Freshwater Habitat

(Background paper by Mark Angelo and Marvin Rosenau, June 1999) Abstract: Salmon and steelhead habitats in BC are almost as varied as the province's geography.

Salmon Conservation in the Central Coast: Council Advisory 2001

The conservation status of chinook and coho salmon populations in the Central Coast has become a matter of growing concern to British Columbians....

Saving the Heart of the Fraser: Addressing Human Impacts to the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Fraser River, Hope to Mission, BC

The Heart of the Fraser is the gravel reach extending from Mission to Hope and with its complex system of islands, gravel bars and vegetation, supports an amazing array of life. This includes a spawning run of the more than ten million pink…

Landscape-Level Impacts to Salmon and Steelhead Stream Habitats in British Columbia

The extent to which fish habitats are impacted by human activities at the landscape level is now being assessed and studied by fisheries scientists around the world. While there have been extensive efforts to protect and restore fish habitats…

Managing Pacific Salmon for Ecosystem Values: Ecosystem Indicators and the Wild Salmon Policy

The PFRCC has released a report on the role that Pacific salmon play in shaping aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The report proposes indicators that might be used to measure this ecosystem role and future work needed to eventually guide policy…

Strait of Georgia Biodiversity in Relation to Bull Kelp Abundance

Pacific Marine Life Surveys Incorporated (PMLS) has a unique database for Pacific Northwest marine life that includes seaweed identifications from 1983 on. Included in this database is dive log data for the Strait of Georgia, comprising some…

Annual Report 2004

This annual report presented a summary of the publications and primary recommendations of the PFRCC in the preceeding year. It also provided an account of the activities in support of salmon protection and habitat restoration, and the perspectives…

Applying the Salmon Stronghold Concept in Canada

The idea underlying Salmon Strongholds is to ensure thriving fish habitat conditions where it is most crucial to maintain the abundance, productivity and diversity of wild Pacific salmon species and populations. It emphasizes the prevention…