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Fish Observations within Lake Babine Territory
This point location dataset of fish observations is a compilation of BC fish distribution information taken from a combination of all the official provincial databases including the BC Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS). Fish occurrences in this... -
Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects Report
This report is part of BC Hydro's transmission line from Terrace to Kitimat planning process to identify potential Project effects and proposed mitigation for biophysical or socio-economic study topic. -
Cranberry Sustainable Resource Management Plan
The Cranberry Sustainable Resource Management Plan (SRMP) is a landscape level plan developed to address sustainable management of land, water and resources in the Cranberry Landscape Unit which is described as Timber Supply Block G, a portion of Timber... -
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. -
Climate Patterns, Trends, and Projections for Omineca, Skeena, and Northeast ...
This document summarizes baseline climate, trends, and projections for the three natural resource regions within the North Area of the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO): the Omineca, Skeena, and Northeast... -
Chatham Sound Eelgrass Study Report
This report discusses the study on eelgrass in the Chatham Sound estuary. The study was aimed to provide quality data and recommendations to relevant management authorities (specifically the DFO, BC Parks and North Coast First Nations whose traditional... -
Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Technical reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which is not normally appropriate for primary literature. Technical reports are directed primarily toward a worldwide audience and have an... -
Babine Watershed Indicator Data Summary Report
This report, commissioned by the Babine Watershed Monitoring Trust, is part of the mandate to monitor the effectiveness of land management plans covering the Babine Watershed. The effectiveness indicators analyzed are: for Biodiversity objective -deciduous... -
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... -
Babine Lake Sockeye Smolt Enumeration - Hydroacoustic Feasibility
Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC) conducted a study to investigate the feasibility of using hydroacoustic methodology to enumerate outmigrating sockeye smolts at the outlet of Nilkitkwa Lake in the spring of 2014 and 2015. Hydroacoustic techniques have the... -
BC Fisheries Information
Provides web linkages to Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS), FISS Known Distribution maps, FISS standards and Fisheries Inventory Data Query (FIDQ), -
Atlas of Sockeye High Value Habitat in the Skeena Watershed
The goal of the project was to compile and share existing data that identify habitat of sockeye salmon in the Skeena watershed. This in turn supports implementation of the Wild Salmon Policy. Ecotrust Canada carried out this work for the Habitat... -
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... -
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. -
Analysis of Skeena River Tributaries Downstream from the Proposed Enbridge Pi...
This study's objective was to develop and map metrics that delineate the areas of the Skeena River and its tributaries most vulnerable to potential pipeline spills associated with the proposed Enbridge corridor to Kitimat, BC. -
An Investigation into the Feasibility of Modifying Derelict Dams to Improve S...
Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC), in partnership with the Lax Kw’alaams Fisheries Program conducted a feasibility assessment to determine whether salmon productivity in the Kloiya River and Rainbow Lake watersheds could be improved by modifying a series of... -
A Widespread Decrease in Productivity of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchusnerka) P...
This analysis report provides a foundation upon which other researchers can base investigations into drivers of sockeye productivity for the Fraser River and elsewhere. -
William Creek Annual Stream Report
As part of the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS) deliverables for 2016/2017 field crews from the Kitselas Resource Department conducted spawning assessments on Williams Creek on August 15, 23, 29, and September 6, of 2016. -
Wetlands Action Plan for BC
The Wetland Stewardship Partnership (WSP) is a group of organizations and government agencies committed to wetland conservation in BC. In this document, the WSP proposes a comprehensive Wetland Action Plan to be implemented cooperatively by governmental and...