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An introduction to Twenty years of Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy: reflections on the past and a guide for the future
This Special Collection marks the twentieth anniversary of the WSP and provides a timely evaluation of its legacy, implementation, and future relevance. The papers in the... -
Reviewing 20 years of progress towards sustainable fisheries under Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy
The Wild Salmon Policy was adopted in 2005, to safeguard salmon biodiversity and provide sustainable benefits to Canadians. Over the last 20 years the WSP has made important... -
Managing Biodiversity in Pacific Salmon: the Evolution of the Skeena River Sockeye Salmon Fishery in British Columbia
This report discusses the trade-off fisheries managers are faced with that remains unresolved – how to reap the benefits from commercially valuable stocks while maintaining... -
Wild Salmon Policy Indicator Analysis 2024 for Babine Lake Watershed
These Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) habitat indicator assessment reports 2024 for Babine Lake are intended as a coarse filter approach to identify watersheds that are potentially at... -
Wild Salmon Policy Indicator Analysis 2022 for Babine Lake Watershed
These Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) habitat indicator assessment reports for Babine Lake are intended as a coarse filter approach to identify watersheds that are potentially at risk... -
Wild Salmon Policy Indicator Analysis 2022 for Babine River Watershed
These Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) habitat indicator assessment reports for Babine River are intended as a coarse filter approach to identify watersheds that are potentially at risk... -
Returning Salmon: Integrated Planning and the Wild Salmon Policy in B.C.
The federal Wild Salmon Policy provides an excellent opportunity to both greatly improve salmon management and to achieve significant progress in meeting other ecosystem... -
Concepts and Approaches to WSP Benchmarks and Managing Mixed-Stock Fisheries
Explain some key concepts needed to determine WSP benchmarks and how these are extended to development of a multi-stock fishing plan, with input from community/industry advisors. -
B.C. Wild Salmon Advisory Council Recommendations for a Made-in-B.C. Wild Salmon Strategy
The recommendations in this report aim to contribute to reversing the declining trajectory of wild salmon in B.C., and to help stimulate community economies through a focus on... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Thresholds, and Results for Pressure Indicator Total Land Cover Alteration
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon Policy Strategy... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results, and Thresholds for Stream Crossing Density
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon Policy Strategy... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results, and Thresholds for Pressure Indicators Representing Key Salmon Freshwater Habitat Quantity
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon Policy Strategy... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Summary of Data, Methodology, Results, and Thresholds For Pressure Indicator Road Density
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project (October 2016) produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Stream Flow, Surface Water Licenses and Groundwater Wells
Upper Bulkley fish and aquatic review: stream flow, surface water licenses and groundwater wells. The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review Project produced a set of analyses... -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review Summary of Data, Methodology, Thresholds, and Results For Pressure Indicator Riparian Disturbance
The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild Salmon Policy Strategy... -
Skeena Steelhead Conservation Units
The purpose of this project is to provide an update of Skeena steelhead population structure that is more consistent with both the federal methodology and the intent of the wild... -
Skeena Basin - Coastal Planning Linkages
This background report is a first step towards understanding the Skeena Basin linkages to PNCIMA, how they work, and how these factors integrate into larger planning efforts.... -
Responsible Fishing in Canada's Pacific Region Salmon Fisheries
This report builds on two earlier reports: The Evolution of Commercial Salmon Fishing in BC (Nelson and Turris 2004), and The Evolution of the Recreational Fishery in BC... -
Research Document 2001/098: Factors Limiting Juvenile Sockeye Production
This report presents summaries of data collected from 60 B.C sockeye nursery lakes between 1977 and 2000. Factors which constrain sockeye production in each lake and, where... -
Refining habitat indicators for Strategy 2 of the Wild Salmon Policy: Identifying Metrics and Benchmarks
This report provides results from Step 3, Identifying Metrics and Benchmarks for habitat indicators being considered by DFO for Strategy 2 of the Wild Salmon Policy.