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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... -
Babine Lake Creel Survey at Fulton and Pinkut Creeks in 1990
Total angler effort and rainbow trout catch at Fulton and Pinkut Creeks in Babine Lake was estimated from May 1 to June 9, 1990 to document the catch of mature or spawner size fish. At Fulton, anglers fished for 313 days (average length = 2.39 h) and caught... -
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... -
Sustut River Steelhead Investigations, 1986
The Sustut River, situated approximately 200 km north of Smithers, remains as the last major tributary of the Skeena to be investigated. It supports significant populations of summer steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha),... -
Review of the Escapement of Adult Steelhead to the Upper Sustut River
This report reveals the enumeration of the upper Sustut River steelhead population, which has provided fisheries managers with yearly population index values and time series data to help determine the relative abundance and population trends of early run... -
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... -
Preliminary Estimate of the Escapement of Summer Steelhead to the Nass River,...
Abundance estimates of the summer steelhead escapement to the Nass River was estimated with mark-recapture methods. The preliminary estimate was exploratory in nature and the primary objective of the marking and recovery of steelhead were marked with... -
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... -
Mean Smolt Age Estimation and Under-Aging Bias of Nass River Steelhead Popula...
In the Nass River watershed, juvenile and adult steelhead scales were collected to summarize the mean smolt ages for major summer and winter steelhead populations, and to investigate the lack of the first-year annulus formation which results in under-aging... -
Lakelse Lake Draft Management Plan
The lake management planning process devises methods “to preserve and protect the quality and health of the Lakelse watershed”. This management plan marks the end of the first iteration of the process, and is intended to provide long- term direction to the... -
An Overview of the Algorithms and Parameters used in the Skeena Steelhead Car...
The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive overview of the model and identify the sources of the parameters used in the model. The overview will assist fisheries biologists in making the Nass habitat capability model more characteristic of... -
A Habitat-Based Model of Steelhead Carrying Capacity for the Skeena River
This paper represents a habitat modelling process which estimates the carrying capacity through developing physical and biological processes which interact in ways governed by general biological or biophysical laws. These interactions lead to a calculated...