Projects
The Gitanyow Fisheries Authority (GFA) runs a number of different programs, ranging from stock enumeration wiers to beaver dam breaching, and is also involved in a variety of projects relating to environmental assessment, wildlife management, etc.
Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility
Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility
Brown Bear Creek Sockeye and Coho Enumeration and Monitoring
Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration UPDATES
Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility UPDATES
Kitwanga Smolt Fence Enumeration UPDATES
Kitwanga Smolt Fence Enumeration summary
PHOTO GALLERIES
Cutthroat trout are captured, sampled and released downstream, as they migrate through the fence to spawn each spring.
Aerial view of the old Kitwanga River counting weir, located further upstream in the watershed. The KRSEF replaced this structure, which operated for 3 seasons.
GFA crew capturing spawning sockeye in a seine net for brood stock for the hatchery program in 2006.