Publications of Dr. Richard J. Beamish

Reviewed Publications

Cudney-Burch, J.L., R.A. Rulifson, S.E. Campana, R.J. Beamish, K.A. Sosebee, and T. Moore. [2008] Coastal movements of spiny dogfish: Current knowledge and future direction for research. (submitted July 2008).

Beamish, R., W. Pennell, J. Wade, C. Neville and R. Sweeting. [2008] things to consider before deciding how sea lice impact pink salmon populations. Opinion paper. Trends in Parasitology (submitted May 2008).

Beamish, R.J. and R.M. Sweeting. 2008.The history of surprises associated with Pacific salmon returns signals that critical information is missing from our understanding of their population dynamics. Proceedings of the AYK SSI Symposium on the Sustainability of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Fisheries held Feb 6-9, 2007, Anchorage AK. (accepted Mar 2008)

Rothschild, B.J.and R.J. Beamish. [2008] On the future of fisheries science. Proceedings of the AIFRB Symposium entitled the Future of Fisheries Science in North America held June 2007, Halifax NS. (in review).

Beamish, R.J. and B.E. Riddell. [2008]. The future of fisheries science on Canada’s Pacific coast is keeping up with the changes. Proceedings of the AIFRB Symposium entitled the Future of Fisheries Science in North America held June 2007, Halifax NS. Springer publication. (accepted Apr 2008).

Beamish, R.J., McFarlane, G.A., Sweeting, R.M. and Neville, C. 2008. The Sad History of Dogfish Management. Pp. XX-XX In V. Galucci, G. McFarlane, G. Bargman (editors) Biology and Management of Spiny Dogfish. American Fisheries Society Publication. (accepted Sep 2007).

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Lange, K.L. and Neville, C.M. 2008. Changing trends in the population ecology of hatchery and wild coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 137:503-520.pdf

Beamish, R.J. and Sweeting, R.M. 2007. The history of surprises associated with Pacific salmon returns signals that critical information is missing from our understanding of their population dynamics. (submitted to AYK SSI Symposium)

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M, Sweeting, R.M., Jones, S.R.M., Ambers, N., Gordon, E.K., Hunter, K.L., McDonald, T.E., and Johnson, S.C. 2007. A proposed life history strategy for the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, in the subarctic Pacific. Aquaculture 264: 428-440..pdf

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., and Sweeting, R.M. 2007. Response to Dr. Neil Frazer’s comment on “Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada” R.J. Beamish et al. 2005. Letter to the Editor, Fisheries Research 85: 346-347..pdf

Sakisda, S., Constantine, J., Karreman, G.A., Neville, C. Sweeting, R. and Beamish, R. 2006. Evaluation of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, abundance levels on farmed salmon in British Columbia, Canada. In. The Proceedings from the International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics XI, Cairns, Australia.

Orsi, J. A., Harding, J. A., Pool, S. S., Brodeur, R. D., Haldorson, L. J., Murphy, J. M., Moss, J. H., Farley Jr., E. V., Sweeting, R. M., Morris, J. F. T., Trudel, M., Beamish, R. J., and Emmett,. R. L. 2006. Epipelagic Fish Assemblages Associated with Juvenile Pacific Salmon in Neritic Waters of the California Current and the Alaska Current. AFS Symposium 57:105-155.

Reist, J.D., Wrona, F.J. Prowse, T.D., Power, M., Dempson, J.B., King, J.R. and Beamish, R.J. 2006. An overview of effects of climate change on selected Arctic freshwater and anadromous fishes. Ambio #8. ACIA Special Issue.

Reist, J.D., Wrona, F.J., Prowse, T.D., Power, M., Dempson, J.B., Beamish, R.J., King, J.R., Carmichael, T.J., Sawatsky, C.D. 2006. General effects of climate change on Arctic fishes and fish populations. Ambio #8. ACIA Special Issue.

McFarlane, G.A., Zhang, C., King, J.R., Kim, S., Beamish, R.J. and Oh, J.H. 2006. Contrast in life histories of commercially exploited marine fishes off the coasts of Canada and Korea and changes in ecosystem structure. (in review)

Beamish, R.J. and D.J. Noakes. 2006. Bill Ricker: a man of gifted intellect, insatiable curiosity and generous spirit. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 75: 119-129.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., R. Sweeting, and C. Neville. 2006. We are on the right path but it is uphill both ways. Proceedings of the AFS 2005 symposium in Anchorage, AK, Pacific Salmon Life History Models: Advancing Science for Sustainable Salmon in the Future. (in review).

Beamish, R.J. and R.M. Sweeting. 2006. Spiny dogfish in the pelagic waters of the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. (in press)

Beamish, R.J. G.A. McFarlane, and A. Benson. 2006. Longevity overfishing. Progress in Oceanography. Progress in Oceanography, 68:289-302. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., S. Jones, C. Neville, R. Sweeting, G. Karreman, S. Saksida, E. Gordon. 2006. Exceptional marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in 2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63:1326-1337. [pdf]

Ricker,W.E., E.G. Pogedaev, R.J. Beamish , and V. Karpenko. 2005. Causes of rapid changes in rate of freshwater growth and in ages of smolting and maturation among sockeye salmon of a small Kamchatka lake. Izvestiya TINRO, 140:3-17. (In Russian) [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, and N.J. Ambers. 2005. Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of Central British Columbia, Canada. Fisheries Research 76: 198-208. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and J.R. King. 2005. Migratory patterns of pelagic fishes and possible linkages between open ocean and coastal ecosystems off the Pacific coast of North America. Deep-Sea Research II 52: 739-755. [pdf]

Harrison, P.J., F. Whitney, D. Mackas, R. Beamish, M. Trudel, and I. Perry. 2005. Changes in coastal ecosystems in the NE Pacific Ocean. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the long-term variations in the coastal environments and ecosystems, Sep 27-28, Matsuyama, Japan, pp. 17-35.[pdf]

Sweeting, R.M., R.J.Beamish, and C.M. Neville. 2005. Crystalline otoliths in teleosts: Comparisons between hatchery and wild coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Strait of Georgia. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. (2004), 14: 361-369. [pdf]

Mathisen, O.A., L. Fair, R. Beamish, and V. Bugaev. 2005. Density Dependent Growth of Sockeye Salmon in the North Pacific Ocean. (in review).

Beamish, R.J., C. Mahnken, and C.M. Neville. 2004. Evidence that reduced early marine growth is associated with lower marine survival of coho salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 26-33. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., A.J. Benson, R.M. Sweeting, and C.M. Neville. 2004 Regimes and the history of the major fisheries off Canada's west coast. Progress in Oceanography 60: 355-385. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., J.T. Schnute, A.J. Cass, C.M. Neville, and R.M. Sweeting. 2004. The influence of climate on the stock and recruitment of pink and sockeye salmon from the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 1396-1412. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, and C.M. Neville. 2004. Improvement of juvenile Pacific salmon production in a regional ecosystem after the 1998 regime shift. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 1152-1164. [pdf]

Beckman, B.R., W. Fairgrieve, K.A. Cooper, C.V.W. Mahnken, and R.J. Beamish. 2004. Evaluation of Endocrine Indices of Growth in Individual Postsmolt Coho Salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 1057-1067. [pdf]

Gao, Y., and R.J. Beamish. 2003. Stable isotope variations in otoliths of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) and indications of the possible 1990 regime shift. Fisheries Research 60: 393-404. [pdf]

Gao, Y., and R.J. Beamish. 2003. Stable isotopic composition of otoliths from tagged halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis. Environmental Biology of Fishes 67: 253-261. [pdf]

Sweeting, R.M., R.J. Beamish, D.J. Noakes, and C.M. Neville. 2003. Replacement of wild coho salmon by hatchery-reared coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia over the past three decades. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23: 492-502. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 2001. Updated status of the Vancouver Island Lake Lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(1): 127-130. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and C. Mahnken. 2001. A critical size and period hypothesis to explain natural regulation of salmon abundance and the linkage to climate and climate change. Progress in Oceanography 49: 423-437. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., J.H. Youson, and L.A. Chapman. 2001. Status of the Morrison Creek western brook lamprey, Lampetra richardsoni, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(4): 573-578.[pdf]

King, J.R., and R.J. Beamish. 2001. Diet comparisons indicate a competitive interaction between ocean age-0 chum and coho salmon. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Committee Bulletin. No. 2:65-74.

