Citation | Costello, AB. 2008. The status of coastal cuthroat trout in British Columbia. Presented at Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium: Status, Management, Biology and Conservation. American Fisheries Society. |
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Organization | UBC |
URL | http://web.unbc.ca/~costel0/Publications/Costello_2008.pdf |
Abstract/Description or Keywords | Coastal cutthroat trout are an important component of British Columbia’s freshwater fauna and have a wide distribution in low-lying coastal areas of the province. Few cutthroat systems, however, are routinely monitored in a systematic fashion and the status of many individual populations remains largely unknown. A recent status review for the federal Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada suggests that cumulative development pressures and anthropogenic influence have left many cutthroat populations susceptible to local extirpation. As in other areas to the south, habitat degradation, overharvesting, and negative interactions with introduced fishes have all contributed to declines. The largest impediments to conservation in the province remain the lack of adequate habitat protection, unconstrained land and water use, and an under appreciation of the importance of small streams to trout conservation. While the majority of cutthroat populations in British Columbia are likely stable, those located in the densely populated Georgia Basin appear to be particularly at risk of extirpation and are deserving of additional conservation measures. |
Information Type | article |
Regional Watershed | Coast Region |
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Project status | complete |
Contact Name | Allan Costello |
Contact Email | [email protected] |