Skeena freshwater fish management

Last updated on August 16, 2023

Region 6 Fisheries Management

Named for the second longest river in British Columbia, the Skeena Region covers approximately one third of the province of British Columbia. Skeena Regional headquarters is located in Smithers, B.C.

On this page:

lake near Atlin BCPrimary responsibilities for the Regional Fisheries staff include:

  • Freshwater fisheries management in regional lakes and streams, conservation, lake stocking, angling regulations, and classified waters
  • Cooperative fisheries management with government agencies, First Nations and NGOs
  • Specific Fisheries Project
    • Kitimat cutthroat telemetry
    • Lake trout population assessments
    • Upper Sustut River floating steelhead fence
    • Kloiya River resistivity counter
  • Review & Approval of scientific fish collection and live fish possession and transportation permits
  • Collect and provide scientific fisheries information, data and support for First Nations treaty negotiation tables and other user groups
 

Skeena Region Fisheries Management Report Series & Inventory Reports, Maps and Data

 

Entries link to report summaries and documents in ECOCat

Title

Water Body

Watershed Group

Species addressed
Chudyk. W.E. and D. W. Narver. 1976. Commercial interceptions of steelhead trout in the Skeena River - a preliminary review. . pp27. (PDF, 640Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. 1976. The life history of adult steelhead sampled in the Tyee Test Fishery in the Skeena River estuary and comparisons with other steelhead stocks in B.C. pp18. (PDF, 400Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morris, M. and B. Eccles. 1976. Preliminary survey of juvenile salmonid rearing habitat, summer 1976, in upper Kitsumkalum River and tributaries. pp40. (PDF 1.55Mb)

Kitsumkalum River

WG 430 Kitsumkalum

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Dolly Varden Char - Salvelinus malma

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Morris, M. and B. Eccles. 1976. Preliminary survey of juvenile salmonid rearing habitat in Kitimat River. pp85. (3.3Mb)

Kitimat River

WG 910 - North Coast Rivers (North of Cape Caution)

Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Dolly Varden Char  - Salvelinus malma

Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Morris, M. and B. Eccles. 1976. Preliminary survey of steelhead spawning habitat in Kitimat River. pp6. (100Kb)

Kitimat River

WG 910 - North Coast Rivers (North of Cape Caution)

Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Dolly Varden Char  - Salvelinus malma

Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Morris, M. 1975. Morice River stream survey. pp50. (PDF 1.7Mb)

Morice River

WG 460 Bulkley

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Dolly Varden Char  - Salvelinus malma

Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Chudyk, W.E. and M.R. Whately. 1977. Some notes on the habits and habitat of steelhead trout in Kispiox River with particular reference to Cullon Creek.  pp10. (PDF, 300Kb)

Kispiox River, Cullon Creek

WG 470 Kispiox

Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morris, M., B. Eccles and M.R. Whately. 1977. An analysis of the steelhead sport fishery on the Morice River, Autumn, 1976. pp20. (PDF, 353Kb)

Morice River

WG 460 Bulkley

Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Whately, M.R., M. Morris, and B. Eccles. 1977. Some notes on the age and size of Morice River steelhead trout from anglers' catches, Autumn, 1976. pp9. (PDF, 800Kb)

Morice River

WG 460 Bulkley

Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Whately, M.R. 1977. Kispiox River steelhead trout: the 1975 sport fishery and life history characteristics from anglers catches. Fish.Tech. Circ. No. 30. pp24. (PDF, 200Kb)

Kispiox River

WG 470 Kispiox

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, B., M. Whately and M. Morris. 1977. Life history of Kitimat River steelhead trout from anglers' catches in 1976 and 1977. pp13. (PDF, 900Kb)

Kitimat River

WG 910 - North Coast Rivers (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Eccles, B., M. Morris, and M. Whately. 1978. Kitimat River steelhead sport fishery, April - May 1977. pp33. (PDF, 680Kb)

Kitimat River

WG 910 - North Coast Rivers (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Imbleau, L.G.J. 1978. A creel survey of the Lakelse River cutthroat trout sport fishery pp26. (PDF, 100Kb)

Lakelse River

WG 420 Lakelse

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki
Whately, M.R. 1978. Babine steelhead -- a future. pp15. (PDF, 5.8Mb) WG 480 Babine steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S. 1978. An inventory of the Kager Lake inlet and outlet streams. pp23. (PDF, 6.8Mb)

Kager Lake

WG 180 Nechako

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S. 1978.A stream survey of the Takysie Lake watershed  pp52. (PDF, 3.2Mb)

Takysie Lake

WG 180 Nechako

Longnose Sucker -  Catostomus catostomus

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Hatlevik, S. 1978.Toboggan Creek: a report on the results of field work undertaken by the Bulkley Valley Steelhead Club, August-October 1978.  pp24. (PDF, 1.9Mb)

Toboggan Creek

WG 460 Bulkley

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Pink Salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Humphries, D.H., and C. Morley. 1978. A fisheries survey of the upper Zymoetz River system (headwaters to Red Canyon creek) with particular reference to steelhead and cutthroat trout habitat and enhancement opportunities. pp158. (PDF, 8.1Mb)

