Arctic cisco migration and life history

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: biology, fish, cisco, fish population, fish migration, species distribution, over-wintering areas

chercheur principal: Bond, W.A. (3)
Nᵒ de permis: 9029
Organisation: Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Année(s) de permis: 1991 1990 1989
Délivré: janv. 01, 1989
Équipe de projet: 5-8 additional people (including DFO staff)

Objectif(s): to determine whether major rearing/overwintering of juvenile Arctic cisco from the Mackenzie River occurs east of the Mackenzie Delta; to identify specific areas to the east of the Mackenzie Delta that may be critical to the maintenance of cisco stocks; to quantify the significance of such eastern locations to the Mackenzie River populations.

Description du projet: The researchers will set trapnets in Wood Bay, near the mouth of the Anderson River, in order to monitor the seasonal movements of Arctic cisco.