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Evaluation of burbot stocks and assessment of a cod trapping technique in fou...
The use of cod traps was assessed in four small lakes of the Skeena Region. Traps were deployed during lake trout index netting assessments to gain expense and labour efficiencies. Basic life history parameters were described for pooled samples of burbot as... -
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... -
Upper Sustut, Lower Sustut, and Bear River Steelhead: Summary of Current Data...
This report summarizes the stock status, and current data available on, the upper Sustut, lower Sustut, and Bear River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations. The upper Sustut and lower Sustut/Bear sub-populations differ markedly in their life-history... -
Toboggan Creek Coho Smolt Enumerations
The primary focus of the "Toboggan Creek Smolt Project" is to estimate the number of wild coho (0. kisutch) smolts leaving Toboggan Creek. Initiated in the spring of 1995, the study aimed to estimate wild coho populations of Toboggan Creek by comparison... -
The Life History of Adult Steelhead Sampled in the Tyee Test Fishery in the S...
This report summarizes age, size, and sex for the steelhead sampled at Tyee in four years (1973 - 1976) of test fishing. Comparisons are made with similar information on specific stocks in the Skeena, Kispiox, and Babine Rivers. -
Some Notes on the Age and Size of Morice River Steelhead Trout from Anglers' ...
A creel census was conducted on the Morice River steelhead fishery during Autumn, 1976. The objectives of the study were two-fold: to collect detailed information on angler origin, angler distribution in the fishery, effort, success, and tackle preferences,... -
Review of Resident Game Fish Life History and Abundance Information for Babin...
Babine Lake is the largest unimpounded lake entirely within the province of British Columbia, and likely receives more annual angler days than any other lake in Skeena Region. It is also the most important sockeye salmon nursery lake in the Skeena... -
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 Inventory of Coppermine Lake
The purpose of this survey was to provide essential fish and fish habitat information required for resource planning and making management decisions for Coppermine Lake. Fish sampling was conducted by means of set lines, gillnets, and minnow traps set in... -
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... -
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Re-sampling of Pete...
This report summarizes past fish inventory efforts and results in context with data collected during re-sampling to present a comprehensive picture of fish distribution in the upper Peter-Aleck drainage. -
Observations on Cutthroat Trout of the Lakelse River System, 1986, and Implic...
Cutthroat trout contribute substantially to the Lakelse Lake-River sport fishery. This tagging study of cutthroat trout was undertaken during the May-November period of 1986 on the upper Lakelse River to improve the information base on which this expanding... -
Mission Creek Adult Coho Enumeration and Transport Program: 1998 Program Report
A broomstick fence was constructed and installed in early September 1998. Coho capture and counting occurred from early September to November 1, 1998. The purpose of the counting fence system was to enumerate coho adults returning to Mission Creek and to... -
Life History, Stock Assessment, and Recommendation for a Sustainable Recreati...
Buckley Lake was sampled September 8-10, 2003 by Skeena Region Fisheries staff in an effort to address: 1) rainbow trout history characteristics; and 2) provide advice to Skeena Region Protected Areas staff on the sensitivity of the population to angler... -
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... -
Compilation of Stock Assessment Information for Skeena River Steelhead: Habit...
Geographic information from the BC Watershed Atlas and juvenile steelhead surveys from the Sustut, Kispiox, Bulkley, and Upper Skeena rivers were used to update a model of steelhead trout carrying capacity estimation in the Skeena drainage. The existing... -
Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon: Stream, Lake, and Es...
This report documents the methodology used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to identify potential Strategy 2 habitat indicators, metrics, and benchmarks (as well as possible sampling protocols). The proposed list of indicators presented in... -
Biological Assessment of Skeena River Coho Salmon
This paper provides data on juvenile densities throughout the Skeena watershed in the year following record low escapements and documents the responses in escapement to the conservation measures taken in 1998. For the Babine Lake coho aggregate, advice is... -
Aurora LNG Freshwater Fish and Fish Habitat Final Report 2014-2015
The objective of the Freshwater Fish and Fish Habitat Program was to conduct field surveys of streams within and adjacent to the Project area (i.e., location of LNG plant infrastructure and ancillary facilities on Digby Island). This report presents the... -
Assessment of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon Populations of Babine Lake
This study aims to find evidence of changes in the abundance of sockeye relative to spawning numbers, and evidence of the dispersal and subsequent distribution of juveniles in the lake to determine the extent to which the available lake nursery area is...