Zymoetz River

WG 440 Zymoetz

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Chudyk, W.E. 1979. Zymoetz River steelhead trout: a preliminary report on the 1978 sport fishery and some aspects of their life history  pp28. (PDF, 200Kb)

Zymoetz River

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Whately, M.R. and W.E. Chudyk. 1979. An estimate of the number of steelhead trout spawning in Babine River near Babine Lake, Spring, 1978. pp17. (PDF, 122Kb)

Babine River

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, M.J. 1979. Radiotelemetry studies of summer run steelhead trout in the Skeena River, 1978, with particular reference to equipment and capture methods. pp17. (PDF, 1.2Mb)

Skeena RIver

WG 400 Skeena

WG 440 Zymoetz

WG 460 Bulkley

WG 470 Kispiox

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. 1979. Suskwa River steelhead trout: the colonization of Harold-Price Creek with hatchery reared steelhead.  pp15 (PDF, 500Kb)

Suskwa River, Harold-Price Creek

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. 1980. Zymoetz River steelhead trout: a progress report on the Zymoetz River enhancement program; specifically the diversion of Serb Creek. pp11. (PDF, 600Kb)

Zymoetz River, Serb Creek

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. and M.R. Whately. 1980. Zymoetz and Clore River steelhead trout: A report on the 1978 and 1979 sport fishery and some aspects of their life history. pp38. (PDF, 300Kb)

Zymoetz River, Clore River

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P., K. Diemert, and M.R. Whately. 1981. A creel survey of the Lakelse Lake cutthroat trout sport fishery, June-August, 1979. pp19. (PDF, 141Kb)

Lakelse River

WG 420 Lakelse

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki
Lough, M.J. 1980. Radio telemetry studies of summer run steelhead trout in the Skeena River drainage, 1979, with particular reference to Morice, Suskwa, Kispiox and Zymoetz River stocks. pp82. (PDF, 1.76Mb)

Morice River

Kispiox River

Suskwa River

Zymoetz River

Bulkley River

Harold-Price Creek

Owen Creek

Gosnell Creek

Lamprey Creek

McDonnell Lake

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. 1981. Suskwa River steelhead trout: the colonization of Harold-Price Creek with steelhead fry hatched and reared near Skilokis Creek; progress report, 1980. pp24. (PDF, 900Kb)

Harold-Price Creek

WG 460Blukley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, M.J. 1980. An overview survey of the Tahltan River and status of Tahltan steelhead trout. pp26. (PDF, 1.9Mb)

Tahltan River

WG 640 Tahltan

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, M.J. 1981. Commercial interceptions of steelhead trout in the Skeena River - radio telemetry studies of stock identification and rates of migration. pp34. (PDF, 400Kb)

Skeena River

WG400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, M.J. 1983. Radio telemetry studies of summer steelhead trout in the Cranberry, Kispiox, Kitwanga and Zymoetz Rivers and Toboggan Creek, 1980.  pp73. (PDF, 1.0Mb)

Cranberry River

Kispiox River

Kitwanga River

Zymoetz River

Toboggan Creek

WG 400 Skeena

WG 440 Zymoetz

WG 460 Bulkley

WG 470 Kispiox

WG 530 Cranberry

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P. 1981. A fisheries inventory of the Morrison Lake drainage system. pp42. (PDF, 2.5Mb)

Morrison River

Tahlo Creek

WG 480 Babine

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Sockeye Salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka

Pink Salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Hatlevik, S.P. 1981. A fisheries inventory of the Gosnell Creek system. pp71. (PF, 3.4Mb)

Gosnell Creek

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. 1982. Copper Creek (Q.C.I.) steelhead trout: a report on the effect of non-random release of kelts from a fence barrier on their incidental capture in an Indian net fishery, and some notes on population size and life history characteristics. pp24. (PDF, 0.7Mb)

Copper Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Schultze, G.C. 1982. A preliminary study of the Kwinageese River steelhead trout. pp12. (PDF, 1.2Mb)

Kwinageese River

WG 500 Nass

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, M.J. and M.R. Whately. 1984. A preliminary investigation of Kitsumkalum River steelhead trout, 1980-81. pp31. (PDF, 800Kb)

Kitsumkalum River

WG 500 Nass

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. and M.R. Whately. 1983. Steelhead of the Yakoun River: some aspects of their life history, population size and the sport fishery 1981-82. pp32. (PDF, 100Kb) Yakoun River steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Schultze, G.C. 1983. Suskwa River steelhead: 1982 colonization of the upper Harold-Price with steelhead fry.  pp19. (PDF, 2.8Mb)

Harold-Price Creek

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P. 1982. A creel survey of Helene Lake, July, 1982. Pp 12. (PDF, 200Kb)

Helene Lake

WG 480 Babine

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P. 1982. A creel survey of Uncha and Binta Lakes, June-August 1982 pp23. (PDF, 100Kb)

Uncha Lake

Binta lake

WG 180 Nechako

Lake Trout (Char) -  Salvelinus namaycush

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

deLeeuw, A.D. 1984. A fisheries management strategy for the Pallant Creek watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands. pp41. (PDF, 100Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

