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Wetsuweten Fisheries conducted a steelhead tagging program on the Bulkley River at Moricetown Canyon (about 30 km north of Smithers, B.C.) in 2005 to monitor run timing and abundance of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) moving through Moricetown Canyon.
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Author: SKR Consultants Ltd.
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Date Published: Jul 2009
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Report ID: 53470
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Audience: Government and Public
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Wetsuweten Fisheries conducted a steelhead tagging program on the Bulkley River at Moricetown Canyon (about 30 km north of Smithers, B.C.) in 2005 to monitor run timing and abundance of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) moving through Moricetown Canyon. This study is a continuation of previous tagging efforts at Moricetown Canyon since 1999 (SKR 2000a, 2001a, 2002a, 2003, 2004, 2006). Steelhead tagging at Moricetown Canyon is conducted in conjunction with an extensive adult coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) tagging program, and an adult sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka) tagging program; data for these species are analysed separately by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Joseph pers. comm.). In addition, Chinook salmon have been tagged at Moricetown since 2002 (SKR 2003a, 2004, 2006). The steelhead tagging program at Moricetown Canyon was designed by Wetsuweten Fisheries, incorporating input from B.C. Environment (MoE) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (FOC). The initial three years of the program were jointly funded by Fisheries Renewal B.C. and the FOC. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh years of the project were funded by FOC. SKR Consultants Ltd. was retained by Wetsuweten Fisheries to monitor data collection for 2005. Budgetary constraints in 2005, 2006 and 2007 prevented Wetsuweten Fisheries to fund quality assurance monitoring in 2006 and 2007, as well as data analysis and reporting for steelhead data collected in 2005 to 2007. The Ministry of Environment retained SKR Consultants Ltd. to conduct cursory data analysis and reporting of data collected after 2005 to follow recommendations number 15 of the Independent Science Panel (Walters et al 2008). This report summarizes steelhead data collected from July 71\ 2005 to October 3rd, 2005. Subsequent reports will summarize data collected for 2006 and 2007 (SKR 2009a, 2009b ).
The main objectives of this project were:
- to monitor timing of steelhead migrations through Moricetown Canyon;
- to review, check, and summarize steelhead data collected at Moricetown Canyon; and
- to estimate the number of steelhead in the Bulkley River upstream of Moricetown Canyon in the fall/winter 2005.
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Fish and Aquatic Habitat Information |
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Subject
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Fish Species - Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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Region - Skeena |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Fish Inventory |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Research |
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