As a signatory to this Declaration, we call upon governments and all organisations involved in the conservation of wild salmon, businesses, conservation organisations, and financial institutions to take strong and bold action to:
- Deliver strong policies, actions, and funding to address the range of human pressures that threaten wild salmon and ensure wild salmon have free access to cold clean water and healthy rivers and oceans – the conditions they need to thrive.
- Enable action to conserve, protect and restore rivers at a catchment scale and at a pace that is commensurate with the urgency of the crisis.
- Deliver coordinated action to prioritise evidence gaps in understanding the decline in wild salmon populations.
- Recognise the vital importance of the leadership of Indigenous Peoples, whose resilience and stewardship hold the key to restoring balance and safeguarding this shared resource.
- Urgently address the dramatic decline in salmon sea survival rates through actions to mitigate the impacts of climate change, including warming oceans and shifts in prey species, and manage human pressures that may impact wild salmon, including; bycatch of wild salmon by the inshore and ocean pelagic fishing fleets, aquaculture, and marine energy infrastructure.
- Develop and implement effective public and private funding mechanisms (including natural capital markets) that will support urgent efforts to deliver the necessary actions detailed in this Declaration.