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Freshwater Habitat
/in PFRCC Habitat Report(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
/in PFRCC N/AThe 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
/in PFRCC Habitat ReportThe 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 salmon, the largest run in BC. The same stretch of river is […]
Landscape-Level Impacts to Salmon and Steelhead Stream Habitats in British Columbia
/in PFRCC Habitat ReportThe 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 in recent decades, traditional approaches have focused almost exclusively on in-stream and riparian areas. More recent […]
Managing Pacific Salmon for Ecosystem Values: Ecosystem Indicators and the Wild Salmon Policy
/in PFRCC Stocks ReportThe 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 makers on how to incorporate ecosystem values in their mangement considerations. This is in support […]
Strait of Georgia Biodiversity in Relation to Bull Kelp Abundance
/in PFRCC Habitat ReportPacific 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 3,137 dives in 358 sites. The data span a time period from 1967 to present. The logs contain […]
Annual Report 2004
/in PFRCC Annual ReportThis 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 of Council members on matters including the capacity of regulatory and management agencies to conserve Pacific salmon.
Applying the Salmon Stronghold Concept in Canada
/in PFRCC Habitat ReportThe 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 of problems and reduction of threats to wild salmon in geographical areas of particular importance, complementing the emphasis in recent […]