O'Neill, M.J. and M.R. Whately. 1984. Bulkley River steelhead trout: a report on angler use, tagging, and life history studies conducted in 1982 and 1983. pp42. (PDF, 200Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Schultze, G.C. 1984. A reconnaissance of the Sustut River with particular reference to steelhead trout. pp12. (PDF, 1.3Mb)

Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Chudyk, W.E. 1983. Some notes on the 1983 sport fishery on Atlin Lake, B.C. pp13. (PDF, 100Kb)

Atlin Lake

WG 837 Atlin

Arctic grayling - Thymallus arcticus

Lake trout (Char) - Salvelinus namaycush

 

Whately, M.R. 1984. Skeena Region fisheries management statement. pp91. (PDF, 9.9Mb)    
Schultze, G.C. 1985. Call Lake creel census. pp7. (PDF, 200Kb)

Call Lake

WG 460 Bulkley

Brook Trout - Salvelinus fontinalis
Schultze, G.C. 1985. An evaluation of the Co-op Lake fishery. pp11. (PF, 500Kb)

Co-op Lake

WG 180 Nechako

Brook Trout - Salvelinus fontinalis
Schultze, G.C. 1985. A fisheries survey of Richmond Lake. pp7. (PDF, 401Kb)

Richmond Lake

Priestly Lake

WG 180 Nechako

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P. 1985. Bigelow Lake creel census, December 1984 to March, 1985. pp6. (PDF, 200Kb)

Bigelow Lake

WG 460 Bulkley

Brook Trout - Salvelinus fontinalis
deLeeuw, A.D. 1985. Pallant Creek Steelhead: some aspects of their life history, population size, and sport fishery, 1981-82. pp19. (PDF, 118Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresy Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1985. Pallant Creek steelhead: 1983-84. pp21. (PDF, 600Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1985. Pallant Creek steelhead: 1984-85. pp24. (PDF, 100Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1986. Deena Creek steelhead: some aspects of their history, population size, and sport fishery, Spring, 1983. pp2. (PDF, 800Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1986. Mamin River steelhead: a report on a limited tagging study undertaken during Winter, 1984. Pp14. (PDF, 600Kb)

Mamin River

WG 940 Graham Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P. 1987. Skeena Fisheries Chemical rehabilitation of Dunalter (Irrigation) Lake for Fisheries Enhancement, October, 1986.  pp47. (PDF, 4.2Mb)

Dunalter lake

Irrigation lake

WG 460 Bulkley

 
deLeeuw, A.D. 1987. Yakoun River Steelhead. Some aspects of their life history, population size and sport fishery. 1982-83. pp19. (PDF, 100Kb)

Yakoun River

WG 940 Graham Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1987. Pallant Creek Steelhead 1985-86. pp19. (PDF, 300Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1989. Observations on cutthroat trout of the Mosquito Lake system, Queen Charlotte Islands, 1986-1987. pp48. (PDF, 200Kb)

Mosquito Lake

WG 950 Moresby Island

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki
deLeeuw, A.D. 1989. Pallant Creek Steelhead 1986-87. pp24. (PDF, 900Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1989. Pallant Creek Steelhead, tagging and life history investigations. 1987-88. pp30. (PDF, 900Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D. 1989. Pallant Creek steelhead tagging and life history investigations, 1988-89. pp29. (PDF, 900Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, M.J. 1988. Skeena Net Titles Survey. Preliminary Report of Native Food Fishing Effort on the Skeena River in 1987. pp12. (PDF, 46Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Spence, C.R. 1989. Movement of Skeena River steelhead trout through saltwater and Inland fisheries, 1988. pp24. (PDF, 300Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Schultze, C.G., and Lough, M.J., 1987. Survival Rates of Fry released in the headwaters of Suskwa and Zymoetz Rivers. A Preliminary Assessment. pp21. (PDF, 400Kb)

Suskwa River

Zymoetz River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Spence, C., M.C. Beere, and M.J. Lough. February, 1990 Sustut River steelhead. pp28. (PDF, 100Kb)

Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, J., Tetreau, R., and Beere, M. April 1989. Douglas Channel Report. A Synoptic Survey of seven Douglas Channel area streams: Giltoyees Creek; Triumph River; Kiltuish River; Weewanie Creek; Little Foch Creek; Big Foch Creek and Bish Creek.  pp64. (PDF, 30Mb)

Giltoyees Creek

triumph River

Kiltuish River

Weewanie Creek

Little Foch Creek

Big Foch Creek

Bish Creek

WG 910 North Coast (North of Cape Caution)

Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Chum Salmon - Oncorhynchus keta

Pink Salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Lough, J., June 1990. Summary of the Kitimat River Anadromous Cutthroat stocking program, 1985 to 1990. pp14. (PDF, 100Kb)

Kitimat River

WG 910 North Coast (north of Cape Caution)

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki
Hatlevik, S.P., March 1990. The Lake Trout of Tutshi Lake; Life History and Preliminary Assessment of Annual Sustainable Yield 1987. pp47. (PDF, 8.6Mb)

Tutshi Lake

WG 836 Tutshi

Lake trout (Char) - Salvelinus namaycush
Tetreau, R. and C. Spence. 1990. Survey of Native Food Fisheries for Steelhead in the Skeena River System, 1989. pp13. (PDF, 400Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C., 1991. Steelhead migration behaviour and timing as evaluated from radio tagging at the Skeena River Test Fishery, 1989. pp24. (PDF, 400Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C., 1991. Radio telemetry investigations of steelhead tagged in the lower Bulkley River, 1989. pp18. (PDF, 300Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C., 1991. Radio telemetry investigations of Babine River steelhead, Spring 1990. pp17. (PDF, 300Kb)

