Preliminary Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project, Quebec, on Estuarine Fish and Fisheries

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Berkes, Fikret
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Cree Indians; Environmental impacts; Estuarine ecology; Fisheries; Coregoninae; Hydroelectric power; Income; Socio-economic effects; Subsistence; James Bay region; Québec; Baie James; Indian; Arctic; Cree indians; James Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65412

Flow alterations related to hydroelectric development have affected both the fish stocks and the Cree Indian subsistence fishery in the lower LaGrande River, northern Quebec. Evaluated against several years of baseline data, the initial biological impact of the project on fish populations, mostly wh...