King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish. 2001. Incorporating the dynamics of marine systems into the stock assessment and management of sablefish. Progress in Oceanography 49: 619-639. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 2001. The re-occurrence of sardines off British Columbia characterises the dynamic nature of regimes. Progress in Oceanography 49: 151-165. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., D. McCaughran, J.R. King, R.M. Sweeting, and G.A. McFarlane. 2000. Estimating the abundance of juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia by means of surface trawls. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20: 369-375. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 2000. Reevaluation of the interpretation of annuli from otoliths of a long-lived fish, Anoplopoma fimbria. Fisheries Research 46: 105-111. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, W. Pinnix, R. Sweeting, and J. King. 2000. Trends in coho marine survival in relation to the regime concept. Fisheries Oceanography 9: 114-119. [pdf]

Hollowed, A.B., N. Bax, R. Beamish, J. Collie, M. Fogarty, P. Livingston, J. Pope, and J.C. Rice. 2000. Are multispecies models an improvement on single-species models for measuring fishing impacts on marine ecosystems? ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 707-719. [pdf]

King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish. 2000. Decadal-scale patterns in the relative year class success of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Fisheries Oceangraphy 9: 62-70. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., J.R. King, and R.J. Beamish. 2000. Have there been recent changes in climate? Ask the fish. Progress in Oceanography 47: 147-169. [pdf]

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, and M.L. Kent. 2000. On the decline of Pacific salmon and speculative links to salmon farming in British Columbia. Aquaculture 183: 363-386. [pdf]

Zhang, Z., and R.J. Beamish. 2000. Use of otolith microstructure to study life history of juvenile chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1995 and 1996. Fisheries Research 46: 239-250. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1999. Shifting regimes in fisheries science and salmon management. The International Journal of Salmon Conservation 1(3): 12-16.

Beamish, R.J., K.D. Leask, O.A. Ivanov, A.A. Balanov, A.M. Orlov, and B. Sinclair. 1999. The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres. Progress in Oceanography 43: 399-442. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and R.E. Thomson. 1999. Recent declines in the recreational catch of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Strait of Georgia are related to climate. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 506-515. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, L. Klyashtorin, V.V. Ivanov, and V. Kurashov. 1999. The regime concept and natural trends in the production of Pacific salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 516-526. [pdf]

Docker, M.F., J.H. Youson, R.J. Beamish, and R.H. Devlin. 1999. Phylogeny of the lamprey genus Lampetra inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND3 gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 2340-2349. [pdf]

Ferreira, L.C.G., R.J. Beamish, and J.H. Youson. 1999. Macroscopic structure of the fin-rays and their annuli in pectoral and pelvic fins of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Journal of Morphology 239: 297-320. [pdf]

Gao, Y.W., and R.J. Beamish. 1999. Isotopic composition of otoliths as a chemical tracer in population identification of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 2062-2068. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C. Mahnken, and C.M. Neville. 1997. Hatchery and wild production of Pacific salmon in relation to large-scale, natural shifts in the productivity of the marine environment. ICES Journal of Marine Science 54: 1200 - 1215. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.-E.M. Neville, and A.J. Cass. 1997. Production of Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in relation to decadal-scale changes in the climate and the ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 543-554. [pdf]

Yin, K., R.H. Goldblatt, P.J. Harrison, M.A. St. John, P.J. Clifford, and R.J. Beamish. 1997. Importance of wind and river discharge in influencing nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton production in summer in the central Strait of Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 161: 173-183.

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, and R.J. Beamish. 1997. Effects of a fluctuation in Fraser River discharge on primary production in the central Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1015-1024. [pdf]

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, R.H. Goldblatt, M.A. St. John, and R.J. Beamish. 1997. Factors controlling the timing of the spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia estuary, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1985-1995. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and Z. Zhang. 1996. The relationship between time of ocean entry and residence in the Strait of Georgia for three chinook salmon rearing types (NPAFC Doc. No. 200). 18p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, R.H. Goldblatt, and R.J. Beamish. 1996. Spring bloom in the central Strait of Georgia: interactions of river discharge, winds and grazing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 138: 255-263. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1995. Introduction. The need to understand the relationship between climate and the dynamics of fish populations. Pages 1-2 in R. J. Beamish (ed.) Climate change and northern fish populations. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 121.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and D.R. Bouillon. 1995. Marine fish production trends off the Pacific coast of Canada and the United States. Pages 585-591 in R.J. Beamish (ed.) Climate change and northern fish populations. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 121. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and C.-E.M. Neville. 1995. Pacific salmon and Pacific herring mortalities in the Fraser River plume caused by river lamprey (Lampetra ayresi). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 644-650. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., B.E. Riddell, C.-E.M. Neville, B.L. Thomson, and Z. Zhang. 1995. Declines in chinook salmon catches in the Strait of Georgia in relation to shifts in the marine environment. Fisheries Oceanography 4: 243-256.[pdf]

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond, and R.J. Beamish. 1995. Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River estuary and its biological implications. I. Effects of the salt wedge. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 505-528.

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond, and R.J. Beamish. 1995. Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River estuary and its biological implications. II. Effects of spring vs. neap tides and river discharge. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 529-544.[pdf]

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond, and R.J. Beamish. 1995. Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River estuary and its biological implications. III. Effects of winds. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 545-558.

Zhang, Z., R.J. Beamish, and B.E. Riddell. 1995. Differences in otolith microstructure between hatchery-reared and wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 344-352. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.-E.M. Neville, B.L Thomson, P.J. Harrison, and M. St. John. 1994. A relationship between Fraser River discharge and interannual production of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in the Strait of Georgia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51: 2843-2855. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1993. Climate and exceptional fish production off the west coast of North America. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 2270-2291. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and D.R. Bouillon. 1993. Pacific salmon production trends in relation to climate. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 1002-1016. [pdf]

St. John, M.A., S.G. Marinone, J. Stronach, P.J. Harrison, J. Fyfe, and R. J. Beamish. 1993. A horizontally resolving physical-biological model of nitrate concentration and primary productivity in the Strait of Georgia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 1456-1466. [pdf]

Whyte, J.N.C., R.J. Beamish, N.G. Ginther, and C.-E. Neville. 1993. Nutritional condition of the Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) deprived of food for periods of up to two years. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 591-599. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and C.-E. M. Neville. 1992. The importance of size as an isolating mechanism in lampreys. Copeia 1992(1): 191-196. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., B.L. Thomson, and G.A. McFarlane. 1992. Spiny dogfish predation on chinook and coho salmon and the potential effects on hatchery-produced salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121: 444-455. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1992. Climatic influence linking copepod production with strong year-classes in sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 743-753. [pdf]

Polat, N., and R.J. Beamish. 1992. Annulus formation on anatomical structures of Siraz (Capoeta capoeta) in Altinkaya Dam Lake. Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Fen Dergisi 4(1): 70-88.

Richards, L.J., J.T. Schnute, A.R. Kronlund, and R. J. Beamish. 1992. Statistical models for the analysis of ageing error. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 1801-1815. [pdf]

St. John, M.A., J.S. Macdonald, P.J. Harrison, R.J. Beamish, and E. Choromanski. 1992. The Fraser River plume: some preliminary observations on the distribution of juvenile salmon, herring, and their prey. Fisheries Oceanography 1: 153-162. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and C.D. Levings. 1991. Abundance and freshwater migrations of the anadromous parasitic lamprey, Lampetra tridentata, in a tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48: 1250-1263. [pdf]

Youson, J.H., and R.J. Beamish. 1991. Comparison of the internal morphology of adults of a population of lampreys that contains a nonparasitic life-history type, Lampetra richardsoni, and a potentially parasitic form, L. richardsoni var. marifuga. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 628-637. [pdf]

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane. 1990. Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 109. 40p. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1990. Effect of an external tag on growth of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria), and consequences to mortality and age at maturity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47: 1551-1557. [pdf]

Saunders, M.W., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish. 1990. Factors that affect the recapture of tagged sablefish off the west coast of Canada. American Fisheries Society Symposium 7: 708-713.