Babine River

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C., 1991. Survey of native food fisheries for steelhead in the Skeena River system, 1990. pp29. (PDF, 1.1Mb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Tetreau, R. and D. deLeeuw, 1991. Pallant Creek Steelhead 1989-90. pp21. (PDF, 0.9Mb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hatlevik, S.P., 1990. A Mark and Recapture Study of Rainbow Trout Spawning in the Upper Nadina River, May, 1988. pp26. (PDF,914Kb)

Nadina Lake

Francois lake

Nadina River

WG 180 Nechako

Rainbow trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Tetreau, R. and D. deLeeuw, 1991. Pallant Creek Steelhead 1990-91. pp24. (PDF, 500Kb)

Pallant Creek

WG 950 Moresby Island

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C., 1991. Survey of native food fisheries for steelhead in the Skeena River system, 1991. pp43. (PDF, 2.6Mb)

Skeena River

Bulkley River

WG 400 Skeena

Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chum Salmon - Oncorhynchus keta

Sockeye Salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Pink Salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

deLeeuw, A.D., 1991. A comparison of scale, finray and otolith derived ages in Dolly Varden Char, and cutthroat trout. pp9. (PDF, 300Kb)

Skeena River

Mosquito lake

WG 400 Skeena

WG 950 Moresby Island

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Dolly Varden Char - Salvelinus malma

deLeeuw. A.D., 1991. Babine Lake creel survey at Fulton and Pinkut Creeks, May-June, 1990. pp10. (PDF, 900Kb)

Fulton Creek

Pinkut Creek

Babine Lake

WG 480 Babine

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
deLeeuw, A.D., 1991. Observations on cutthroat trout of the Lakelse River system, 1986, and implications for management. pp11. (PDF, 400Kb)

Lakelse River

Lakelse Lake

WG 420 Lakelse

Cutthroat Trout (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki
Beere, M.C., 1992. The Skeena River steelhead observer program. pp13. (PDF, 400Kb) Skeena River steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
de Leeuw, A.D., 1992. Boya Lake Provincial Campground sport fishery survey results, May 15 to September 30, 1991. pp13. Hard Copy only

Boya Lake

WG Dease

 
Lough, J.R.C., 1992. A summary of the Moricetown Falls steelhead release project. A co-management initiative August 24 - September 16, 1992. pp37. (PDF, 900Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, J.R.C., 1993. Lachmach River steelhead investigations, April 22 - June 23, 1992. pp15. (PDF, 600Kb)

Lachmach River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C., 1993. An evaluation of the use of a rotary screw fish trap for assessing steelhead smolt emigrations in the Little Bulkley River, 1993. pp21. (PDF, 300Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Saimoto, R.S., 1994. Enumeration of adult steelhead at the Upper Sustut River, 1993. pp29. (PDF, 1.6Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lough, J.R.C., 1994. A summary of the 1993 Moricetown Falls steelhead and coho release project. A C.S.E.R.F. Project, August 13 - September 9, 1993.  pp34. (PDF, 1.0Mb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Saimoto,R. and R. Saimoto, 1994. Burns Lake Region: Rainbow Trout Sampling “Summary Report”. pp17. (PDF, 500Kb)

Bulkley Lake

Watson Lake

Day Lake

Elwin Lake

Gilmore Lake

Sunset lake

Swan Lake

Lars Lake

Old man Lake

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C. 1993. Juvenile Steelhead surveys in the Kitwanga, Morice, and Zymoetz Rivers, 1993. pp24. (PDF, 300Kb)

Sustut River

Morice River

Zymoetz River

Kitwanga River

WG 400 Skeena

WG 440 Zymoetz

WG 460 Bulkley

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

 

Bison, R.G. January, 1993. Estimating the Abundance of Adult Steelhead in the Babine River using Mark Recapture Methods 1992-1993. pp16. (PDF, 160Kb)

Babine River

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Saimoto, Ron S. 1994. Babine River Steelhead, 1993/94: Population Estimate and Weir Assessment. pp28. (PDF, 1.6Mb)

Babine River

Boucher Creek

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, Mark C. 1995 Movements of Summer Run Steelhead Trout tagged with Radio Transmitters in the Zymoetz River during Spring, 1994. pp24. (PDF, 600Kb)

Zymoetz River

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, Mark C. 1996. Movements of Summer Run Steelhead tagged with Radio Transmitters in the Babine River during Spring, 1994. pp39. (PDF, 1.3Mb)

Babine River

Nilkitkwa River

Boucher Creek

Nichyeskwa Creek

Secret Creek

Shelaghyote River

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K. and K. L Morten. December 1996. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River, 1995. pp58. (PDF, 200Kb)

Sustut River

Sustut Lake

Johanson Lake

WG 490 Sustut

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Sockeye Salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka

Dolly Varden bull trout - Salvelinus spp

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rocky Mountain whitefish - Prosopium williamsoni

