Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | V. Komori and Associates. 2010. Cowichan River fall chinook habitat status report. Prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. |
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| Organization | DFO |
| URL | https://www.psf.ca/sites/default/files/347386_81.pdf https://www.psf.ca/sites/default/files/347386_81.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive review of the freshwater habitat status of the Cowichan River as outlined by the Wild Salmon Policy. Key elements of this Habitat Status Report includes the identification of known sensitive habitat types by life stage, potential limiting factors to chinook production and proposed habitat based measures to address these limiting factors and to maintain freshwater productivity. This project also includes the development of a preliminary list of habitat indicators for further discussion and implementation as part of a long term habitat status Monitoring Plan for the Cowichan watershed. The study area includes chinook-producing habitat within the watershed and therefore focuses on the mainstem Cowichan River to Cowichan Lake and to a lesser degree the lower Koksilah River to the Marble Falls barrier (Fig 1). Small numbers of chinook are produced in some years in the Robertson River and Shaw Creek, upstream of Cowichan Lake. However, utilization of these systems by chinook is infrequent and therefore habitat status and limiting factors were not examined or discussed in any detail within this report. |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South |
| Sub-watershed if known | Cowichan |
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| Project status | complete |
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