Fish and Aquatic Ecosystems
Fish and Aquatic Ecosystems
Coldstream Nature-Based Solutions offers full environmental services for fish and aquatic ecosystem projects. From salmonid counts to habitat assessments, monitoring and restoration, our team can help you design, implement, and monitor your fish and fish habitat projects. Our services include:
Fish
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Fish biology services, fisheries study design, data analysis, reporting and mapping
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Juvenile and adult stock assessments
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Spawner enumeration
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Juvenile growth assessments
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Outgoing migration sampling
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Fish salvage and risk assessments
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Fish tagging and genetic sampling
First Nations Fisheries Management
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Indigenous fisheries management services, data collection, data analysis, capacity development and training
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Cultural mapping of traditional fishing grounds, travel routes to fisheries and trade routes
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Study design
Salmon and Salmon Recovery Planning
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Juvenile and adult stock assessments
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Broodstock collection
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Spawner enumeration
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Juvenile growth assessments
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Outmigration sampling
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Fisheries study design and data analysis,
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Risk assessments
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Salmon habitat assessments
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Salmon habitat restoration
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Salmon habitat monitoring
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Collaboration with DFO and provincial organizations and technical teams
Fish Habitat and aquatic environments
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Fish habitat mapping, assessments, and monitoring
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Fish habitat restoration and reclamation
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Water quality monitoring
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Stream flow monitoring
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Biodiversity assessments
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Riparian and riparian risk assessment
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Shellfish assessments
Featured Project:
Bridge River Chinook Salmon Broodstock Collection
This project is a collaboration between the St’at’imc Nation, Xwísten, BC Hydro and Coldstream Nature-Based Solutions.
The goals of this project are to:
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Mitigate the loss of natural production driven by modified hydropower dam operations
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Preserve the genetic and phenotypic diversity within the Bridge River Chinook Salmon population.
We operate an Alaska-style fish fence from August through September, collecting biological data from Chinook salmon that swim into the fence trap box.
Chinook that are assessed to be in good condition have eggs and milt collected which are transported to a local salmon conservation hatchery. Once fertilized, the eggs are reared until the following spring at the hatchery and then transported back for release, thereby enhancing egg-to-fry survival of this highly threatened and culturally- significant Salmon population.