Beamish, R.J., and T.G. Northcote. 1989. Extinction of a population of anadromous parasitic lamprey, Lampetra tridentata, upstream of an impassable dam. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46: 420‑425. [pdf]

Tyler, A.V., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane. 1989. Implications of age determination errors to yield estimates. Pages 27‑35 in R. J. Beamish and G. A. McFarlane (eds.) Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1988. Resident and dispersal behavior of adult sablefish (Anaplopoma fimbria) in the slope waters off Canada's west coast. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 152‑164. [pdf]

Clarke, W.C., and R.J. Beamish. 1988. Response of recently metamorphosed anadromous parasitic lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) to confinement in fresh water. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 42‑47. [pdf]

Youson, J.H., W.M. Elliott, R.J. Beamish, and D.W. Wang. 1988. A comparison of endocrine pancreatic tissue in adults of four species of lampreys in British Columbia: a morphological and immunohistochemical study. General and Comparative Endocrinology 70: 247‑261. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1987. Evidence that parasitic and nonparasitic life history types are produced by one population of lamprey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 1779‑1782. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1987. Status of the Lake Lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma, in Canada. Canadian Field‑Naturalist 101(2): 186.‑189. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and J.H. Youson. 1987. Life history and abundance of young adult Lampetra ayresi in the Fraser River and their possible impact on salmon and herring stocks in the Strait of Georgia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44:525-537. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1987. Selection of dosages of oxytetracycline for age validation studies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 905‑909. [pdf]

Russell, J.E., F.W.H. Beamish, and R.J. Beamish. 1987. Lentic spawning by the Pacific lamprey, Lampetra tridentata. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 476‑478. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1986. COSEWIC status report in the lake lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 14p.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1986. Pacific hake stocks off the west coast of Vancouver Island. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 45: 393-412.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1986. A tag suitable for assessing long‑term movements of spiny dogfish and preliminary results from use of this tag. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 6: 69‑76. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1986. Biology and fishery of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) in the Strait of Georgia. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 45: 365-392.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1986. Production of strong year‑classes of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the west coast of Canada. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 47: 191‑202. [pdf]

Youson, J.H., and R.J. Beamish. 1986. Morphological comparison of organs in several species of lampreys on the west coast of Canada. Page 926 in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, and K. Matsuura (eds.) Indo‑Pacific fish biology: proceedings of the second International Conference on Indo‑Pacific Fishes. The Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo.

Beamish, R.J. 1985. Freshwater parasitic lamprey on Vancouver Island and a theory of the evolution of the freshwater parasitic and nonparasitic life history types. Pages 123‑140 in R. E. Foreman, A. Gorbman, J.M. Dodd, and R. Olsson (eds.) Evolutionary biology of primitive fishes. Plenum Press, New York. NATO ASI Series A: Life Sciences: 103.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1985. Annulus development on the second dorsal spine of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and its validity for age determination. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42: 1799‑1805. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1985. Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus, stocks off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. Marine Fisheries Review 47(2): 75‑81.[pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1985. Biology and fishery of Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus, in the Strait of Georgia. Marine Fisheries Review 47(2): 23‑34.[pdf]

Farlinger, S.P., and R.J. Beamish. 1984. Recent colonization of a major salmon‑producing lake in British Columbia by Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41: 278‑285.[pdf]

Leaman, B.M., and R.J. Beamish. 1984. Ecological and management implications of longevity in some northeast Pacific groundfishes. International Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 42:85-97.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1983. The forgotten requirement for age validation in fisheries biology. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 112: 735‑743. [pdf]

Cass, A.J., and R.J. Beamish. 1983. First evidence of validity of the fin‑ray method of age determination for marine fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 3: 182‑188. [pdf]

Mason, J.C., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane. 1983. Sexual maturity, fecundity, spawning, and early life history of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the Pacific coast of Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40: 2126‑2134. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1982. Lampetra macrostoma, a new species of freshwater parasitic lamprey from the west coast of Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 736‑747.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and D.E. Chilton. 1982. Preliminary evaluation of a method to determine the age of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 277‑287. [pdf]

Chilton, D.E., and R.J. Beamish. 1982. Age determination methods for fishes studied by the Groundfish Program at the Pacific Biological Station. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60. 102p.

Richards, J.E., R.J. Beamish, and F.W.H. Beamish. 1982. Descriptions and keys for ammocoetes of lampreys from British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 1484‑1495. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1981. Use of fin‑ray sections to age walleye pollock, Pacific cod, and albacore, and the importance of this method. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 110: 287‑299. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and D.A. Fournier. 1981. A method for comparing the precision of a set of age determinations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 38: 982‑983.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1980. Adult biology of the river lamprey (Lampetra ayresi) and the Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) from the Pacific coast of Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 1906‑1923. [pdf]

Foucher, R.P., and R.J. Beamish. 1980. Production of nonviable oocytes by Pacific hake (Merluccius productus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 41‑48.[pdf]

Mills, K.H., and R.J. Beamish. 1980. Comparison of fin‑ray and scale age determinations for lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and their implications for estimates of growth and annual survival. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 534‑544.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1979. Differences in the age of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) using whole otoliths and sections of otoliths. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36: 141‑151. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1979. New information on the longevity of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36: 1395‑1400. [pdf]

Wood, C.C., K.S. Ketchen, and R.J. Beamish. 1979. Population dynamics of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in British Columbia waters. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36: 647‑656. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and T. Uyeno. 1978. Karyotype of Hiodon tergisus and DNA values of Hiodon tergisus and Hiodon alosoides. Proceedings of Japan Academy. Chromosome Information Service No. 24: 5‑8.

Beamish, R.J., and D. Chilton. 1977. Age determination of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) using dorsal fin rays and scales. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 1305-1313. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and E.J. Crossman. 1977. Validity of the subspecies designation for the dwarf white sucker (Castostomus commersoni utawana). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 371-378. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and R.R. Miller. 1977. Cytotaxonomic study of gila trout, Salmo gilae. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 1041-1045. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and J.C. Van Loon. 1977. Precipitation loading of acid and heavy metals to a small acid lake near Sudbury, Ontario. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34:649-658. [pdf]

Van Loon, J.C., and R.J. Beamish. 1977. Heavy‑metal contamination by atmospheric fallout of several Flin Flon area lakes and the relation to fish populations. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 899‑906. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., W.L. Lockhart, J.C. Van Loon, and H.H. Harvey. 1975. Long‑term acidification of a lake and resulting effects on fishes. Ambio 4: 98‑102.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1974. Growth and survival of white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) in an acidified lake. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 31: 49‑54. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1974. Loss of fish populations from unexploited remote lakes in Ontario, Canada as a consequence of atmospheric fallout of acid. Water Research 8: 85‑95. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1973. Design of a trapnet with interchangeable parts for the capture of large and small fishes from varying depths. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30: 587‑590. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1973. Determination of age and growth of populations of the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) exhibiting a wide range in size at maturity. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30: 607‑616. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1972. Lethal pH for the white sucker Catostomus commersoni (Lacépède). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101: 355‑358. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and H.H. Harvey. 1972. Acidification of the La Cloche Mountain Lakes, Ontario, and resulting fish mortalities. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29: 1131‑1143. [pdf]

White, W.J., and R.J. Beamish. 1972. A simple fish tag suitable for long‑term marking experiments. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29: 339‑341. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., M.J. Merrilees, and E.J. Crossman. 1971. Karyotypes and DNA values for members of the suborder Esocoidei (Osteichthyes: Salmoniformes). Chromosoma 34: 436‑447.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and H. Tsuyuki. 1971. A biochemical and cytological study of the longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and large and dwarf forms of the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28: 1745‑1748.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and H.H. Harvey. 1969. Age determination in the white sucker. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 633‑638.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and W.B. Scott. 1969. Asymmetry in the trunk vertebrae of Lota lota lacustris (Walbaum). Canadian Journal of Zoology 47: 537‑538.[pdf]

Non-Peer Reviewed and Technical Reports

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Neville, C.M. and Lange, K. 2007. Ocean changes in the Strait of Georgia indicate a need to link hatchery programs, fishing strategies and early marine studies of ocean carrying capacity into an ecosystem approach to manage coho salmon. Extended abstract for NPAFC Technical Report 7: 49-51.

