The 1995 Skeena River Gillnet and Seine Sampling Program

The 1995 Skeena River Fisheries Technician Program was tasked to work on grounds monitoring the area 4 gillnet and special seine fishery. The project was timed to coincide with peak catches of steelhead expected in and around the Skeena River mouth. The objectives of monitoring the gillnet fishery were to identify steelhead catch concentration points and related relationships with sockeye abundance. Special seine fishery monitoring was designed to address concerns of vessel compliance to fishery regulations, observe vessel conduct and fishing strategies, identify catch locations of restrictive species and assess the affects of the fishery on the health of restrictive species.