Our Mandate

The GFA is mandated to conserve, protect, restore, monitor and manage fish, wildlife and the habitat they require, within the Gitanyow Lax Yip (Traditional Territory).

PHOTO GALLERIES

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Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility

All coded-wire tagged coho then have their adipose fins clipped.

Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility

Looking across the fence panels as a GFA technician cleans debris - typically leaves, sticks and spawned out salmon - to prevent damming of the fence panels.

Snapshots of GFA Projects

The second most effective capture method was dipnetting at the Cranberry River falls. This site is a known partial barrier to upstream salmon migration.