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., and Lange, K.L. 2007. A preliminary interpretation of coded wire tag recoveries from juvenile coho and chinook salmon released into the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound from 1997 to 2006. Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. (in press)

Sweeting, R.M., Beamish, R.J., and Cooper, C. 2007. Comparison of juvenile salmon diets in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound 1997-2006. Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. (in press)

Neville, C.M., and Beamish, R.J. 2007. Diets of larval Pacific hake, walleye pollock and Pacific herring in the Strait of Georgia. Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. (in press)

Beamish, R.J. 2007. Getting the Message Out. NPAFC Bulletin No. 4: 1-6.

Beamish, R.J., Trudel, M. and Sweeting, R.M. 2007. Canadian coastal and high seas juvenile Pacific salmon studies. Extended abstract for NPAFC Technical Report 7: 1-4.

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Neville, C.M. and Lange, K. 2006. Hatchery and wild percentages of coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia are related to shifts in species dominance. NPAFC Doc. 981. Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada. 21 p.

Beamish, R. Gordon, E., Neville, C. and Sweeting, R. 2006. Evidence of a linkage between fall-winter ocean conditions and the critical size hypothesis for a study of pink salmon in the central coast area of British Columbia. NPAFC Doc. 982. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Region - Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo BC, Canada V9T 6N7. 14p.

Farley, Jr, E.V., Moss, J.H., and Beamish, R.J. 2006. A review of the critical size, critical period hypothesis for juvenile Pacific salmon. Auke Bay Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce, 11305 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK 99801-8626 USA. (in press)

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, N. Ambers, and E.K. Gordon. 2005. Adult Pacific Salmon are a Major Source of Sea lice in Coastal Ecosystems. Extended abstract. In Lessons from the Past to Optimize the Future. Aquaculture Europe 2005, Trondheim, Norway, August 5-9, 2005, pp. 127-128.

Beamish, R.J. 2005. 100 years of fishing off Canada's Pacific coast. Pp. 4-5 In W.S. Wooster (ed.) Improving Fishery Management: Melding Science and Goverance. Summ. Proceed. U. Wash. Nov 15-16, 2004. Publ. by School of Marine Affairs, U. Wsh., Seattle. (abstract)

Beamish, R.J. 2005. Fisheries Off the Pacific Coast of Canada. Pp. 8-15 In Proceedings of the Seventh North Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference, May 2004, Busan, Korea. Pacific Rim Fisheries Program of Alaska Pacific University, NOAA Award No. NA04NMF4540155, 313 pp.

Beamish, R.J., N. Ambers, and K.L. Hunter. 2005. Sea lice counts on Pacific salmon caught in the Central North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea aboard the R/V Waketake maru using gillnets and long line gear in July 2005. (NPAFC Doc. 873). 12p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. N. Ambers, K.L.Hunter, and C. Neville. 2005. A comparison of sea lice on individually caught adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of British Columbia in August of 2004 and 2005. (NPAFC Doc. 874.) 15p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, C.M. Neville, and K. Lange. 2005. Changing trends in the rearing capacity of the Strait of Georgia ecosystem for juvenile Pacific salmon. October 2005. (NPAFC Doc. 875). 15p. Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 2004. We are not prepared to manage fisheries in a changing climate. In L. Taylor & A. Ryall (eds.) Mountains as water towers. Proceedings of the Banff Mountain Summit, November 2003. Banff Centre, Banff, Alta. pp. 121-123.

Beamish, R.J., 2004. An assessment of the relative importance of human and natural impacts on the past and future fisheries off Canada's west coast. (unpublished)

Sweeting, R.M., R.J. Beamish, and C.M. Neville. 2004. The continuation of the productive regime in the Strait of Georgia. (NPAFC Doc. 818). 24p. Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, and R.M. Sweeting. 2004. Sea lice counts on Adult Pacific salmon caught in the Central Coast of British Columbia using trawl and troll gear. (NPAFC Doc. 819). 17p. Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, and R. Sweeting. 2004. Ecosystem Based Management should include an assessment of the impacts of Pacific salmon escapements and enhancement on the juvenile salmon that rear in the Strait of Georgia. In T.W. Droscher and D.A. Fraser (eds). Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference. [pdf]

King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, R.J. Beamish, and C.J. Low. 2004. Factors Influencing the Abundance and Distribution of Lingcod Egg Masses in the Nearshore Waters Adjacent to the West Coast of Vancouver Island During January 17-March 15, 1979. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2557. 13 pp.

Beamish, R.J. 2003. Introduction to Bulletin No. 3. North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission Bulletin 3:(v-x). [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, and R.M. Sweeting. 2003. The importance of incorporating information on climate related marine ecosystem changes into fisheries management, p.13-18. In N.J. Valette-Silver and D. Scavia (eds.) Ecological Forecasting: New tools for coastal and ecosystem management. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 1. 116 pp.

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville. 2003. The importance of establishing Bowie Seamount as an experimental research area. Pp. 652-663 In J. Beumer, A. Grant, and D. Smith (eds.) Aquatic protected areas – what works best and how do we know? Proceedings of the World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas, Cairns, Australia, August, 2002, 689 pp.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, D.L.G. Noakes, and F.W.H. Beamish. 2003. William Edwin Ricker, OC, FRSC, LLD, DSc. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60: iii-v. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., I.A. Pearsall, and M.C. Healey. 2003. A history of the research on the early marine life of Pacific salmon off Canada's Pacific coast. North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission Bulletin 3:1-40. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., S. Dawe, R.M. Sweeting, E. Gordon, N. Ambers, A. Hurst, C.M. Neville. 2003. Surveys of Pacific salmon in the major inlets of British Columbia. (NPAFC Doc. 708). 21p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Riddell, B.E. and Beamish, R.J. 2003. Distribution and Monitoring of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in British Columbia, Canada – a contribution to the development of a Pink Salmon Watch. (NPAFC Doc. 707). 33p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 2002. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Address by Dr. Richard Beamish, Chairman of the Committee on Scientific Research and Statistics. (NPAFC Doc. 659). Records of the Tenth Annual Meeting, October 6-11, 2002, Vladivostok, Russia. pp. 47-49. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9T 6N7.

Beamish, R.J. 2002. Recent returns of Pink salmon to the Fraser River indicate the importance of relating stock to recruitment on a regime scale. (NPAFC Doc. 633). 24p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and H.K. McDermott. 2002. COSEWIC Status Report Copper River. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. (Draft submitted January 31, 2002).

Beamish, R.J., and H.K. McDermott. 2002. COSEWIC Status Report on Skidegate Lake Lamprey. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. iv + 17p. (Draft submitted Mar. 1, 2002).

Beamish, R.J., and H.K. McDermott. 2002. COSEWIC Status Report on Two undescribed and possibly rare species of lamprey from the Nass River, British Columbia. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. iv + 21p. (Draft submitted January 31, 2002).

Beamish, R.J., C. Neville, R. Sweeting, K. Poier, and R. Khan. 2002. Recent increases in coho production in the Strait of Georgia are related to changes in climate. Pages 10-19. Puget Sound Action Team. 2002. Proceedings of the 2001 Puget Sound Research Conference. T. Droscher, editor. Puget Sound Action Team. Olympia, Washington.

