“The Scoop On Poop,” – Assessing nutrient loads, sources and habitat risks for endangered sockeye salmon in Cultus Lake, BC

Ongoing limnological and paleolimnological research has demonstrated Cultus Lake is undergoing cultural eutrophication, the enrichment of nitrogen and phosphorus from watershed sources. Resultant changes in water quality and biological productivity…

Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring

An integral, but often neglected part of any habitat restoration project is post-construction effectiveness monitoring.  Effectiveness monitoring is essential for adaptive management, as well as demonstrating the value of habitat restoration…

Building a River Community

This Fraser Watershed project has made successful and measurable steps in Building a River Community, effectively redefining relationships in readiness for transformative change in the salmon fishery. The Fraser River Salmon Table has completed…

Salmon in the Quesnel Watershed: A Think Tank on the need for an Inland Fisheries Research Program.

On February 23-25, 2011 an Inland Fisheries Research Think Tank has held at the Dr. Max Blouw Quesnel Research Center to discuss options or possibilities for a research watershed, such as the Quesnel. It was recommended that yes a Quesnel River…

Fishwheel, radio-telemetry and catch monitoring components of the “Count on Salmon” Project.

Recently, there have been large discrepancies between the estimates of abundance derived from the Mission hydroacoustic surveys, and those made on the spawning grounds for some Fraser River sockeye stocks. Also recently, large proportions of…

Salmon Conservation Challenges in British Columbia with particular reference to Central and North Coast: Council Advisory 2004

This report summarizes Council’s advice based upon an extensive analysis of the status of all salmon stocks in the central and north coast areas of BC. The advisory points out serious shortcomings in DFO’s salmon assessment program. Budgets…