Report submitted to: Gary Rosberg, Fisheries Management Instructor, and Sue Grant, Chum Salmon Biologist, Stock Assessment Department of Fisheries and Oceans, New Westminster, BC. Report submitted by Tim Wenman on May 14, 2004. On October 8, 2003, BCIT entered into a joint project with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). This project was to establish the stream residency time of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in the Weaver Creek spawning channel and the natural section of Weaver Creek above the spawning channel diversion fence. The objective of this study was to generate a residence time estimate for chum salmon by gathering field data through foot surveys of the natural portion of Weaver Creek and the Weaver Creek spawning channel and to compare the results.
