Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 53 |
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| Citation | ARC Environmental Ltd. 2003. Ecological approach to fisheries management in TFL 49. Prepared for Riverside Forest Products Ltd. |
| Organization | Riverside Forest Products Ltd |
| URL | http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/FIA/2003/R2003-197.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | The ongoing development of a Fisheries Management Plan, an integral component of Riverside Forest Products Limited (RSFP) Ecological Forest Stewardship Project (EFSP), represents an initial step in establishing an ecological approach that can be tested and modified through future review and adaptive management. To date, it has involved a watershed based approach where reaches are delineated, stratified and designated into similar ecological classifications based on both biotic and abiotic factors. The stratification also involves a distinction between fish bearing, natural and enhanced species assemblages, and non-fish bearing reaches. It is proposed that, in part, harvesting practices should maintain the riparian functions that provide the instream characteristics of specific reach groupings. Current ecological approaches recognize that static management practices are not applicable to dynamic systems. In this context, Swanson (2002) summarized the evolution of approaches to forestry. He described the initial historic focus was agri-business, i.e. fibre supply. Principles of conservation followed to ensure that environmental values were considered, and that ultimately management strategies should move towards the incorporation of ecological processes in both an appropriate spatial and temporal scale, such as natural disturbances, to best manage for fibre supply and environmental values. Harvesting practices may resemble a range of the natural variability in the frequency and the size of openings that could result from natural disturbances, where it is desirable to determine a surrogate to represent this range. It is assumed then that managing harvest practices to ensure that this surrogate target range is not exceeded should in turn go towards conserving the fisheries resource within the watershed. Another aspect associated with conserving the fisheries resources is the determination of the reliance of reaches on such attributes as the input of Large Woody Debris (LWD) from the riparian area. aquatic habitat, fisheries, salmonids, large woody debris, riparian, fish passage |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Shuswap, Okanagan |
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| Project status | complete |
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