Tag Archives: fish conservation
Fisheries Management: Complex, Complicated and Poorly Comprehended
Guest Blog: Alberta Environment and Parks is proposing plans to recover native trout in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The plans call for the closing of fishing along many streams to allow the trout populations to recover. However, many … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Lorne Fitch
Tagged catch-and-release, cumulative effects, cumulative effects analysis, Eastern Slopes, fish conservation, fish harvest, fisheries biologists, fisheries management, habitat management, land use footprint, land-use, Lorne Fitch, native trout, non-native trout, riparian buffers, riparian habitat, watershed management
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Two Fish, One Fish, No Fish—Alberta’s Fish Crisis
Guest Blog: For many decades, Lorne Fitch was a respected fisheries biologist with the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division. He worked on the ground to maintain and improve Alberta’s fisheries, including rehabilitating fish habitat. Like many of us he has … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, Fishing
Tagged A Cool Curving World, Adam Norris, Alberta Fish Crisis, Alberta fisheries, Andrea McGregor, Arctic grayling, Battle River, Beaverlodge River, Bow River, bull trout, CFB Wainwright, cutthroat trout, Dr. Seuss, fish conservation, fish crisis essay, fisheries management, Four Cs Fish Conservation, goldeye, Jim Stelfox, Lorne Fitch, Martin Paetz, Michael Sullivan, Muskeg River, Oldman River, R.B. Miller, Redwillow River, Rocky Konynenbelt, South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, Spray Lake, Spray River, Trout Creek, walleye, Wayne Roberts, Willow Creek
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Are Whitefish Next?
In my March column for the Alberta Outdoorsmen, I discuss the collapsing fish populations in Alberta. When I first came here 40 years ago, the fishing was amazing with anglers taking home many fish for the table. Now, we must … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Fishing
Tagged Alberta, collapsed fish populations, fish conservation, lake whitefish, overfishing
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