- Biotic inventory and fish habitat assessment;
- Development and implementation of salmonid enhancement strategies;
- Baseline data collection and interpretation for juvenile and adult fish stocks;
- Enumeration of adult salmon escapements using weirs and multiple beam (ARIS and DIDSON) sonar;
- Mark/recapture techniques and statistical modelling for calculating population estimates and investigating fish population dynamics;
- Collection and interpretation of baseline riverine and limnology information, including water sampling, bathymetry, zooplankton sampling and species/biomass inventory, primary productivity assessment and modelling, and benthic habitat mapping and classification;
- Use of split beam hydroacoustic and multiple beam high resolution sonar to quantify fish populations, salmon spawning escapements and fish species abundance and biomass;
- Use of a variety of fish collection apparatus and methodologies including gill and seine nets, trawl nets, fyke nets, and electrofishing;
- Use of a variety of fish anaesthetics (Metomidate hydrochloride, trimethacaine sulphate, CO2) and fish transport and holding techniques including air transport of gametes and fry, oxygenated tanks, fish tubes, and net pens.
- Salmon broodstock collection and spawning in wild and hatchery/aquaculture operations;
- Remote field operations, project design, management, and administration;
- Radio telemetry research on salmon and steelhead stocks;
- Licensing and permit application preparation and submissions including B.C. water use licence, permits from Transport Canada – Navigable Waters Protection Division, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) project reviews and applications, Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) project submissions, fish egg import/export, and fish collection licenses (YTG, B.C. MELP, and DFO).