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Beere, Mark C. January, 1997. Movements of Summer Run Steelhead Trout Tagged with Radio Transmitters in the Babine River during Fall, 1994. pp21+append. (PDF, 1.2Mb)

Babine River

Nilkitkwa Lake

Nilkitkwa River

babine Skeena confluence

Exchamsiks Skeena confluence

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
O’Brian, David S. and Ernest R Keeley. March 1997. Post-Spawning Movements of Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Skeena Watershed in 1995 and 1996. pp30. (PDF, 800Kb)

Skeena Watershed

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Baxter, J.S. 1997. Upper Sustut, Lower Sustut, and Bear river steelhead: summary of current data and status review, 1997. Skeena Fisheries Report SK-98. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, BC. pp107. (PDF, 4.8Mb)

Upper Sustut River

Lower Sustut River

Bear River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Baxter, J.S. 1997. Kluatantan River steelhead: summary of current data and status review, 1997. Skeena Fisheries Report SK-99. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, BC.  pp30. (PDF, 1.3Mb)

Kluatantan River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Baxter, J.S. 1997. Kispiox River steelhead: Summary of current data and status review, 1997. Skeena Fisheries Report SK-100. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, BC. pp82. (PDF, 200Kb)

Kispiox River

WG 470 Kispiox

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Grieve, G. and D. Webb. 1997. Kitwanga River steelhead: summary of current data and status review, 1997. Skeena Fisheries Report SK-101. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, BC. pp36. (PDF, 1.1Mb)

Kitwanga River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Lewis, A.F.J. and S. Buchanan. 1997. Zymoetz River steelhead: summary of current data and status review, 1997. Skeena Fisheries Report SK-102. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, BC. pp108. (PDF, 500Kb)

Zymoetz River

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Grieve, G. 1997. Lakelse River Steelhead: Summary of current data and Status Review, 1997. Skeena Fisheries report SK-105. B. C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, B. C. pp64. (PDF, 2.1Mb)

Lakelse River

WG 420 lakelse

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Grieve, G. Kitsumkalum River Steelhead: Summary of current data and Status Review. 1997. Skeena Fisheries report SK-106 B. C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, B.C. pp57. (PDF, 2.1Mb)

Kitsumkalum River

WG 430 Kitsumkalum

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K Morten, K. L. and D. Y. Atagi. Review of the Escapement of Adult Steelhead to the Upper Sustut River, 1986, 1992-1996. pp63. (PDF, 300Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C.K. Water Survey of Canada Stations pertaining to the Nass Habitat Capability Model. Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting. July, 1997. pp28. (PDF, 0.7Mb)

Nass River

WG 500 Nass

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K. An Overview of the Algorithims and parameters used in the Skeena Steelhead Carrying Capacity Model. Cascadia Natural Resources. July 1997. pp27. (PDF, 1.6Mb) WG 400 Skeena steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K. Nass River Steelhead Life History Characteristics pertaining to the Nass Habitat Capability Model. pp70. (PDF, 400Kb) WG 500 Nass steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Northcote, T. G. and D. Y. Atagi. Ecological Interactions in the Flooded Littoral Zone of Reservoirs: The Importance and Role of Submerged Terrestrial Vegetation with Special reference to Fish, Fish Habitat, and Fisheries in the Nechako Resevoir of British Columbia, Canada. pp68. (PDF, 3.0 Mb) WG 180 Nechako  
Williamson, C. J. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the Upper Sustut River. 1997. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch. Smithers, BC. pp57. (PDF, 0.8Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morten, K. L. and C. K Parken. 1998. A survey of Bulkley River steelhead anglers during the classified waters period of 1997. Report by Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting, Smithers, B. C. for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Smithers, B.C. pp83. (PDF, 3.5Mb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morten, K. L. and C. K Parken. 1998. A survey of upper Babine River steelhead anglers during the classified waters period of 1997. Report by Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting, Smithers, B. C. for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Smithers, B.C. pp72. (PDF, 2.9Mb)

Upper Babine River

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morten, K. L. and C. K Parken. 1998. A survey of Kispiox River steelhead anglers during the classified waters period of 1997. Report by Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting, Smithers, B. C. for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Smithers, B.C. pp67. (PDF, 2.6Mb)

Kispiox River

WG 470 Kispiox

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K. and D. Y.Atagi. 1998. Abundance and Life History characteristics of adult Cranberry River Steelhead, 1997. Fisheries Branch. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Smithers, BC. pp56. (PDF, 400Kb)

Cranberry River

WG 530 Cranberry

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K. 1998. Mean Smolt age estimation and under-aging bias of Nass River Steelhead Populations. Report by Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting for Fisheries Branch, BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Smithers, BC. pp64. (PDF, 2.1Mb)

Nass River

WG 500 Nass

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Mitchell, S. 1999. 1998 Toboggan Creek steelhead assessment. Report prepared by Tobaggan Creek Salmon and Steelhead Society, Smithers, BC, for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Smithers, BC. pp63. (PDF, 1.9Mb)

