Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: biology, wildlife monitoring, fish population, spawning areas, seasonal variation, fish migration
| Principal Investigator: | Walker-Larsen, Jennifer (6) |
| Licence Number: | 13203 |
| Organization: | Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2001
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| Issued: | Jul 12, 2001 |
| Project Team: | Allan Firth |
Objective(s): This study attempts to understand the timing of spawning migrations up the Peel River for coney, whitefish, crookedback and herring and to collect baseline information about these spawning populations. Local people with camps along the river are hired to catch and sample fish. Data collected is being used to design a monitoring program that can detect changes in local fish stocks.
Project Description: Community monitors will be hired to catch and sample fish from their camps. These camps will be accessed by boat and helicopter. Monitors will catch fish with an experimental gillnet, measure fish and remove aging structures. There will be no fish wasted-all fish will be kept and used by the monitors.