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, C.E. Neville, and K. Poier. 2002. A climate related explanation for the natural control of Pacific salmon abundance in the first marine year. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 4: 9-11. [pdf]

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, and R. Gregory. 2002. British Columbia's commercial salmon industry. (NPAFC Doc. 642). 13p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Sweeting, R.M., and R.J. Beamish. 2002. Results of the July survey in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, indicate that 2002 may be a year of cool temperatures and reduced productivity for juvenile Pacific salmon. (NPAFC Doc. 635). 17p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 2001. Effects of global climate change on the fisheries off the west coast of Canada. A report presented to the Pacific Resource Conservation Council. 4p.

Beamish, R.J. 2001. A preliminary report on the development of a method to estimate the age of the longspine thornyhead rockfish. Unpublished document. 16p.

Beamish, R.J. 2001. Unravelling the secrets of the ocean. Unpublished document. 10p.

Beamish, R.J. 2001. Visits to Russia. Unpublished document. 11p.

Beamish, D. 2001. What we have done well and what we can do better in Fisheries Science. Unpublished document. 9p.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, C.M. Neville, and I. Pearsall. 2001. Changes in the Strait of Georgia ECOPATH model needed to balance the abrupt increases in productivity that occurred in 2000. Pages 5-9 in G.A. McFarlane, B.A. Megrey, B.A. Taft, and W.T. Peterson (eds.) PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 2000 Bass, Model, Monitor and Rex Workshops, and the 2001 Bass/Model Workshop. PICES Scientific Report No. 17. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and J. Schweigert. 2001. Is the production of coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia linked to the production of Pacific herring? Pages 37-50 in F. Funk, J. Blackburn, D. Hay, A.J. Paul, R. Stephenson, R. Toresen, and D. Witherell (eds.) Herring: expectations for a new millennium. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, . Fairbanks, Alaska. [http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/AK-SG-01-04]

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville. 2001. Predation-based mortality on juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia. Pages 11-13 in R. Beamish, Y. Ishida, V. Karpenko, P. Livingston, and K. Myers (eds.) Workshop on factors affecting production of juvenile salmon: comparative studies on juvenile salmon ecology between the east and west North Pacific Ocean. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 2. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, and K.L. Poier. 2001. Persistence of the improved productivity of 2000 in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada, through to 2001. (NPAFC Doc. 565). 19p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., K.L. Poier, and C. Mahnken. 2001. Evidence of the validity of the critical size and critical period hypothesis. (NPAFC Doc. 564). 16p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. National Marine Fisheries Service, Port Orchard, WA, USA, 98366. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and J. Schweigert. 2001. Common factors have opposite impacts on Pacific herring in adjacent ecosystems. Pages 51-67 in F. Funk, J. Blackburn, D. Hay, A.J. Paul, R. Stephenson, R. Toresen, and D. Witherell (eds.) Herring: expectations for a new millennium. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-01-04. Fairbanks, Alaska. [http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/AK-SG-01-04]

Noakes, D.J., and R.J. Beamish. 2001. Influence of decadal scale climate change on flows in the Fraser River, British Columbia. 15^th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, May 30 – June 2, 2001, Victoria, British Columbia. 5p.

Beamish, R.J. 2000. Impacts of global warming on British Columbia salmon… the urgent need for a strategy to manage salmon in a changing climate. Second report of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, May 2000. (1999 Draft).

Beamish, R.J., I.A. Pearsall, D.W. Welch, and C.D. Levings. 2000. Studies of the life history of Pacific salmon in their first marine year off Canada' s Pacific coast. (NPAFC Doc. XX). Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6.

Beamish, R.J., K.L. Poier, R.M. Sweeting, and C.M. Neville. 2000. An abrupt increase in the abundance of juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia. (NPAFC Doc. 473). 21p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. [pdf]

King, J.R., and R.J. Beamish. 2000. Diet comparisons indicate a competitive interaction between ocean age-0 chum and coho salmon. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 2: 65-74. [pdf]

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, R. Sweeting, and J. King. 2000. Changing the balance: interactions between hatchery and wild Pacific coho salmon in the presence of regime shifts. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 2: 155-163. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1999. Climate, salmon, and preparing for the future. Pages 85-98 in G.A. Bisbal (ed.) Symposium on ocean conditions and the management of Columbia River salmon: proceedings of the July 1, 1999 symposium in Portland, Oregon. Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR.

Beamish, R. 1999. Why a strategy for managing salmon in a changing climate is urgently needed. Pages 14-16 in Conference: climate change and salmon stocks, Vancouver, BC, October 27, 1999. Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.

Beamish, R.J. 1999. Editorial. An introduction to the PICES symposium on the ecosystem dynamics in the Eastern and Western Gyres of the subarctic Pacific. Progress in Oceanography 43: 157-161.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J. and C. Mahnken. 1999. Taking the next step in fisheries management. Pages 1-21 in Ecosystem approaches for fisheries management. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-99-01. Fairbanks, Alaska.

Beamish, R.J. and G.A. McFarlane. 1999. Applying ecosystem management to fisheries in the Strait of Georgia. Pages 637-664 in Ecosystem approaches for fisheries management. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG 99-01. Fairbanks, Alaska.

Beamish, R.J., and R.M. Sweeting. 1999. Patterns in the recapture rates among release locations of coded-wire tagged juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia. (NPAFC Doc. 436). 25p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Leask, K.D., and R.J. Beamish. 1999. Review of the fisheries and biology of the Pacific Hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) in British Columbia, with recommendations for biological sampling in a developmental fishery. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 99/205. 48p. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1999. Sardines return to British Columbia waters. Pages 77-82 in H.J. Freeland, W.T. Peterson, and A. Tyler (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 Science Board Symposium on the impacts of the 1997/98 El Niño event on the North Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas. North Pacific Marine Science Organization. PICES Scientific Report No. 10. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., J.R. King, and R.J. Beamish. 1999. Linkages between a composite Pacific climate-ocean index and fluctuations in British Columbia salmon and other fish populations. (NPAFC Doc. 434). 12p. + 6 figs. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Neville, C.-E.M., and R.J. Beamish. 1999. Comparison of the diets of ocean age 0 hatchery and wild chinook salmon. (NPAFC Doc. 435). 14p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 1998. Updated COSEWIC status report on the lake lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 11p.

Beamish, J.R. King, R.J.,D. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, and R.M. Sweeting. 1998. Evidence of a new regime starting in 1996 and the relation to Pacific salmon catches. (NPAFC Doc. 321) 21pp. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch-Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and M. Folkes. 1998. Recent changes in the marine distribution of juvenile chum salmon off Canada. North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 1: 443 – 453. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., M. Folkes, and R. Sweeting. 1998. Intra-annual changes in the abundances of coho, chinook, and chum salmon in Puget Sound in 1997. Pages 531-541 in R. Strickland, A.E. Copping, and N.J. Lerner (eds.) Puget Sound research 1998: proceedings of the 1998 Puget Sound Research Conference, March 12-13 1998, Seattle, Washington. Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team, Olympia, WA.

Beamish, R.J., and C. Mahnken. 1998. Natural regulation of the abundance of coho and other species of Pacific salmon according to the critical size and critical period hypothesis. (NPAFC Doc. 319). 28p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch - Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9R 5K6. National Marine Fisheries Service, 7305 Beach Drive East, Port Orchard, WA, USA, 98366. [pdf]

Beamish, R., D. Noakes, G. McFarlane, and J. King. 1998. The regime concept and recent changes in Pacific salmon abundance. Pages 1-3 in K. Myers (ed.) Workshop on climate change and salmon production, Vancouver, March 26-27, 1998. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., D. Noakes, G. McFarlane, W. Pinnix, R. Sweeting, J. King, and M. Folkes. 1998. Trends in coho marine survival in relation to the regime concept. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/171. 26p.

Beamish, R.J., R. Sweeting, and Z. Zhang. 1998. Estimating the percentage of hatchery-reared juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1997. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/93. 14p.

