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
Sockeye smolts.
Each year after installation GFA biologist will also snorkel along the entire fence looking for possible openings where salmon could move through undetected.
In 2008, GFA modified a fishwheel for use in the Cranberry River canyon. Goal: capture coho and chinook salmon to obtain a recapture rate from fish marked at downstream Nisga'a fishwheels.