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Manuscript Report Series No. 961: Background Information on Management of the...
The report is a short review of recent events and assesses current trends of the Skeena sockeye situation. -
Managing the Skeena River Sockeye Salmon Fishery - the Process and the Problems
The purposes of this report are to review the development of the management of Skeena sockeye, to describe the current process of managing the Skeena sockeye fishery with emphasis on objective setting and in-season decision making, and to recommend... -
Managing Biodiversity in Pacific Salmon: the Evolution of the Skeena River So...
This report discusses the trade-off fisheries managers are faced with that remains unresolved – how to reap the benefits from commercially valuable stocks while maintaining diversity essential for sustainability. -
Interception of Skeena River Sockeye Salmon Stocks in Northern Boundary Marin...
This report estimates the marine interception of Skeena River sockeye salmon stocks in Northern Boundary fisheries. -
Institutional Learning and Spawning Channels for Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus...
The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional learning in on particular circumstance, the construction, operation, and management of artificial spawning channels for sockeye salmon in B.C. -
Hydroacoustic Surveys of Nilktikwa Lake and the North Arm of Babine Lake 2015
Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC) conducted hydroacoustic surveys in two sockeye salmon rearing lakes in the Babine watershed in 2015. Nilkitkwa Lake and the North Arm of Babine Lake are considered to be the primary rearing areas for the progeny of sockeye... -
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... -
Factors in the Population Biology of the Sockeye in the Skeena
The purpose of this paper is to examine these features of the population biology of Skeena River sockeye, to indicate factors that may have contributed to influencing the population changes, and to assess with a computer simulation, whether a synthesis of... -
Digest of Interim Report Skeena River Salmon Investigation
This report briefly summarizes the findings of a five-year investigation of the salmon of the Skeena River system from 1944 to 1948. -
Catalogue of Salmon Streams and Spawning Escapements of Statistical Area 4 (U...
This resource from Ecocat is a catalogue containing each stream's location, spawning distribution, barriers and points of difficult ascent, escapement records, and other general data pertaining to the stream. The catalogue also includes a topographical map... -
Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Documents
This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of fisheries resources in Canada. As such, it addresses the issues of the day in the time frames required and the documents it contains are not intended as definitive statements on the subjects... -
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document Series
This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of aquatic resources and ecosystems in Canada. -
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... -
Benchmark Analysis for Lake Sockeye Conservation Units (CUs) in the Skeena
This project estimates benchmarks and status' for all conservation units (CUs) in the Skeena watershed. -
Babine Steelhead - A Future
The project was designed to capture wild juveniles of these species during or before their seaward migration, and mark them by inserting a coded wire tag in their snout and removing the adipose fin. The marked fish would then be released. In this manner,... -
Babine River Coho Beach Seining Program
Commencing in 1998, Babine River coho fry were strategically enhanced by conducting fry and smolt releases. A survival comparison of the fry versus smolt releases was intended to determine if fry releases into the Babine system could be used to increase the... -
Assessment of Sockeye Salmon Production in Babine Lake, British Columbia with...
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of sockeye production from the Babine-Nilkitkwa system in that it brings together, for the first time in many years, recently compiled information on trends in spawning escapements by run timing group, fry... -
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... -
Assessment of Freshwater Production of Sockeye Salmon in Babine Lake
This paper is intended as the first step towards a comprehensive assessment of the status of Babine Lake sockeye salmon. The primary objective of this paper is to assess the status of freshwater production of salmon in Babine lake and to provide corrected... -
Aquatic Stream Inventory: Operational Stream Inventory in the Morrison IRM Un...
The overall purpose of this project was to conduct fisheries inventory in operational areas identified by Houston Forest Products in the Morrison Integrated Resource Management Unit (IRM). The objectives were to conduct a literature review of inventory...