic database that compiles all literature dealing with
climate change and climate related variables on Pacific salmon, with a key focus on
sockeye salmon and where possible, Fraser River sockeye. This database will be provided
to the UBC contractor who is preparing the technical report and analysis of the
documented and projected effects of climate related variables and climate change on
Fraser River sockeye in freshwater and marine environments across all life stages. The
Contractor for the literature compilation will meet regularly with, and provide input,
feedback and guidance to, the UBC Contractor conducting the climate change analysis
and report.
4.3 The electronic database will be delivered to the UBC Contractor and the Scientific
Authority by August 15, 2010,
4.4 The Consultant will make themself available to Commission Counsel during hearing
preparation and may be called as a witness.
4.5 The Consultant will participate in a 2-day scientific workshop in late-November, 2010
with the Scientific Advisory Panel and other consultants preparing Cohen Commission
Technical Reports to address cumulative effects and to initiate discussions about the
possible causes of the decline and of the 2009 run failure.
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