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Zymoetz River Steelhead: Summary of Current Data and Status Review, 1997
The Zymoetz River arises in a chain of headwater lakes (McDonell, Dennis, and Aldrich lakes) 29 km southwest of Smithers, and flows 109 km to the confluence with the Skeena... -
Project Outline - Lakelse Cutthroat Trout Enhancement Opportunity
A letter from W.E. Chudyk to the Ministry of Environment regarding the project outline for Lakelse Lake cutthroat trout enhancement opportunities. This project is geared to... -
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory at Three Sub-basins in the Morrison Creek Watershed
The Morrison Creek watershed is the fourth largest drainage in the Babine Lake watershed group. Morrison Creek drains into the Morrison Arm of Babine Lake approximately 28 km... -
Recent Trends in the Catchability of Sockeye Salmon in the Skeena River Gillnet Test Fishery and Impacts on Escapement Estimation
The Skeena River Salmon Management Committee established the Skeena River gillnet test fishery in 1955. The test fishery is used to monitor sockeye and pink salmon escapement... -
Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluations and Fish Passage Culvert Inspection
Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluations arose out of the Forest and Range Practices Act as a way of measuring the effectiveness of the Act in accomplishing its forest... -
Reconnaissance Level Fish and Fish Habitat Inventories in the Bulkley T.S.A.
These reports summarize the reconnaissance level fish and fish habitat inventories for various locations along the Bulkley River. Sensitive habitats and barriers are discussed,... -
Reconnaissance Survey of Lakelse Lake
This survey collected information about the fish species that are present in Lakelse Lake, as well as information about the physical characteristics of the lake. This includes... -
Residual Impacts on water quality and sockeye salmon fry habitat: Twenty years after the end of log storage in Morrison Arm of Babine Lake
The Morrison River enters Babine Lake from the northwest. Morrison and Tahlo Lakes are important sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) nursery lakes that collectively host the second... -
Live Capture and Tagging of Skeena Chinook Feasibility Study
The Skeena River supports over 75 separate spawning populations of Chinook salmon. Four river systems, the Kitsumkalum, Morice, Kispiox and Bear Rivers account for approximately... -
The Resumption of the Babine Lake Watershed Sockeye Smolt Population Estimation Project
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... -
Babine Lake Watershed Sockeye Smolt Population Estimation Project - Mark-Recapture
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... -
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... -
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... -
An Investigation into the Feasibility of Modifying Derelict Dams to Improve Salmon Productivity in the Kloiya River and Rainbow Lake watershed
Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC), in partnership with the Lax Kw’alaams Fisheries Program conducted a feasibility assessment to determine whether salmon productivity in the... -
2007 DNA Collection Report
In 2003 the Gitksan Watershed Authorities (GWA) initiated a project to collect genetic (tissue) samples for DNA analysis from chum and pink salmon in selected streams throughout... -
Sea Lice Transfer between Wild Sympatric Adult and Juvenile Salmon on the North Coast of BC
In order to determine the levels of abundance between juvenile and adult salmon, the researchers examine sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, on both groups of salmon from the... -
Sockeye Creel Study Skeena River 2011
The Skeena Watershed is the second largest sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) producing watershed in British Columbia. Sockeye recreational fishing on the Skeena River and the... -
Assessment of Sockeye Fry Passage at the Babine River Adult Salmon Counting Fence
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... -
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... -
Effects of host migration, diversity and aquaculture on sea lice threats to Pacific salmon populations
This journal reports and discusses the results that characterize parasite threats of salmon aquaculture to wild salmon populations and show how host migration and diversity are...