Upper Kootenay River Burbot Conservation Strategy. Prepared by Westslope Fisheries Ltd
Author: East Kootenay Burbot Scientific Working Group
The goal of this Upper Kootenay Burbot Conservation Strategy is to restore and maintain a viable native Burbot population within the upper Kootenay River, its tributaries and lakes (including Koocanusa Reservoir) to abundance levels that restore the provision of harvest opportunities for sustainable sustenance and recreational fisheries. Three objectives address this goal: (1) maintain at least 17,000 adults in a Burbot population above Libby Dam; (2) provide consistent natural recruitment in several different spawning areas (i.e., upper Kootenay River and Koocanusa Reservoir, St. Mary Lake and tributary habitats) with net recruitment and juvenile population size sufficient to support at least 17,000 adult Burbot; and (3) produce stable size and age class distributions. Recruitment for Burbot recovery will come from natural production, conservation aquaculture, or from some combination of the two. Data gap summary for Burbot.
Multiple conservation measures and restoration strategies developed (see report).
Multiple conservation measures and restoration strategies developed (see report).
Resources Data:
Name: UKE-F19-F-2734-FINAL_REPORT-MFLNRORD-UPPER_KOOTEN_1568837757403_8824026252
Format: PDF
URL: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/acat/documents/r57454/UKE-F19-F-2734-Final_Report-MFLNRORD-Upper_Kooten_1568837757403_8824026252.pdf
Additional Info
Study Years: 2017, 2016
Published: 2019
Topics
Tags: Abundance, Aquaculture, Burbot, Conservation, Density Estimation, Entrainment, Fish Habitat, Fish Stranding, Koocanusa Reservoir, Kootenay River, Libby Dam, Life History, Lota Lota, Movements, Operational Recommendations, Population, Primary Productivity, Reservoir, Reservoir Operations, Restoration, Spawning, Temperature, TributaryUpper Kootenay River Burbot Conservation Strategy. Prepared by Westslope Fisheries Ltd
Author: East Kootenay Burbot Scientific Working Group
Tags: Abundance, Aquaculture, Burbot, Conservation, Density Estimation, Entrainment, Fish Habitat, Fish Stranding, Koocanusa Reservoir, Kootenay River, Libby Dam, Life History, Lota Lota, Movements, Operational Recommendations, Population, Primary Productivity, Reservoir, Reservoir Operations, Restoration, Spawning, Temperature, Tributary
The goal of this Upper Kootenay Burbot Conservation Strategy is to restore and maintain a viable native Burbot population within the upper Kootenay River, its tributaries and lakes (including Koocanusa Reservoir) to abundance levels that restore the provision of harvest opportunities for sustainable sustenance and recreational fisheries. Three objectives address this goal: (1) maintain at least 17,000 adults in a Burbot population above Libby Dam; (2) provide consistent natural recruitment in several different spawning areas (i.e., upper Kootenay River and Koocanusa Reservoir, St. Mary Lake and tributary habitats) with net recruitment and juvenile population size sufficient to support at least 17,000 adult Burbot; and (3) produce stable size and age class distributions. Recruitment for Burbot recovery will come from natural production, conservation aquaculture, or from some combination of the two.
Data gap summary for Burbot.
Summary
Multiple conservation measures and restoration strategies developed (see report).