A Review of Stock Assessment Information for Skeena River Chinook

Skeena management has changed significantly over the last decade, particularly since 1993 with the formation of the Skeena Watershed Committee. Interest, concern, and the need for chinook assessments on the Skeena are high. PSARC reviewed Skeena chinook in 1989 (Riddell and Snyder 1989) but there has been considerable new information collected in the interim and a new assessment is warranted. This report contains lengthy Appendices of background information as the intent is to provide detail as an information source for the Skeena Watershed Committee deliberations in addition to providing a summary of the available stock assessment information for the Pacific Stock Assessment Review Committee (PSARC).