(14) However, releases of salmon other than stocking and direct restocking should not continue to be allowed after a ten-year period if, by the end of that period, wild smolt production has reached 80 % of the potential smolt production capacity in a given river.

Financial assistance from the EFF (European Fisheries Fund) for direct restocking of rivers with the potential for self-sustaining wild salmon populations as a conservation measure for the wild salmon stock.

35. Stresses the need to take measures to ensure stocks to replenish species that are becoming rarer in rivers, in particular traditionally migratory species with a significant economic impact on local populations (sturgeon, shad, salon, etc.) and certain species at sea, and draws the attention of the Commission and the Member States to the need to guarantee the necessary funding for the implementation of such initiatives;

Return tabled Question No. 21 Mr. Svend Robinson: With regard to the transboundary watersheds shared by the State of Alaska and the Province of British Columbia: (a) what investigations, reviews, references, studies or plans of study have been initiated, completed, and planned for in relation to the Alsek, Chilkat, Taiya, Skagway, Taku, Whiting, Stikine, or Unuk transboundary watersheds, in relation to provisions or requirements contained in the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act; (b) how many authorizations or approvals under ...[+++]section 5(1) of the Navigable Waters Protection Act have been issued for each of the transboundary rivers listed in part (a); (c) what is the location of each authorization; (d) how many authorizations or approvals under section 5(1) of the Navigable Waters Protection Act have been denied for each of the transboundary rivers listed in part (a); (e) what fisheries are located in each of the transboundary rivers listed in part (a); (f) what efforts have been taken to ensure the protection of salmon habitat and safe passage as required and in relation to the Pacific Salmon Treaty for the transboundary watersheds listed in part (a); (g) what investigations, studies or plans of study have been initiated, completed, and planned for in conjunction with the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game or related United States Departments or Agencies in relation to each of the transboundary watersheds listed in part (a); (h) what investigations have been initiated or completed under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act or the Fisheries Act for each of the transboundary watersheds listed in part (a); and (i) what investigations, reviews, references, studies or plans of study have been initiated, completed, and planned for in relation to the State of Alaska proposal for the “Bradfield Road” transportation corridor?

Q-21 — Mr. Robinson (Burnaby—Douglas) — With regard to the transboundary watersheds shared by the State of Alaska and the Province of British Columbia: a) what investigations, reviews, references, studies or plans of study have been initiated, completed, and planned for in relation to the Alsek, Chilkat, Taiya, Skagway, Taku, Whiting, Stikine, or Unuk transboundary watersheds, in relation to provisions or requirements contained in the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act; (b) how many authorizations or approvals under section 5(1 ...[+++]) of the Navigable Waters Protection Act have been issued for each of the transboundary rivers listed in part (a); (c) what is the location of each authorization; (d) how many authorizations or approvals under section 5(1) of the Navigable Waters Protection Act have been denied for each of the transboundary rivers listed in part (a); (e) what fisheries are located in each of the transboundary rivers listed in part (a); (f) what efforts have been taken to ensure the protection of salmon habitat and safe passage as required and in relation to the Pacific Salmon Treaty for the transboundary watersheds listed in part (a); (g) what investigations, studies or plans of study have been initiated, completed, and planned for in conjunction with the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game or related United States Departments or Agencies in relation to each of the transboundary watersheds listed in part (a); (h) what investigations have been initiated or completed under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act or the Fisheries Act for each of the transboundary watersheds listed in part (a); and (i) what investigations, reviews, references, studies or plans of study have been initiated, completed, and planned for in relation to the State of Alaska proposal for the “Bradfield Road” transportation corridor?

Physical Change Upstream Drawdown -reduced littoral productivity -reduced littoral spawning success -reduced tributary access -reduced water quality Impoundment -reduced dissolved oxygen -settling of suspended sediment Downstream Reduced flow -reduced habitat quantity -altered water temperature Inadequate flushing flow -accumulation of fine sediments in gravel substrate -changes in stream morphology Increased flows -scouring of substrates -physical displacement of fish -destabilization of stream banks Rapid flow fluctuation -displacement and stranding of fish and exposure of eggs Flow diversion -disruption of fish homing to natal streams ...[+++] Altered temperature -altered habitat quality regime -altered benthic productivity Altered water quality -altered benthic productivity Elevated total gas -injury or death of fish due to gaspressure bubble disease The majority of B.C. Hydro projects were undertaken many years ago.