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A Comparison of Scale, Finray and Otolith Derived Ages in Dolly Varden Char a...
Twenty-four Dolly Varden char from the lower Skeena River and 28 cutthroat trout from Mosquito Lake on the Queen Charlotte Islands were aged independently using finrays, otoliths and scales. Implications of these discrepancies to the management of Dolly... -
Value of the Fisheries Resources in the Bulkley River System
The purpose of this report is to provide an indication of the net economic value of the fisheries stocks in the Bulkley river system. This is done by assessing current and future values of recreational, commercial and, to some degree, Indigenous fishing... -
Telkwa Coal Project: Application for a Project Approval Certificate
The Application should be read in the context that it is the basis for the first major stage of the Environmental Assessment Process as it applies to new mine developments proposed for British Columbia. The purpose of the Application is to provide an... -
Stream Inventory: Fenton Creek and Adjacent Tributaries 1997
This survey provides an assessment of fish presence/absence in Fenton Creek and its adjacent tributaries. It identifies stream gradients and reasons for obstructed fish passage, and identifies key habitat features that require special management attention.... -
Stream Inventory Tagit Creek and Adjacent Tributaries 1997
The major emphasis of the study was to provide a broad-based aquatic inventory at an operational and landscape level to facilitate planning for forest development that minimizes impacts on the aquatic resources of the watershed. Emphasis was placed on... -
Skeena Bulkley RMP: Enhancing Environmental Values
The Skeena Bulkley RMP was originally developed in 1999 and has been refined and updated annually. This document is the third section of the overall Skeena Bulkley RMP, and outlines the environmental issues and priorities associated with the provincial... -
Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter
The objective of this study was to quantify juvenile steelhead abundance and estimate values for habitat capacity thresholds. In 2005, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) began investigating the potential of using the Kloiya as an index stream for monitoring... -
Reconnaissance Survey of Lakelse Lake
This survey collected information about the fish species that are present in Lakelse Lake, as well as information about the physical characteristics of the lake. This includes aquatic vegetation, terrain features, food species, natural spawning and... -
Reconnaissance Inventory of West Julian Holland Lake
The report presents the results of a reconnaissance level “Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory” of West Julian Holland Lake 460-6006-508-005-283-218-502-01 performed to the current standards provided by the Resources Inventory Committee (RIC). West Julian... -
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Stream Inventory of Shedin Creek
Information was collected on biological and physical stream characteristics, fish species assemblage, and fish distribution. The purpose of the Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory is to describe watershed-wide fish distributions and... -
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Stream Inventory Re-Sampling ...
The main objectives of the 1:20,000 fish and fish habitat reconnaissance level stream inventory project in lower Buck Creek watershed were: to review and summarize historical fisheries information for the study area, to describe fish distribution and... -
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory of Tributaries to W...
Portions of the Fulton River watershed, and a series of inlet streams to the west shore of Babine Lake between the Fulton River and Newman Island were surveyed in July 1997, June 1999, July— August 2000, and July — August 2001 to assess fish habitat... -
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Tributaries in the ...
The objective of this project was to conduct a Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory in several watersheds within the Bulkley River (BULK) watershed group. These inventories have a multi-phased approach with six phases required to... -
Northwest Transmission Line: Bell-Irving Route Study
Sheffield studies and office-based reviews for this Bell-Irving Route Study Report were completed in August 2010. This report presents the results of baseline information collected as well as an evaluation of potential project effects on VECs along the... -
Kispiox River Steelhead Trout: the 1975 Sport Fishery and Life History Charac...
During the months of September, October, and November of 1975, a creel survey and catch sampling program was conducted on the Kispiox River to gather information on the steelhead fishery including angler origin, effort, methods used, and success. Scale... -
Juvenile Coho Salmon and Steelhead Assessment of Lower Toboggan Creek, Septem...
Juvenile sampling and habitat assessment was conducted in the lower three kilometers of Toboggan Creek from September to November, 1998. The lower two kilometers of the stream is of lower habitat quality (higher gradient, greater velocity, little cover)... -
Fisheries Background Studies Morrison Watershed 2004
This report summarizes background fisheries information available for the Morrison Watershed. It focuses on Morrison Creek, Morrison Lake, and its inlet tributaries, with the objective of providing an overview of the fisheries resources of the entire... -
Fish Passage Assessment of Highway 16 and CN Rail in the Bulkley Watershed
This Bulkley fish passage assessment is part of a larger regional effort to improve fish passage limited by highways and secondary roads throughout the Skeena Basin. The purpose of this report is to present background information and survey results for fish... -
Effects of Beaver on Juvenile Coho Salmon Habitat in Kispiox River Tributaries
The purpose of this study was to collect data to determine how beaver dams might affect coho populations in tributaries of the Kispiox River, and to provide a review of the literature on the effects of beaver activity on salmonid populations. -
Davidson Environmental Assessment Fish Habitat Addendum Report
This report describes baseline studies of fish habitat conducted in the Davidson Project area in 2007 and 2008. The objectives of these studies were to 1) assess fish habitat and classify watercourses along the proposed northern haul road, and 2) evaluate...