Toboggan Creek

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morten, K. L. 1999. A survey of Bulkley River steelhead anglers in 1998. Report by Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting, Smithers, BC, for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Smithers, BC. pp95. (PDF, 2.9Mb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Williamson, C. J. March, 1999. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 1998. Report by BC Conservation Foundation for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Smithers, BC. pp68. (PDF, 400Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Williamson, C. J. March 1999. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 1998. Appendix Report 1. Fence Modifications. Report by B C Conservation Foundation for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Smithers, BC. pp15. (PDF, 400Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
De Gisi, J.S. 1999. Precision and bias of the British Columbia Steelhead Harvest Analysis, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Skeena Region, Fisheries Branch, Smithers, BC. pp115. (PDF, 3.2Mb)   steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morten, K. L. July, 1999. A Comparison of Steelhead Angler Effort and Catch Estimates on the Bulkley River in 1978 and 1998. Report by Cascadia Natural Resource Consulting for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp33. (PDF, 1.0Mb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Parken, C. K., and D. Y. Atagi. 2000. Preliminary estimate of the escapement of summer steelhead to the Nass River, 1998. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Fisheries Branch. Skeena Region. Smithers, BC. pp80. (PDF, 3.9Mb)

Nass River

WG 500 Nass

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Tetreau, R. E. 2000. Movement of radio tagged steelhead in the Morice River as determined by helicopter and fixed station tracking, 1994/95. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp31 w/append. (PDF, 700Kb)

Morice River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Williamson, C. J. March 1999. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 1999. Report by B C Conservation Foundation for Fisheries Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Smithers, BC. pp54. (PDF, 400Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
De Gisi, J.S. 2000. Status of the information base for Management of Atlin Lake Char. BC Min. of Environment, Lands and Parks, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers. Skeena Report Series # 127. pp73. (PDF, 2.5Mb)

Atlin Lake

WG 837 Atlin

Lake Trout (Char) - Salvelinus namaycush
Diewert, R.E. 2000. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the upper Sustut River, 2000. BC Min. of Environment, Lands and Parks, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp58. (PDF, 300Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Morten, K. 2000. A survey of Zymoetz (Copper) River Steelhead Anglers in 1999. BC Min. of Environment, Lands and Parks, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers. Skeena Report Series # 129. pp82. (PDF, 3.2Mb)

Zymoetz River

WG 440 Zymoetz

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Diewert, R.E. 2002. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the upper Sustut River, 2001. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp70. (PDF, 370Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Giroux, P.A., 2002. Aspects of the Life History of Shelagyote River Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus). BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish and Wildlife, Science and Allocation Section, Smithers, BC. pp20+append. (PDF, 2.8Mb)

Shelagyote River

WG 480 Babine

Bull Trout - Salvelinus confluentus
Giroux, P.A. 2002. Tchesinkut Lake lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ) stock assessment and evaluation of short set small mesh experimental gill netting procedure. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp18+append. (PDF, 1.2Mb)

Tchesinkut Lake

WG 180 Nechako

Lake Trout (Char) - Salvelinus namaycush
Maniwa, T., D. Leach, P. Hall. 2001. Tchesinkut Lake Creel Survey 2000-01. BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. Skeena Fisheries Report Series # 133. pp46. (PDF, 340Kb)

Tchesinkut Lake

WG 180 Nechako

Rainbow trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Lake Trout (Char) - Salvelinus namaycush

kokanee - Oncorhynchus nerka

Diewert, R.E. 2003. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the upper Sustut River, 2002. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocaton Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp67. (PDF, 370Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C. 2002. A Reconnaissance of Tuya Lake August 7-13, 2002. British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Skeena Region, Smithers BC. pp30. (PDF, 1.18Mb)

Tuya Lake

Tuya River

WG 650 Tuya

Arctic grayling - Thymallus arcticus

kokanee - Oncorhynchus nerka

Diewert, R.E. 2004. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the upper Sustut River, 2003. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp67. (PDF, 400Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 490 Sustut

Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch

Sockeye Salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka

Bull trout - Salvelinus confluentus

Rainbow trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rocky Mountain Whitefish - Prosopium williamsoni

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Williamson, C.J. 2002. Upper Skeena and Kispiox River Juvenile Steelhead Surveys, 1999. Prepared for BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science and Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp125+append. (PDF, 1.5Mb)

Upper Skeena River

Upper Kispiox River

WG 400 Skeena

WG 470 Kispiox

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Giroux, P.A. and J.R.C. Lough. 2004. Life History, Stock Assessment and Recommendations for a Sustainable Recreational Fishery of Buckley Lake Rainbow Trout. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp78+ append. (PDF, 7.2Mb)

Buckley Lake

WG 660 Klastline

Rainbow trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beere, M.C. 2004. Movements of Babine River Summer Run Steelhead Tagged with Surgically and Gastrically Implanted Radio Transmitters. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp68+append. (PDF, 2.7Mb)

Babine River

WG 480 Babine

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Saimoto, R.K. 2005. A survey of Morice River steelhead anglers in 2004. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp98+append. (PDF, 1.7mb)

Morice River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Heggenes J., M. Beere, P.Tamkee, E. Taylor. 2004. Microsatellite diversity assessment of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population structure before and after hatchery operation in the Kitimat River, Skeena Region, British Columbia BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp46+append. (PDF, 400Kb)