Freeland, H.J., and R. Beamish. 1998. The changing Pacific. Canadian Meterorological and Oceanographic Society Bulletin 26(6): 155-160.

King, J.R., V.V. Ivanov, V. Kurashov, R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane. 1998. General circulation of the atmosphere over the North Pacific and its relationship to the Aleutian Low. (NPAFC Doc. 318). 18p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, 38 Bering Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, 199397. [pdf]

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, L. Klyashtorin, and G.A. McFarlane. 1998. On the coherence of salmon abundance trends and environmental factors. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 1: 454-463. [pdf]

Zhang, Z., R.J. Beamish, and B.E. Riddell. 1998. Change in proportion of hatchery-reared, wild ocean- and stream-type chinook in their first and second ocean years in the Strait of Georgia. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/90. 12p.

Beamish, R.J. 1997. The proposed Winchelsea-Ballenas marine protected area: background information and comments for an evaluation. 47p. (Draft, April 30, 1997)

Beamish, R.J. 1997. Protecting plants and animals in the Strait of Georgia – ideas for action. Report of the Work Group on the Protection of Marine Plants and Animals in the Strait of Georgia. 70p. Unpublished document available from Dr. R.J. Beamish, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6.

Beamish, R.J., M. Henderson, and H.A. Regier. 1997. Impacts of climate change on the fishes of British Columbia. Pages 12-1 – 12-16 in E.M. Taylor and B.G. Taylor (eds.) Responding to global climate change in British Columbia and Yukon. Volume 1 of the Canada Country Study: climate impacts and adaptation. Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region; British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, D. Noakes, M. Folkes, V.V. Ivanov, and V. Kurashov. 1997. A comparison of the Aleutian Low Pressure Index and the Atmospheric Circulation Index as indices of Pacific salmon abundance trends. (NPAFC Doc. 289). 24p. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and C. Neville. 1997. Climate-ocean changes and the impacts on young salmon in the Strait of Georgia. Pages 213-220 in R.L. Emmett and M.H. Schiewe (eds.) Estuarine and ocean survival of Northeastern Pacific salmon: proceedings of the workshop, March 20-22, 1996, Newport, Oregon. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-29. www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm29/papers/beamish.htm

Beamish, R.J. 1996. Synchrony of abundance trends of chinook and coho populations off Oregon, Washington and in the Strait of Georgia in comparison with the trends in all-nation catches of Pacific salmon (NPAFC Doc. 199). 24p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Stations, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and Z. Zhang. 1996. The relationship between time of ocean entry and residence in the Strait of Georgia for three chinook salmon rearing types (NPAFC Doc. 200). 18p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Stations, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6. [pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and Z. Zhang. 1996. Biology of ocean age 0 hatchery, wild ocean, and wild stream type chinook in the Strait of Georgia. (NPAFC Doc. 202). 25p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Stations, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6. [pdf]

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and L.M. Zverkova. 1996. An examination of age estimates of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from the Sea of Okhotsk using the burnt otolith method and implications for stock assessment and management. Proceedings of the Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas. North Pacific Marine Science Organization PICES Scientific Report No. 6: 278-285.

Rice, J., B. Leaman, L. Richards, R.J. Beamish, G.A. McFarlane, and G. Thomas (eds.). 1996. Pacific Stock Assessment Review Committee (PSARC) Annual Report for 1995. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2383. iv + 242p

Beamish, R.J. (ed.). 1995. Climate change and northern fish populations. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 121. 739p.

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville. 1995. Coastal shifts in salmon carrying capacity. (NPAFC Doc. 161) 13p. Department of Fisheries & Oceans, Science Branch, Pacific Biological Station. Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5K6, Canada.

Beamish, R.J, C.-E. Neville, J. Rice, and Z. Zhang. 1995. Factors affecting the marine survival of Coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia. PSARC Working Paper S95-4. 32p. + 7 figs.

Beamish, R.J., B.L. Thomson, C.-E.M. Neville, B.E. Riddell, and Z. Zhang. 1995. Evidence of a possible relationship between changes in chinook salmon catches in the Strait of Georgia and shifts in the marine environment. PSARC Working Paper S95-2. 40p. + 13 figs.

Beamish, R.J. 1994. Long-term abundance trends in pacific fisheries and their relationship to the environment. Pages 255-264 in Proceedings: Third Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference: business development in the information age, March 8-10, 1994, Beijing, People's Republic of China. University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Center for International Business; Ministry of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquatic Products, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

Beamish, R.J., and M. Hunter. 1994. Fisheries policy for business development Canada industry review. Pages 61-72 in Proceedings: Third Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference: business development in the information age, March 8-10, 1994, Beijing, People's Republic of China. University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Center for International Business; Ministry of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquatic Products, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Beamish, R.J., B.L. Thomson, and C.-E. M. Neville. 1994. Inshore lingcod. PSARC Document G94-2A.

Beamish, R., Z. Zhang, and C.-E. Neville. 1994. Delayed high seas migration by chum salmon. (NPAFC Doc. 91). 14p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6.

British Columbia / Washington Marine Science Panel. 1994. The shared marine waters of British Columbia and Washington: a scientific assessment of current status and future trends in resource abundance and environmental quality in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia, and Puget Sound. Report to the British Columbia / Washington Environmental Cooperation Council. British Columbia / Washington Marine Science Panel. 119p.

Copping, A., R. Beamish, C. Ebbesmeyer, C.

Garrett, B. McCain, and T. Pedersen. 1994. Shared waters: the vulnerable inland sea of British Columbia and Washington. British Columbia / Washington Marine Science Panel. Washington Sea Grant Program, Seattle, WA. 24p.

Welch, D.W., and R.J. Beamish. 1994. Possible approaches for co-operative Pacific salmon research (NPAFC Doc. 95). 8p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Stations, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6.

Wilson, R.C.H., R.J. Beamish, F. Aitkens, and J. Bell (eds.). 1994. Review of the marine environment and biota of Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound and Juan de Fuca Strait: proceedings of the BC/Washington Symposium of the Marine Environment, January 13&14, 1994. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1948. 390p.

Zhang, Z. and R.J. Beamish. 1994. Use of otolith microstructure to identify hatchery-reared and wild Pacific salmon (NPAFC Doc. 90). 27p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6.

Beamish, R.J. 1993. Briefing document on the ecology of Strait of Georgia. Unpublished document. iii + 96p.

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville. 1993. Hagfish. Pages 360-378 in B.M. Leaman and M. Stocker (eds.) Groundfish stock assessments for the west coast of Canada in 1992 and recommended yield options for 1993. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1919.

Beamish, R.J. 1992. The importance of accurate ages in fisheries sciences. Pages 8-15 in D.A. Hancock (ed.) The measurement of age and growth in fish and shellfish. Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, Lorne, Victoria, 22-23 August 1990. Proceedings No. 12. Bureau of Rural Resources, Canberra.

Beamish, R.J. 1992. Preliminary summary of a report on Russian research studies of Pacific halibut. (Book by N. P. Novikov translated by E. Elliott and summarized for International Pacific Halibut Commission meetings, January 1992).

Neville, C.M., and R.J. Beamish. 1992. Hagfish. Pages 267-280 in B.M. Leaman (ed.) Groundfish stock assessments for the west coast of Canada in 1991 and recommended yield options for 1992. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1866

Beamish, R.J., and K.L. Francis. 1991. Canada's Pacific fisheries. Bulletin of Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Science.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and A.V. Tyler. 1990. A comparison of the length frequency and fin‑ray methods of estimating the age of Pacific cod. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 50: 25-35.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1990. An examination of age determination structures of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from five stocks in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 50: 37-56.

