| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
1. Salmon fisheries--British Columbia--Nechako River. 2. Chinook salmon--Conservation--British Columbia--Nechako River. 3. Chinook salmon--Ecology--British Columbia--Nechako River. Since 1987, the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program (NFCP) has collected biological and physical data on the Nechako River basin (Figure 1). The data, spanning almost three complete life cycles of chinook salmon (1987 to 1998 with selected data to 2002), have been regularly documented in project reports, as well as in a major report entitled Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program: Technical Data Review. That report: summarizes and integrates the data collected by the NCFP’s Technical Committee; discusses the outcomes of the various projects undertaken by the NCFP’s T echnical Committee; • • provides a scientific basis for deciding the future direction of the NFCP; makes suggestions for further analytical work; and, reaches conclusions on the status of Nechako River chinook salmon and their habitat. This report is a companion document to the much larger Technical Data Review. Serving as an executive summary, this report provides background information on the work of the NFCP Technical Committee, including a summary of its significant research results. The full report can be found at www.nfcp.org. |