Kitimat River

WG 910 North Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Bocking, R.C., C.K. Parken and D.Y Atagi. 2005. Nass River steelhead habitat capability production model and preliminary escapement goals. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp76+append. (PDF, 1.13Mb)

Nass River

WG 500 Nass

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Giroux, P.A. 2003. Assessment of lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ) stocks and an evaluation of netting and analysis techniques in Chapman, Augier, Pinkut, Taltapin and Doris lakes, BC. BC Min. of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish & Wildlife Science & Allocation Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp118+append. (PDF, 1.05Mb)

Chapman Lake

Augier lake

Pinkut Lake

Talapin lake

Doris Lake

WG 480 Babine

Lake Trout (Char) -  Salvelinus namaycush
Giroux, P.A. 2005. Evaluation of burbot stocks and assessment of a cod trapping technique in four small lakes of Skeena Region, BC. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp43+append. (PDF, 550Kb)   Burbot - Lota lota
Morten, K.L. and P.A. Giroux. 2006. A survey of Kispiox River steelhead anglers. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC.  pp43+append. (PDF, 660Kb)

Kispiox River

WG 470 Kispiox

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Diewert, R.E. 2005. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the upper Sustut River, 2004. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp78+append. (PDF, 2.5Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 90 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2006. Enumeration of adult steelhead in the upper Sustut River, 2005. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp47+append. (PDF, 1.25Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 90 Sustut

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Heggenes, J., M. Beere, P. Tamkee, and E.B. Taylor. 2007. Microgeographic genetic diversity of wild steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a conservation hatchery operated coastal river: How wild are they? BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp34+append. (PDF, 480Kb)

WG 910 North Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hagen, J. 2010. September 2008 Juvenile Rainbow Trout Abundance in the Sutherland River System, British Columbia. BC Min. Environment, Fish & Wildlife Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC.

Babine Lake

Sutherland River

WG 480 Babine

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2008. Results of the Upper Sustut River Weir Steelhead Assessment Project 2006. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp38+append. (PDF, 808Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2009. Results of the Upper Sustut River Weir Steelhead Assessment Project 2007. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp42+append. (PDF, 844Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2009. Results of the Upper Sustut River Weir Steelhead Assessment Project 2008. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp40+append. (PDF, 848Kb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2007. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter, 2006. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp36. (PDF, 874Kb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2008. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter, 2007. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp34. (PDF, 859Kb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2010. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter, 2009. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp28. (PDF, 743Kb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
De Gisi, J.S. 2008. Review of resident game fish life history and abundance information for Babine Lake. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC pp143+append. (PDF, 1.05Mb)

Babine Lake

WG 480 Babine

 
Peard, D.A. 2010. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter, 2010. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp40. (PDF, 913Kb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2010. Results of the Upper Sustut River Weir Steelhead Assessment Project 2009. BC Min. of Environment, Fish & Wildlife Section, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp50. (PDF, 1.52Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2011. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter 2011. BC Min. of Environment, Skeena Region, Environmental Sustainability Division, Smithers, BC pp19+append. (PDF, 816 Kb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hirshfield, P.M. 2011. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 2010. BC Min. of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp24+append. (PDF, 2.0Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hirshfield, P.M. 2012. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 2011. BC Min. of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp61+append. (PDF, 1.85Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D.A. 2012. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter 2012. BC Min. of Environment, Skeena Region, Environmental Sustainability Division, Smithers, BC pp37+append. (PDF, 871Kb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hirshfield, P.M. 2013. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 2012. BC Min. of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp58+append. (PDF, 1.79Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D. 2013. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter 2013. BC Min. of Environment, Skeena Region, Environmental Sustainability Division. Pp95+append. (PDF, 2.12Mb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hirshfield, P.M. 2014. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River 2013. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, BC. pp56+append. (PDF, 1.19Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D. 2014. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter 2014. BC Min. of Environment, Skeena Region, Environmental Sustainability Division.  Pp139+append. (PDF, 2.56Mb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hirshfield, P. M. 2015. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River, 2014. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, BC. pp55+append. (PDF, 1.29Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hirshfield, P. M. 2016. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River, 2015. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, BC. pp58+append. (PDF, 1.74Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Maier, K. W. C. 2017. Enumeration of Adult Steelhead in the Upper Sustut River, 2016. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Branch, Skeena Region, BC. pp42+append. (PDF, 2.3Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D. 2016. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter 2015. BC Min. of Environment, Skeena Region, Environmental Sustainability Division. Pp25+append. (PDF, 1.01Mb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peard, D. 2017. Results of the Kloiya River Resistivity Counter 2016. BC Min. of Environment, Skeena Region, Environmental Sustainability Division. Pp25+append. (PDF, 1.0Mb)

Kloiya River

WG 910 Nort Coast (North of Cape Caution)

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Skeena Fisheries Branch. 2018. Upper Sustut River Steelhead Enumeration 2017. Skeena Fisheries Branch. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. Smithers, BC. pp31+append. (PDF, 1.82Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Skeena Fisheries Branch. 2019. Upper Sustut River Steelhead Enumeration 2018. Skeena Fisheries Branch. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. Smithers, BC. pp27+append. (PDF, 1.64Mb)