Beamish, R.J. 1989. Fisheries science and fisheries management. Pages127-128 in Conference Proceedings on Pacific Rim Fisheries: Business Development & Policy, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, March 13-15, 1989.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and W.S. Wooster. 1989. Introduction. The need for interdisciplinary research in fisheries and oceans sciences. Pages 1‑3 in R. J. Beamish and G. A. McFarlane (eds.) Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., F. Bernard, K. Francis, B. Hargreaves, S. McKinnell, L. Margolis, and B. Riddell. 1989. A preliminary summary of the impact of the squid driftnet fishery on salmon, marine mammals, and other marine animals. Pages 73‑95 in North Pacific driftnet conference: proceedings, volume 1, July 17‑19, 1989, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane (eds.). 1989. Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108. 379p. (also published as Bulletin Number 49 of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission (in Japanese).)

Beamish, R.J., and R.E. Withler. 1986. A polymorphic population of lampreys that may produce parasitic and nonparasitic varieties. Pages 31-49 in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, and K. Matsuura (eds.) Indo-Pacific fish biology: proceedings of the second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes. the Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo.

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, and M.S. Smith. 1984. Study of the biology of lingcod off the west coast of Vancouver Island, M/V Arctic Harvester, November 22‑December 2, 1977. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 461. 73p.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and R.L. Demory. 1984. Additional information on the validity of the ageing technique for sablefish developed by Beamish and Chilton (1982). 14p. Unpublished manuscript submitted to INPFC Canadian National Section, October 1984.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, M.W. Saunders, M.S. Smith, and T. Butler. 1984. Data for the biology and diet studies of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Hecate Strait, B. C., August 1977 and June 1978. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 443. 410p.

Beamish, R.J., and A.J. Cass. 1983. Lingcod. Underwater World Fact Sheet. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa. 6p.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1983. Summary of results of the Canadian sablefish tagging program. Pages 147‑183 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑8.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1983. Validation of age determination estimates: the forgotten requirement. Pages 29-33 in On age determination of ocean pelagic fishes: tunas, billfishes, and sharks. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 8.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and D.E. Chilton. 1983. Use of oxytetracycline and other methods to validate a method of age determination for sablefish. Pages 95‑116 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑3.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, R. Scarsbrook, D. Chilton, I. Barber, K. Best, A. Cass, and W. Shaw. 1983. A summary of sablefish tagging and biological studies conducted during 1980, and 1981 by the Pacific Biological Station. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1732. iv + 135p.

Mason, J.C., R.J., Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane. 1983. Sexual maturity, fecundity, spawning, and early life history of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in waters off the Pacific coast of Canada. Pages 137-140 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 83-8.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1983. Biology of adult sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in waters off western Canada. Pages 59‑80 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑8.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1983. Overview of the fishery and management strategy for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the west coast of Canada. Pages 13-35 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 83-8.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1983. Preliminary observations on the juvenile biology of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in waters off the west coast of Canada. Pages 119‑135 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑8.

McFarlane, G.A., W. Shaw, and R.J. Beamish. 1983. Observations on the biology and distribution of Pacific hake, walleye pollock, and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia February 20‑May 2 and July 3, 1981. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1722. vi + 109p.

Shaw, W., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish. 1983. An examination of the biology and distribution of Pacific hake, walleye pollock, and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia. R/V G. B. REED, May 25‑June 18, 1976. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1697. 240p.

Shaw, W., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish. 1983. Biological study of Pacific hake, walleye pollock and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia. R/V G. B. REED, March 22‑April 2, 1976. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 398. iv + 76p.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, K.R. Weir, M.S. Smith, J.R. Scarsbrook, A.J. Cass, and C.C. Wood. 1982. Observations on the biology of Pacific hake, walleye pollock and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia, Juan de Fuca Strait and off the west coast of Vancouver Island and the United States. Arctic Harvester July 13‑24, 1976. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1651. v + 150p.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, V. Egan, and D. Brown. 1982. Results of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) tagging in the Strait of Georgia, Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait, and Dixon Entrance, during 1980. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1646. iv + 123p.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and K.R. Weir. 1982. Study of the biology and distribution of Pacific hake during the first commercial fishery conducted in the Strait of Georgia by the M/V Callistratus February 16‑17, March 10‑April 3, and May 12, 1979. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1650. iv + 111p.

Beamish, R.J. 1981. A preliminary report of Pacific hake studies conducted off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1610. 43p.

Beamish, R.J., M.S. Smith, V. Egan, D. Brown, and G. McFarlane. 1981. Results of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) tagging in the Strait of Georgia in 1979. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 262. 73p.

Beamish, R.J., C. Houle, and R. Scarsbrook. 1980. A summary of sablefish tagging and biological studies conducted during 1979 by the Pacific Biological Station. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1588. 194p.

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, and K. Weir. 1980. Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise, G. B. Reed, January 13‑28, 1976. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 225. 88p.

Beamish, R.J. 1979. The use of sections of fin rays to determine the age of pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), and comments on the importance of the fin ray method for the determination of age of fishes. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Document No. 2209. 41p.

Beamish, R.J., C. Houle, C. Wood, and R. Scarsbrook. 1979. A summary of sablefish tagging and exploratory trapping studies conducted during 1978 by the Pacific Biological Station. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 162. 113p. (also published as INPFC Doc. No. 2208).

Beamish, R.J., and J.R. Scarsbrook. 1979. Data for the study of the distribution and feeding habits of lampreys in the surface waters of the Gulf Islands and in the vicinity of the Fraser River, British Columbia. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 136. 353p.

Beamish, R.J., and J.R. Scarsbrook. 1979. The distribution and feeding habits of lampreys in the surface waters of the Gulf Islands and in the vicinity of the Fraser River, British Columbia. Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Report No. 1512. 353p.

Brown, D.R., L.G. (Van) Egan, M.S. Smith, and R.J. Beamish. 1979. Results of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) tagging in the Strait of Georgia in 1978. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report No. 141. 33p.

Sigmund, N., R.J. Beamish, J. Fargo, G. Kingston, and M. Stocker. 1979. Exploratory bottom trawling for sablefish southwest of Vancouver Island, 1978. Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Report No. 1517. 45p.

Thompson, J.M., and R.J. Beamish. 1979. An examination of the biology and distribution of walleye pollock in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, the mainland inlets off Queen Charlotte Sound, and in the Strait of Georgia during March 14‑April 21, 1978. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 173. 188p.

Beamish, R.J., M. Smith, and R. Scarsbrook. 1978. Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise, G. B. Reed January 6‑February 21, 1975. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 48. 206p.

Beamish, R.J., K.R. Weir, J.R. Scarsbrook, and M.S. Smith. 1978. Growth of young Pacific hake, walleye pollock, Pacific cod, and lingcod in Stuart Channel, British Columbia in 1976. Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Report 1518. 111p.

Beamish, R.J., C. Wood, and C. Houle. 1978. A summary of sablefish tagging studies conducted during 1977 by the Pacific Biological Station. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 77. 103p.

Low, C.J., and R.J. Beamish. 1978. A study of the nesting behavior of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 843. 27p.

Weir, K., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, and J.R. Scarsbrook. 1978. Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia bottom trawl cruise G. B. Reed, February 25‑March 13, 1975. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 71. 153p.

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, and J.R. Scarsbrook. 1977. Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise, G. B. Reed, March 17‑24, 1975. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 50. 66p.

Foucher, R.P., and R.J. Beamish. 1977. A review of oocyte development in fishes with special reference to Pacific hake (Merluccius productus). Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 755. 16p.

Beamish, R.J. 1976. Acidification of lakes in Canada by acid precipitation and the resulting effects on fishes. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 6: 501‑514. (also published in the Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Acid Precipitation and the Forest Ecosystem. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE‑23, 1976.)

Beamish, R.J. 1976. Initial examination of Pacific hake and walleye pollock populations southwest of Vancouver Island September, 1975. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1375. 36p.

Beamish, R.J. 1976. Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise, A. P. Knight, November 18‑20, 1974. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1379. 16p.

Beamish, R.J. 1976. Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise A. P. Knight, October 3‑9, 1974. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1378. 22p.

Beamish, R.J., L.M. Blouw, and G.A. McFarlane. 1976. A fish and chemical study of 109 lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), northwestern Ontario, with appended reports on lake whitefish ageing errors and the northwestern Ontario baitfish industry. Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 607. 116p.

