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Region 1 Small Lakes Management Plan

Region 1 Small Lakes Management Plan. Michelle Kehler, BSc. E.S. Small Lakes Fisheries Technician. Small Lakes Management Plan. Purpose: Maximize angler participation (30% in adult license sales by 2015) Ensure integrity of native stocks Efficiently utilize hatchery stocks.

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Region 1 Small Lakes Management Plan

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  1. Region 1 Small Lakes Management Plan Michelle Kehler, BSc. E.S. Small Lakes Fisheries Technician

  2. Small Lakes Management Plan Purpose: • Maximize angler participation (30% in adult license sales by 2015) • Ensure integrity of native stocks • Efficiently utilize hatchery stocks

  3. What needs to be addressed in the Region 1 management plan…. • ∆ Demographics • ∆ Accessibility • Hatchery advancements • Angler use • Non-indigenous species • Water demands • Angling regulations

  4. The hunt for data…. The easy stuff: • Physiography • Climate • Angler demographics • Angler preferences • Licensing • Regulations • Marketing, promotion and Communication Literature Review 2000 Sport Fish Survey, Mail-out Surveys Mail-out Surveys BC MoE 2007 Angling Licence Sales and Revenue Report Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis FFSBC

  5. R1 Lakes Productivity Habitat protection & conservation Water management (reservoirs, dams etc.) Access and facilities Fish distribution Non-indigenous fish species The hunt for data…. The not-so-easy stuff:

  6. Data Challenges • Identifying Lakes FIDQ & LSSS 1,479… no 1,478…. no 1,492 • Lake Chemistry FIDQ & LSSS Don Philip, Aquatic Spatial Info Specialist Gordon Oliphant, Aquatic Info Specialist Lynn Miers, Fish Information Specialist

  7. Data Challenges • Identifying Lakes FIDQ & LSSS 1,479… no 1,478…. no 1,492 • Lake Chemistry FIDQ & LSSS Don Philip, Aquatic Spatial Info Specialist Gordon Oliphant, Aquatic Info Specialist Lynn Miers, Fish Information Specialist

  8. Data Challenges • Lake Access & Facilities….. • Fish Distribution • Wild vs. stocked, game vs. non-game, monoculture vs. mixed Gordon Oliphant, Aquatic Info Specialist

  9. Data Challenges • Non-Indigenous Species • Establishment & distribution • Habitat Protection & Conservation • i.e. FRPA, RAR • Water Management • i.e. reservoirs, IPP’s Trevor Andrews, Regional Biologist Mike McCulloch, Anadromous Fisheries Specialist

  10. Corporate Memory Project • CMP = preserve corporate knowledge • Began 4 years ago • Original vision: Cross-Linked Info Repository Dec ’07 • CLIR searches: Ecocat, Wildlife Species Explorer, Ministry Library, EIRS (Environmental Info Repository System) • CMP repository will be included in the CLIR once initialized

  11. Region 1 Report Status Big thanks to the information specialists including: Gordon Oliphant Don Philip Lynn Miers And thanks to Stacy Webb It’s coming…

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