(June 24, 2009 – Vancouver) The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC) today announced that it would sponsor a pilot project to begin implementing the Salmon Stronghold approach to salmon habitat conservation in Canada. This pilot project was announced at a news conference where the Council released a report titled “Applying the Salmon Stronghold Concept in Canada.”
Yes
Fisheries Council launches new approach to protect key habitats with pilot project on "Salmon Strongholds”
What's Happening to Wild Salmon in Your Community? What the Council Heard: Haida Gwaii/QCI Public Meetings October 4-5, 2008
Publication Date:
04/30/2009
ISBN:
1-897110-56-1
»
Annual Report 2008
Publication Date:
04/01/2009
ISBN:
1-897110-50-2
This is the tenth anniversary of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council. This annual report summarizes the Council's work performed in 2008 as well as provides a retrospective on issues addressed in the past decade concerning wild Pacific salmon stocks and their freshwater and ocean habitats. In 2008, the Council produced and commissioned studies intended to contribute to better public understanding of the salmon resource and more effective conservation practices by everyone involved in the fisheries. These reports are summarized here, as well as explanations of the outcomes of community meetings, briefings, and discussions with senior federal and provincial government officials.
»
Landscape has huge effect on salmon says Fisheries Council report
(April 6, 2009 – Vancouver) The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC) today released a report titled “Landscape-Level Impacts to Salmon and Steelhead Stream Habitats in British Columbia“ that recommends protecting critical BC ecosystems essential to salmon and steelhead habitats from landscape-level changes due to forestry, agriculture and urbanization.
Fisheries Council report documents Pacific salmon in Northern B.C. and Yukon rivers
(March 26, 2009 – Vancouver) The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC) today released a report titled "Pacific Salmon in Canada’s Arctic Draining Rivers, With Emphasis on Those in British Columbia and the Yukon." The report documents Pacific salmon in northern B.C. and Yukon rivers that are tributaries to the Mackenzie River, and discusses the effects climate change will have on these areas.
Pacific Salmon in Canada’s Arctic Draining Rivers, With Emphasis on Those in British Columbia and the Yukon
Publication Date:
03/26/2009
ISBN:
1-897110-49-9
»
Make changes to promote a responsible fishing for B.C. salmon, Fisheries Council urges
(February 19, 2009 – Vancouver) The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC) today released a report titled “Responsible Fishing In Canada’s Pacific Region Salmon Fisheries“ that recommends ways to make the B.C. salmon fishery more responsible, conserving both the fish and the fishery itself for the long term.
What’s Happening to Wild Salmon in Your Community? What the Council Heard: Fort Langley & Sechelt Public Meetings: March 3/5 08
Publication Date:
01/12/2009
ISBN:
1-897110-47-2
»
Use ecosystem modelling to combine science and fisheries management to benefit salmon, Fisheries Council urges
(October 28, 2008 – Vancouver) The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC) today released a report titled “Computer Modelling Of Marine Ecosystems: Applications To Pacific Salmon Management And Research“ that reviews fisheries ecosystem modelling as a tool for managing fish populations, and concludes that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) should use this computer modelling tool on the West Coast fisheries to take a broader view – an ecosystem approach – to managing fragile salmon stocks.
Computer Modelling of Marine Ecosystems
Publication Date:
10/28/2008
ISBN:
1-897110-43-X
Fisheries ecosystem modelling could be a useful tool to complement present approaches to salmon research and management on Canada’s west coast. Ecosystem modelling refers to a computer application that simulates, through time, biological changes such as biomass, mortality, catch, feeding and competition in managed species. The models emulate such changes by considering factors like environment, predation, competition or fisheries effects. Because these models capture both ecosystem and species changes over time, they offer a potential guide to future changes.
A public summary of this report is also included here.
»
