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.

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Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility

Looking upstream at the inclined plane trap that GFA used prior to construction of the smolt fence. Two nets were used as wings to funnel fish into two traps, catching a small % of the total run.

Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility

Sockeye holding downstream of the fence.

Snapshots of GFA Projects

Anchor bolts needed to be drilled and glued into the bedrock at the fishwheel site.