Making Sense of the Salmon Aquaculture Debate
PFRCC Aquaculture ReportAnalysis of issues related to netcage salmon farming and wild salmon in British Columbia. The report takes a look behind the debate, examines the information and assumptions supporting the arguments of opposing interests.
Implementing the Habitat and Ecosystem Components of DFO’s Wild Salmon Policy
Fraser Salmon Watershed Program, PFRCC N/AThe advisory offers a detailed implementation plan, and recommends that strategies for habitat and ecosystem management be implented together because of their overlap and as a means of saving costs. The Council recommends the use of broad-scale…
Annual Report 2010
PFRCC Annual ReportIn line with its mandate, the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council provides an annual report on its activities and output. This report serves the worthwhile purpose of reviewing and summarizing the key findings, observations and recommendations…
Letter to Minister Regan regarding PFRCC Report on our Public Consultations on Hatcheries and Enhancement
PFRCC Letters & PresentationsN/A
Computer Modelling of Marine Ecosystems
PFRCC Fisheries ReportFisheries ecosystem modelling could be a useful tool to complement present approaches to salmon research and management on Canada’s west coast. Ecosystem modelling refers to a computer application that simulates, through time, biological changes…
Does Over-Escapement Cause Salmon Stock Collapse?
PFRCC Stocks ReportThis report looked at all available information from British Columbia on whether large spawning populations that exceeded “normal”, target or historical numbers, were followed by stock collapses. There was evidence that there was a levelling-off…
Annual Report 2007
PFRCC Annual ReportThis annual report by the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council summarizes the work performed in 2007. It discusses Council's perspectives on the threats, improvements and trends that are impacting wild Pacific salmon stocks and their…
Letter to Minister van Dongen regarding PFRCC report on Conflicts Between Agriculture and Salmon in the Eastern Fraser Valley
PFRCC Letters & PresentationsN/A
Letter to Minister Regan regarding information on costs to acoustically tag Cultus Lake sockeye salmon
PFRCC Letters & PresentationsN/A
Making Sense of the Salmon Aquaculture Debate Executive Summary Analysis of issues related to netcage salmon farming and wild sa
PFRCC Aquaculture ReportThis report takes a look behind the debate, examines the information and assumptions supporting the arguments of opposing interests, and deepens the current public understanding about potential impacts of salmon aquaculture on wild salmon. The…
Letter to Minister Regan regarding Commissioner Bastien’s “Recommendations for Change” Report on Aquaculture
PFRCC Letters & PresentationsN/A
Selection and Use of Indicators to Measure the Habitat Status of Wild Pacific Salmon
PFRCC Habitat ReportThis report is in support of strategy 2 of the Wild Pacific Salmon Policy (WSP). This report recommends specific indicators that can be utilized to describe habitat status. It makes further recommendations including that of undertaking pilot…