Counting on their migration home: an examination of monitoring protocols and Saanich First Nations’ perspectives of Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) and Chum (O. keta) Pacific Salmon at Goldstream River and Saanich Inlet, Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

• Main Author: Paul, Roxanne
• Other Authors: Edgell, Michael C.R., Turner, Nancy J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: envir; demo; Pacific; Keta; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/196

Records of abundance of salmon that return to their natal spawning stream (escapements) are important indices that can assist with monitoring, conservation, and management of a salmon population over time. On their own, however these data reveal very little about the habitat, ecosystem and human com...