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Babine Lake Watershed Sockeye Smolt Population Estimation Project - Mark-Reca...
In the spring of 2013, the Lake Babine Nation (LBN), in collaboration with the Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC), successfully resumed the Babine Lake Watershed Sockeye Smolt Enumeration Project, and continued it again in 2014, and 2015. In 2014, the exact... -
Assessment of Sockeye Fry Passage at the Babine River Adult Salmon Counting F...
Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC) conducted a study to investigate whether the Babine River Counting Fence prevented sockeye fry that drifted downstream of the structure from migrating back upstream to suitable rearing habitat in June 2015. An engineering... -
Toboggan Creek Hatchery Annual Reports
The Toboggan Creek Hatchery attempts to preserve and enhance the stocks of Coho and Chinook salmon populations in the Bulkley-Morice drainages. This dataset includes annual reports on the brood, escapement and return for the Toboggan Creek Hatchery. -
The Resumption of the Babine Lake Watershed Sockeye Smolt Population Estimati...
The Babine Lake Watershed is the principal sockeye salmon (Oncorhyncus nerka) rearing area for Skeena River sockeye salmon, producing up to 90% of the sockeye returns to the Skeena River over the last few decades. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has... -
Slamgeesh Lake Smolt Sampling Project
For the past ten years the Gitksan Watershed Authorities (GWA) have been collecting information on adult and juvenile sockeye and coho in Slamgeesh Lake in the northern part of the Skeena watershed. -
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... -
Lakelse River Steelhead: Summary of Current Data and Status Review, 1997
The steelhead population of Lakelse River is a major part of the recreational sport fishing opportunity for residents of the Terrace area as well as for visitors from around the world. Compared to other streams in the Terrace area, such as the Zymoetz and... -
Kitwanga River Steelhead: Summary of Current Data and Status Review, 1997
The steelhead population of Kitwanga River forms a potentially important part of the recreational sport fishing opportunity for residents of the Terrace, Kitwanga and Hazelton areas as well as for visitors from around the world. The Kitwanga is a relatively... -
Kitsumkalum River Steelhead: Summary of Current Data and Status Review, 1997
The steelhead population of Kitsumkalum River forms a major part of the recreational sport fishing opportunity for residents of the Terrace area as well as for visitors from around the world. The Kitsumkalum is a relatively cold water river with reasonably... -
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... -
Habitat Restoration & Salmon Enhancement Program (HRSEP) 1998/99 Summary Report
The Habitat Restoration and Salmon Enhancement Program (HRSEP) was established in 1996/97 to complement the Pacific Salmon Revitalization Strategy. The main objective of the federally funded HRSEP is to revitalize salmonid populations in British Columbia... -
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... -
Estuarine and Ocean Survival of Northeastern Pacific Salmon
The proceedings of an estuarine and ocean survival of Northeastern Pacific salmon workshop. This paper provides the outline, along with presentations and papers from the workshop. -
Biophysical Reconnaissance of the Morice River System, 1978-1980
A bio-manageability study of chinook and coho salmon was carried out on the Morice River near Houston, B.C. from the fall of 1978 to mid-1980. The objective of the program was to code wire tag at least 50,000 chinook fry from the 1978 and 1979 broods and as... -
A Risk Assessment Model for Skeena River Sockeye Salmon
This paper presents a risk assessment simulation model for Skeena River sockeye salmon harvested in marine and in-river fisheries in northern British Columbia. This paper also provides production and stock status background for Skeena River sockeye lakes.... -
A Preliminary Investigation of Kitsumkalum River Steelhead Trout 1980-81
Increasing angling pressure combined with intensive logging in the upper watershed and growing human development in the lower watershed during recent years prompted the B.C. Fish and Wildlife Branch to conduct a preliminary investigation of Kalum River... -
Update of Stock Status Information for Early Run Skeena River Coho Salmon (Th...
This paper updates stock status information used in the previous two papers and examines some new information on juvenile rearing densities which has been collected over the past 7 years but which has not been formally analyzed to date. We do not review the... -
1980 Morice River Coded Wire Tagging (CWT) Program
As a precursor to a proposed hatchery facility, bio-baseline and manageability studies were initiated in the spring of 1979 and continued in the spring of 1980. The purpose of the downstream portion of the 1980 study was four-fold: 1) to capture, rear and...