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 River Salmon Enumeration Facility

Chinook salmon are typically the first to migrate through the fence each year. This Chinook is swimming overtop the white teflon bottom of the trapbox.

Snapshots of GFA Projects

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

Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility

Cutthroat trout are captured, sampled and released downstream, as they migrate through the fence to spawn each spring.