Beamish, R.J., D. Davenport, and J.R. Scarsbrook. 1976. Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia Cruise, A. P. Knight July 29‑31, 1974. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1374. 28p.

Beamish, R.J., D. Eftoda, R. Scarsbrook, and M. Smith. 1976. Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise A. P. Knight, April 7‑18, 1975. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1380. 40p.

Beamish, R.J., D. Eftoda, M. Smith, R. Scarsbrook, and R. U'ren. 1976. Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise, A. P. Knight May 5‑14, 1975. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1381. 25p.

Beamish, R.J., F.P. Jordan, J.R. Scarsbrook, and R. Page. 1976. An initial study of fishes inhabiting the surface waters of the Strait of Georgia. M.V. Caligus July‑August, 1974. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1377. 37p.

Beamish, R.J., J.R. Scarsbrook, and F.P. Jordan. 1976. A bottom trawl study of Pacific hake and walleye pollock along the inshore areas adjacent to Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Record No. 4. 67p.

Beamish, R.J., and M.S. Smith. 1976. A preliminary report on the distribution, abundance, and biology of juvenile spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the Strait of Georgia and their relationship with other fishes. Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 629. 44p.

Beamish, R.J., M. Smith, R. Scarsbrook, and C. Wood. 1976. Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise G. B. Reed, June 16‑27, 1975. Fisheries and Marine Service Data Records No. 1. 174p.

Beamish, R.J., K.R. Weir, J.R. Scarsbrook, and M.S. Smith. 1976. Growth of young Pacific hake, walleye pollock, Pacific cod and lingcod in Stuart Channel in 1975. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1399. 28p.

Beamish, R.J., and N.E. Williams. 1976. A preliminary report on the effects of river lamprey (Lampetra ayresii) predation on salmon and herring stocks. Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 611. 26p.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, J.C. VanLoon, and J. Lichwa. 1975. An examination of the possible effects of Sudbury nickel mining and smelting operations on fishes and the water chemistry of lakes within the Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve. Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 579. 52p.

Beamish, R.J. 1974. A. P. Knight groundfish cruise no. 74‑1, May 21‑24, 1974 (Data Record). Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1318. 9p.

Beamish, R.J. 1972. Design of a trapnet for sampling shallow‑water habitats. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Technical Report No. 305. 14p.

Beamish, R.J., and H.H. Harvey. 1971 July 16. Why trout are disappearing in La Cloche Lakes. The Globe and Mail. 7p.

Book Contributions

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville. 2006. Ecosystem Bill of Rights. In Rothwell, D.R. and VanderZwaag, D.L. (ed.), Towards Principled Oceans Governance: Australian and Canadian Approaches and Challenges, pp.233-245. Routledge, NY, NY.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J., and D.J. Noakes. 2004. Global warming, aquaculture, and commercial fisheries. In K. M. Leber, S. Kitada, H.L. Blankenship, T. Svasand (eds.), Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching: developments, pitfalls and opportunities, pp. 25-47. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, U.K.

Gao, Y.W, R.J. Beamish, and U. Brand. 2004. Yearly stable isotopic and 1000Sr/Ca ration analyses in otoliths of Pacific hake (Merluccious productus) and walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from Georgia Strait, British Columbia. In S.R. Li, J.F. Shen, & H. Xu (eds.) Mineralogy and Geochemistry: Resources, Environment and Life. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. pp. 69-77.

Beamish, R., J.J. Gibson, J. Hobbie, E. Jeppesen, J. King, A. Korhola, R. Macdonald, M. Power, V. Skvortsov, G. Koeck, W. Vincent, L. Levesque (contributing authors) 2005. Impacts of climate change and UV radiation on freshwater Arctic ecosystems, Chapter 8. In F. Wrona, T. Prowse and J. Reist, (leading authors) Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries ACIA. pp. 354-452.

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, K.L. Poier, and G.A. McFarlane. 2002. Changes in the dynamics of coho in the Strait of Georgia in the last decade. Pages 56-64 in C. Orr, P. Gallaugher, and J. Penikett (eds.) Speaking for the salmon: hatcheries and the protection of wild salmon. Continuing Studies in Science, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.

Beamish, R.J., and D.J. Noakes. 2002. The role of climate in the past, present, and future of Pacific salmon fisheries off the west coast of Canada. Pages 231-244 in N.A. McGinn (ed.) Fisheries in a changing climate. American Fisheries Society Symposium 32. Bethesda, Maryland.

Gitay, H., S. Brown, W. Easterling, B. Jallow, J. Antle, M Apps, R. Beamish, T. Chapin, W. Cramer, J. Frangi, J. Laine, L. Erda, J. Magnuson, I. Noble, J. Price, T. Prowse, T. Root, E. Schulze, O. Sirotenko, B. Sohngen, J. Soussana, H. Bugmann, C. Egorov, M. Finlayson, R. Fleming, W. Fraser, L. Hahn, K. Hall, M. Howden, M. Hutchins, J. Ingram, J. Hui, G. Masters, P. Megonigal, J. Morgan, N. Myers, R. Neilson, S. Page, C. Parmesan, J. Rieley, N. Roulet, G. Takle, J. van Minnen, D. Williams, T. Williamson, and K. Wilson. 2001. Ecosystems and their goods and services. Pages 235-342 in J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, and K.S. White (eds.) Climate change 2001: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

(note: authors can be cited as follows: Gitay, H., S. Brown, W. Easterling, and B. Jallow, et al. 2001. Ecosystems …)

McLean, R.F., A. Tsyban, V. Burkett, J.O. Codignotto, D.L. Forbes, N. Mimura, R.J. Beamish, and V. Ittekkot. 2001. Coastal zones and marine ecosystems. Pages 343-379 in J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, and K.S. White (eds.) Climate change 2001: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Beamish, R.J, G.A. McFarlane, and J.R. King. 2000. Fisheries climatology: understanding decadal scale processes that naturally regulate British Columbia fish populations. Pages 94-145 in P.J. Harrison and T.R. Parsons (eds.) Fisheries oceanography: an integrative approach to fisheries ecology and management. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Beamish, R.J., and C.-E.M. Neville. 1999. Large-scale climate-related changes in the carrying capacity for salmon in the Strait of Georgia and northern North Pacific ecosystems. Pages 27-41 in K. Sherman and Q. Tang (eds.) Large marine ecosystems of the Pacific Rim: assessment, sustainability, and management. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts.

Beamish, R.J. 1995. Response of anadromous fish to climate change in the North Pacific. Pages 123-136 in D.L. Peterson and D.R. Johnson (eds.) Human ecology and climate change: people and resources in the far north. Taylor & Francis, Washington, D.C.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1995. A discussion of the importance of aging errors, and an application to walleye pollock: the world's largest fishery. Pages 545-565 in D.H. Secor, J.M. Dean, and S.E. Campana (eds.) Recent developments in fish otolith research. The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science 19. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1995. Validation of the otolith cross-section method of age determination for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) using oxytetracycline. Pages 319-329 in D.H. Secor, J.M. Dean, and S.E. Campana (eds.) Recent developments in fish otolith research. The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science 19. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane. 1987. Current trends in age determination methodology. Pages 15‑42 in R. C. Summerfelt and G. E. Hall (eds.) Age and growth of fish. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1987. Validation of the dorsal spine method of age determination for spiny dogfish. Pages 287‑300 in R. C. Summerfelt and G. E. Hall (eds.) Age and growth of fish. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa.

Beamish, R.J. 1970. Factors affecting the age and size of the white sucker Catostomus commersoni at maturity. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. 170p.

Obituaries

Beamish, R.J. 2002. Obituary. William Edwin Ricker OC, FRSC, LLD, DSc. Journal of Fish Biology 60: 285-287.[pdf]

Beamish, R.J. 2002. Obituary. William Edwin Ricker 1908-2001. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, Seventh Series, Vol. 1.

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