Upper Sustut River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Hagen, J., Lough, J., and Ells, B. 2017. A Precautionary Management Strategy for Trout and Char in Streams of the Skeena Region - Risk Assessment and Recommended Management Framework. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations. Fisheries Section, Smithers, BC. pp89+append. (PDF, 3.43Mb)  

Bull trout - Salvelinus confluentus

Cutthroat Trout - (General) - Oncorhynchus clarki

Dolly Varden Char - Salvelinus malma

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Peard, D., McCubbing, D. 2011. Summary of Summer-Run Steelhead Enumeration Activities on the Kitwanga River 2003-2011. BC Min. of Environment, Environmental Sustainability Division, Skeena Region, Smithers, BC. pp45+append. (PDF, 2.06Mb)

Kitwanga River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
 

Other Fisheries Reports

Entries link to report summaries and documents in ECOCat
Title

Water Body

Watershed Code

Fish Species
Welch, D.W., M.J. Jacobs, H. Lydersen, A.D. Porter, S. Williams, and Y. Muirhead. 2009. Acoustic telemetry measurements of survival and movements of adult steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) within the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers, 2008. Kintama Research Corporation, Final Report to the B.C. Ministryof the Environment pp52+append. (PDF, 659Kb)

Skeena River

Bulkley River

WG 400 Skeena

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Welch, D.W., H. Lydersen, A.D. Porter, L. Neaga, and Y. Muirhead. 2009. Acoustic telemetry measurements of survival and movements of adult steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) within the Bulkley River, 2008. Kintama Research Corporation, Final Report to the B.C. Ministry of the Environment pp57+append. (PDF, 4.03Mb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beacham, D.T. Stock identification of Skeena River Steelhead using Microsatellite DNA Loci pp31+append. (PDF, 197Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beacham, D.T., and M.C. Beere, 2009. Stock identification of Skeena River summer steelhead using Microsatellite DNA Loci pp25+append. (PDF, 221Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
J.O Thomas and Associates Ltd. 2010. Steelhead by-catch and mortalities in the commercial skeena net fisheries of British Columbia from observer data: 1989 to 2009. Report prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region  pp113. (PDF, 1.92Mb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Labelle, M. 2009. An exploratory investigation on possible approaches used to minimize terminal fishery impacts on the Skeena River steelhead population. Report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region. pp37+ append. (PDF, 619Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Labelle, M. 2009. Evaluation of a mark-recapture procedure to assess  the catchability rate of the Tyee test fishing gill-net. Report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region. pp29+append. (PDF, 607Kb)   steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
SKR Consultants. 2009. Steelhead Tagging Project at Moricetown Canyon  JULY TO OCTOBER 2005. Report prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region.  pp31+append. (PDF, 528Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
SKR Consultants. 2009. Steelhead Tagging Project at Moricetown Canyon  JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2006. Report prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region. pp29+append. (PDF, 518Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
SKR Consultants. 2009. Steelhead Tagging Project at Moricetown Canyon  AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 2007. Report prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region. pp30+append. (DF, 646Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
SKR Consultants. 2009. Steelhead tagging project at Moricetown Canyon JULY TO OCTOBER 2008. Report prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region pp32+append. (PDF, 503Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
SKR Consultants. 2010. Steelhead tagging project at Moricetown Canyon  JULY TO OCTOBER 2009. Report prepared for the Pacific Salmon Foundation and British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Skeena Region pp34+append. (PDF, 862Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Heggenes J., M. Beere, P. Tamkee and E. Taylor. 2011. Estimation of genetic diversity within and among populations of Oncorhynchus mykiss in a Coastal River Experiencing Spatially Variable Hatchery Augmentation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 140:1, 123-135 pp13. (PDF, 282Kb)   steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Wellband K. W., D. Y. Atagi, R. Koehler and D. D. Heath. 2012. Fine-scale population genetic structure and dispersal of juvenile steelhead in the Bulkley-Morice River, British Columbia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 141:2, 392-401 pp9. (PDF, 403Kb)

Bulkley River

WG 460 Bulkley

steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Beacham, D.T., C.G Wallace, K. D. Le and M. Beere. 2012. Population structure and run timing in the Skeena River, British Columbia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. American Fisheries Society, 32:262-275 pp14. (PDF, 824Kb)

Skeena River

WG 400 Skeena

 

 

 

Skeena Angling Advisory Team (SAAT)

Skeena Angling Advisory Team DRAFT Terms of Reference v1.7 March 2022 Version 2 (PDF, 160Kb)

Member Proposal Form & Guidelines for Regulation Change (MS Word, 247Kb)

2022 Meeting Minutes -  DRAFT (PDF, 208Kb) Meeting 2 April 5, 2022

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Permits

Permits are coordinated through BC Natural Resource Online Services  Contact NROS for questions and guidance or call toll-free: 1-877-855-3222

Rainbow Trout Pond Permit: This application allows an individual to apply for a permit to possess and / or purchase and transport rainbow trout from a licenced aquaculture facility to keep in a private pond in British Columbia.

Scientific Fish Collection Permit: A Fish Collection Permit is a document that authorizes an organization or individuals to capture and/or collect fish specimens for scientific and other non-recreational purposes. It is not used for general recreational angling or for commercial harvest of fish. Note: Please be aware of requirements for notification prior to collection, and after action reporting.

 

Steelhead Management