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Conservation Risk to Steelhead Stocks

conservation risks to steelhead stocks

Sources: Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, BC Fisheries, 2001.

Analysis of British Columbia’s Steelhead stocks shows that 48% are healthy, 23% are of conservation concern and 29% are of extreme conservation concern. Risks to Steelhead include alteration and loss of habitat, altered flow and stream blockage as a result of water withdrawals or dams, and by-catch from commercial fisheries.