Clayoquot Sound Chinook and Sockeye Acoustic Smolt Monitoring & Zooplankton Assessment – Ha‘uukmin (Kennedy) Watershed

Suu?aa (Chinook salmon) and mi?aat (sockeye salmon) populations have been in decline due to climate change and other human-caused impacts. However, managing these populations and associated fishing activities is often complicated by a lack of information. This purpose of this project is to gather more information on suu?aa and mi?aat populations in the Ha’uukmin (Kennedy) Watershed, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Specifically, the project includes monitoring the number of smolts (juvenile salmon) and assessing the availability of their food: zooplankton. The Ha’oom Fisheries Society and the Five Nations they represent (Ahousaht, Ehattesaht, Mowachaht/Muchalaht, Hesquiaht, and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations) benefit from this project as the information it will provide can help make management and conservation decisions for these culturally important populations.

Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Reid

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Partner:

Ha’oom Fisheries Society

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

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