INVESTIGATION INTO THE PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERIES, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Individual Vessel Quotas in the Halibut Fishery of British Columbia

Resilient Salmon, Resilient Fisheries for British Columbia, Canada

Salmon are inherently resilient species. However, this resiliency has been undermined in British Columbia by a century of centralized, command-and-control management focused initially on maximizing yield and, more recently, on economic efficiency. Community and cultural resiliency have also been undermined, especially by the recent emphasis on economic efficiency, which has concentrated access ...

Status of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake in British Columbia

The northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, is a venomous snake of the family Viperidae. The range of this species within British Columbia is restricted to the Ponderosa Pine and Bunchgrass biogeoclimatic zones which occur primarily in the Thompson and Okanagan basins, and the Nicola valley. At present we have little information regarding population sizes or overall population ...

History and Status of Pacific Salmon in British Columbia

Pacific salmon colonized the west coast of Canada following the last ice age (Groot and Margolis 1991) and are now found throughout British Columbia. British Columbia salmon have been harvested by members of the aboriginal community for several thousand years (Kew and Griggs 1991). More recently however, particularly over the last 125 years, salmon have also become the focus of intense commerci...

British Columbia.

Affum as p a r t of a Commission and t h e B r i t i s h Columbia Round Table o n t h e Environment and t h e Economy. I t is p a r t of a series of background reports d e a l i n g with i s s u e s which Round T a b l e committees considered i m p o r t a n t t o t h e development of a sustainable development strategy i n B r i t i s h Columbia. and i s intended t o provide information which w...