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Returning Salmon: Integrated Planning and the Wild Salmon Policy in B.C.
The federal Wild Salmon Policy provides an excellent opportunity to both greatly improve salmon management and to achieve significant progress in meeting other ecosystem management commitments. So far, Fisheries and Oceans Canada staff have built a strong... -
Concepts and Approaches to WSP Benchmarks and Managing Mixed-Stock Fisheries
Explain some key concepts needed to determine WSP benchmarks and how these are extended to development of a multi-stock fishing plan, with input from community/industry advisors. -
B.C. Wild Salmon Advisory Council Recommendations for a Made-in-B.C. Wild Sal...
The recommendations in this report aim to contribute to reversing the declining trajectory of wild salmon in B.C., and to help stimulate community economies through a focus on (a) increasing wild salmon abundance, (b) protecting and enhancing the benefits... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Threshol...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project 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 Disturbance, and... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results,...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project 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 Disturbance, and... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results,...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project 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 Disturbance, and... -
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... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Stream Flow, Surface Water Licenses an...
Upper Bulkley fish and aquatic review: stream flow, surface water licenses and groundwater wells. The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review Project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review Summary of Data, Methodology, Threshold...
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project 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 Disturbance, and... -
Skeena Steelhead Conservation Units
The purpose of this project is to provide an update of Skeena steelhead population structure that is more consistent with both the federal methodology and the intent of the wild salmon policy. The paper is intended as scientific guidance, not provincial... -
Skeena Basin - Coastal Planning Linkages
This background report is a first step towards understanding the Skeena Basin linkages to PNCIMA, how they work, and how these factors integrate into larger planning efforts. The major emphasis is on presenting Skeena Basin First Nations information,... -
Responsible Fishing in Canada's Pacific Region Salmon Fisheries
This report builds on two earlier reports: The Evolution of Commercial Salmon Fishing in BC (Nelson and Turris 2004), and The Evolution of the Recreational Fishery in BC (Kristianson and Strongitharm 2006). This report specifically addresses the issue of... -
Research Document 2001/098: Factors Limiting Juvenile Sockeye Production
This report presents summaries of data collected from 60 B.C sockeye nursery lakes between 1977 and 2000. Factors which constrain sockeye production in each lake and, where possible, make recommendations on the technique(s) most likely to increase stock... -
Refining habitat indicators for Strategy 2 of the Wild Salmon Policy: Identif...
This report provides results from Step 3, Identifying Metrics and Benchmarks for habitat indicators being considered by DFO for Strategy 2 of the Wild Salmon Policy. -
Options for a Made-In-BC Wild Salmon Strategy
This document is the first phase of the Wild Salmon Advisory Council's (WSAC) work. This report presents the Council members’ first and high-level consideration of what might be initiated or supported by the Province in three key subject areas: (a) wild... -
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. -
Landscape and Biophysical Controls of Lake Productivity to Inform Evaluation ...
A report studying sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) located in the North and Central Coast (NCC) of British Columbia. Given the limited resources of assessment for salmon located in these remote locations, limnological and population monitoring in many of... -
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document Series
This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of aquatic resources and ecosystems in Canada. -
Canada's Wild Salmon Policy: an assessment of conservation progress in Britis...
The primary goal of this paper is to assess whether the state of the knowledge and biological status of wild salmon in Canada has improved over the decade since the adoption of the WSP. -
Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon
Links to sites related to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Wild Pacific Salmon Policy