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Report: Commercial Interceptions of Steelhead Trout in the Skeena River A Preliminary Review
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This preliminary review of the relationship between steelhead population trends in the Skeena River and steelhead landing in the gell net fishery emphasizes several points, and makes recommendations for improved data collection.
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Author: Chudyk, W.E and D.W. Narver
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Old Reference Number: sk1
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Date Published: May 1976
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Report ID: 2516
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Audience: Government and Public
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This preliminary review of the relationship between steelhead population trends in the Skeena River and steelhead landing in the gell net fishery emphasizes several points, and makes recommendations for improved data collection.
Points made state that by all indices the steelhead population continues to decline and is a small portion of its fromer abundaynce. The peak catch of steelhead in the commercial fishery is about one week later than it was ten years ago. The peak catch of steelhead in the Tyee test fishery is three to four weeks later than ten years ago. In general, steelhead sport fisheries on the upriver stocks now start three to four weeks lateer than in earlier years. The intensified sockeye gillnet fishery now peaks July 26 which is when relatively large commercial steelhead catches and the peak steelhead catch occured ten years ago. Apparently the early portion of the steelhead run is being largely removed by the intensive fillnet fishery for sockeye that occurs at that time. Steelhead anglers on the major Skeena River Tributaries have been progressively restricted in bag limit as the abundance of steelhead had declined. It is not clear that either the commercial fishery of the native food fishery has been restricted in any proportional way to maintain steelhead stocks. It is recommended that an immediate need for more specific and improved data collection on the Skeen River steelhead fisheries was dientified. Detailed data controls would substantially improve the steel head data base and provide for more rational mangement.
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Fish and Aquatic Habitat Information |
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Fish Species - Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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Region - Skeena |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Stock Assessment |
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Watershed Groups - 400 - Skeena River |
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