Fisheries monitoring and biological data of the Yellowknife River Cisco (Coregonus artedi) population, 1999–2020 (English, French, PDF)

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2026-03-24

PURPOSE: "Biological, relative abundance, and environmental data have been collected from the Yellowknife River Cisco population that can be used to inform fisheries management decision-making. Under the conditions of a commercial licence issued under the New Emerging Fisheries Policy, licence holders are required to record catch and biological information to support the assessment of the feasibility and sustainability of the fishery over time, and potential advancement in the stages of a developing fishery. In addition to the information collected from the commercial harvest (fishery-dependent), a fishery-independent sampling and snorkel survey program was conducted with the objective of collecting additional biological, observational, and environmental data during the fall spawning run. The objective of this report is to compile available data from fishery-dependent and fishery-independent sampling of adfluvial Yellowknife River Cisco during fall, 1998-2020*, specifically by: • Summarizing commercial fishery quotas and reported harvest; • Characterizing population demographics and examining for trends over time; • Summarizing metrics of relative abundance (i.e.,…

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