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BC Fisheries Information
Provides web linkages to Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS), FISS Known Distribution maps, FISS standards and Fisheries Inventory Data Query (FIDQ), -
Assessing Estuaries as Stopover Habitats for Juvenile Pacific Salmon
Habitats along migratory routes may provide key resources for migratory species (e.g. stopover habitat). For example, migratory juvenile salmon transit through estuaries on their way from freshwaters out to the ocean, but they may also reside and feed in... -
Archaeological Evidence for Resilience of Pacific Northwest Salmon Population...
This paper examines the factors that could account for persistence of the indigenous fishery, despite numerous environmental and cultural changes over the last several millennia. -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results,...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project (October 2016) produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon Policy Strategy 2. Pressure Indicators included are Road Density, Riparian... -
Trophic Status of B.C. Lakes
Map and listing of B.C. lakes assessed through the B.C. Lake Monitoring Network. Lakes are characterized as Oligotrophic, Mesotrophic, or Eutrophic. -
Review of North and Central Coast Salmon Indicator Streams and Estimating Esc...
LGL Limited was contracted by the Pacific Salmon Foundation in October 2011 to work with DFO stock assessment biologists to update the core datasets, database systems and analysis tools needed to track stock status and trends for BC salmon stocks. This... -
Rail Evacuation Maps
Railway evacuation maps for diesel, methanol, and propane referenced from the North American 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook -
Provisional Estimates of Numbers and Biomass for Natural-Origin and Hatchery-...
This report provides provisional abundance estimates for pink, chum, and sockeye salmon in major regions of the North Pacific from 1952 through 2015 in terms of: numbers of natural- origin and hatchery-origin salmon returns (i.e., catch plus escapement),... -
Provincial Framework for Steelhead Management in British Columbia
This framework document is intended to meet the need of regional flexibility necessary to respond to the diversity of conditions, challenges and angler preferences found across the province in relation to Steelhead management. This management framework aims... -
Pooling Shared Information and Knowledge Governance
This document states the importance of trusted, shared information to create trusted processes, informed decisions and ultimately better outcomes for watersheds in British Columbia. A variety of models for managing and supporting local water and watershed... -
Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area Plan
The Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area ( PNCIMA ) is one of five national Large Ocean Management Areas identified in Canada’s 2005 Oceans Action Plan. The plan outlines a framework for ecosystem-based management (EBM) for PNCIMA that includes... -
Northern Boundary Area Sockeye Salmon Genetic Stock Identification District 1...
Accurate estimates of the stock composition of sockeye salmon caught in boundary area gillnet and purse seine fisheries (few are caught in troll fisheries) are required to estimate the total return (catch plus escapement) of stocks subject to harvest... -
North and Central Coast Salmon Escapement, Catch, Run Size and Exploitation R...
This report provides details on the methods used to convert the escapement estimates for indicator stream into total escapement estimates for each SA and CU as well as a description of the methods used to estimate the exploitation rates needed to compute... -
NORTH COAST MARINE PLAN
The purpose of the North Coast Marine Plan is to provide recommendations for achieving ecosystem health, social and cultural wellbeing, and economic development through an ecosystem-based approach to planning and management. This plan provides... -
Interim Assessment Protocol for Aquatic Ecosystems in British Columbia: Stand...
The Aquatic Ecosystems assessment protocol currently describes the derivation of a core set of watershed indicators that can be calculated consistently across the province using GIS data layers readily available from GeoBC or other ministry providers. The... -
Increasing Dominance of Odd-Year Returning Pink Salmon
The hypothesis that abundance patterns differ between even- and odd-year returning Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) was examined using data from the eastern and western North Pacific Ocean, northern and southern British Columbia, and biologically based... -
Daily Streamflow and Water Temperature Simulation: Case Study of Pacific Coas...
The objective of the project is to present how the GEM, GEM-Surf, WATROUTE and RBM models were set up and coupled over the watersheds flowing into Hecate Strait and discuss preliminary results obtained for the period of October 2013– July 2015. The... -
Current and Proposed Mining, Energy, and Forestry Development in Northwest Br...
Map showing salmon habitat overlain with current and proposed infrastructure development in northwest BC. Infrastructure includes roads, forestry cutblocks, mines, transmission lines, pipelines, transmission lines, major projects, agricultural land tenures,... -
Climate Summary for: Skeena Region - Part of a Series on the Resource Regions...
There is a strong scientific consensus that the Earth’s climate is changing, primarily due to greenhouse gas emissions. This series of climate summaries, for the eight resource regions of British Columbia, is meant to help inform readers about past climate... -
Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN)
The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is an aquatic biomonitoring program for assessing the health of fresh water ecosystems in Canada. Benthic macroinvertebrates are collected at a site location and their counts are used as an indicator of the...