Links to Pelagic Fish Resources

Herring

• Herring Conservation and Research Society
  British Columbia, Canada.
• California Herring Fishery  
  California Dept. Fish and Game.
• Alaska Herring Fisheries  
  Alaska Dept. Fish and Game.
• Alaska Herring Spawning Areas:  
  Map 1, 2, 3 and 4   ADEC, 2006.
• Atlantic Herring  
  Gulf of Maine Aquarium (USA and Canada).

Sardine and Anchovy

• Pacific Sardine  
  Canadian Pacific Sardine Association.
• Pacific Sardine Fishery  
  Washington Dept. Fish and Wildlife.
• Pacific Sardine  
  FishWatch - NOAA.
• Pacific Sardine, Anchovy and Mackerel  
  NOAA - SWFSC.
  

Eulachon

• Northwest BC - Living Landscapes - Oolichan
  Royal BC Museum.
• Oolichan Grease  
  A Nass River Camp, Fishery Bay, B.C.
• Proposal to list eulachon as threatened/endangered 
  COSEWIC - Canada.
• Species at Risk Public Registry & COSEWIC Status
  Government of Canada.
• The Eulachon
  Discovering Lewis and Clark, Wash. Oregon, USA.
• Columbia River Research Reports  
  Oregon Dept. Fish and Wildlife.
• Recent Columbia Joint Staff Reports (smelt)  
  Oregon Fish and Wildlife.
• Cowlitz/Columbia River Smelt Fishery Management  
  Washington Dept. Fish and Wildlife.
• NOAA lists southern DPS eulachon as threatened 
  NOAA Fisheries Service.

Forage fish and habitat

• Forage Fish Research  
  Alaska Fisheries Science Center - NOAA.
• Forage Fish and Seabirds  
  USGS - Cook Inlet and Glacier Bay, Alaska.
• Surf Smelt and Sand Lance  
  Washington Dept. Fish and Wildlife.
• Capelin on the Grand Banks  
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Surf Smelt  
  Washington Dept. of Ecology.
• Nearshore Spawning Habitat  
  Friends of the San Juans, Wash.

British Columbia resource and GIS maps

• Mapster  
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping  
  Community Mapping Network.
• Coastal Resource Information Management System  
  BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.
• Marine Atlas and Data Library 
  British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis.

British Columbia environmental information

• Marine Weather  
  Environment Canada.
• Tides, currents and water levels  
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Lighthouse SST and salinity data
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Fraser River Conditions  
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Hydrometric data (e.g. Fraser River @ Hope: Station 08MF005)   Water Survey of Canada.
• River Forecast and Snow Surveys  
  BC Ministry of Environment.