State of Salmon Conservation in the Central Coast Area: Background Paper
Areas 6-10 of British Columbia’s Central Coast, provides a good measure of the current state of domestic stocks and their management.
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Areas 6-10 of British Columbia’s Central Coast, provides a good measure of the current state of domestic stocks and their management.
Agriculture operations in the eastern Fraser Valley have resulted in substantial reductions in stream, wetland and riparian areas. The current intensification of agriculture operations continues to reduce aquatic habitat and put the area’s fisheries values at risk. Action is needed to conserve remaining aquatic habitat. The report gives credit to government agencies for initiating environmental […]
Sand, gravel and other sediments within and adjacnt to spawning and rearing streambeds are fundamental to the productivity of salmon and steelhead stocks. The high levels of production formerly seen in many of British Columbia’s chum, pink and sockeye populations were in part, the result of the conditions of spawning sediments, primarily gravel, available for […]
Report commissioned by the PFRCC and the Vancouver Foundation. Given funding cuts from government he report recommends strategies to survive including a focus on activities that will appeal to private donors and foundations. Projects are suggested that will allow volunteers and professionals to work together rather than compete for limited funds, and require the science-based […]
Report commissioned by the PFRCC. This report set out the various positions that had been expressed by scientists and others, with a focus on potential harmful interactions between enhanced and wild salmon. It explores the opinions and arguments surrounding the impacts and explains the various concepts, theories, practices and research in this field. Risks are […]
(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.
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 salmon, the largest run in BC. The same stretch of river is […]
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 in recent decades, traditional approaches have focused almost exclusively on in-stream and riparian areas. More recent […]
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 3,137 dives in 358 sites. The data span a time period from 1967 to present. The logs contain […]
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 of problems and reduction of threats to wild salmon in geographical areas of particular importance, complementing the emphasis in recent […]
Currently, many western North Amercian heritage plants and animals are being lost due to careless use of water and this cannot be rectified until they attain preferred status for access to this important life-giving resource. Salmon and steelhead populations are among the species impacted by excessive human use of water.
This report summarizes what the Council heard during public meetings, one-on-one meetings with stakeholders and via written submissions related to the subject of salmon hatcheries. British Columbians believe that salmon hatcheries and enhancement activities are needed to protect wild salmon stocks. Many also believe that negative impacts of enhancement on wild salmon have either been […]