Technical Report Series
Reports in the PSC Technical Report Series present results of completed or ongoing investigations carried out by the Pacific Salmon Commission that are deemed of sufficient interest to be made available to the scientific community and the public. Reports in this series are published on an irregular basis.
Full-text versions of reports in the PSC Technical Report Series are provided here in (PDF) format.
PSC Technical Report No. 57
Mark-Recapture and Radiotelemetry Studies of Stikine River Adult Salmon, 2000-2005
Size: 1.59 MB
Date added: June-2025
PSC Technical Report No. 56
Overview of Pre-Season and In-Season Assessment Methods for Fraser River Pink Salmon
Size: 9.47 MB
Date added: June-2025
PSC Technical Report No. 55
Estimates of a Biologically-Based Spawning Goal and Management Benchmarks for the Canadian-Origin Stikine River Sockeye Salmon Stocks
Size: 2.72 MB
Date added: November-2024
PSC Technical Report No. 54
Data Summary for Sockeye Salmon Spawning in the Canadian Portion of the Stikine River Basin (data through 2020)
Size: 2.31 MB
Date added: October-2024
PSC Technical Report No. 53
Estimating Calendar Year Exploitation Rates for Chinook Salmon Escapement Indicator Stocks Impacted by Mark-Selective Fisheries
Size: 5.33 MB
Date added: July-2024
PSC Technical Report No. 52
Specifications and Definitions for the Exchange of Coded Wire Tag Data for the North American Pacific Coast by Data Standards Work Group
Size: 1.29 MB
Date added: December-2023
PSC Technical Report No. 51
Okanagan Chinook: Summary of Findings and Considerations for Future Actions by Okanagan Work Group
Size: 4.82 MB
Date added: October-2023
PSC Technical Report No. 50
Recommended Transition Plan for Estimating Calendar Year Exploitation Rates for Chinook Salmon Escapement Indicator Stocks Impacted by Mark-Selective Fisheries
Size: 823.05 KB
Date added: March-2023
PSC Technical Report No. 49
Overview of pre-season and in-season assessment methods for Fraser River sockeye salmon
Size: 8.04 MB
Date added: June-2022
PSC Technical Report No. 48
Review of available abundance, age, and stock composition data useful for reconstructing historical stock specific runs, harvest, and escapement of Yukon River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), 1981-2019
Size: 4.49 MB
Date added: April-2022
PSC Technical Report No. 47
Northern British Columbia Coho Salmon Information Summary
Size: 2.37 MB
Date added: March-2022
PSC Technical Report No. 46
A Review of Indirect Methods Used in Estimation of Chinook Salmon Exploitation Rates and Recommendations for Improvement
Size: 1.07 MB
Date added: September-2021
PSC Technical Report No. 45
Coho Salmon Stock Status in Southeast Alaska: A Review of Trends in Productivity, Harvest, and Abundance through 2019
Size: 2.15 MB
Date added: June-2021
PSC Technical Report No. 44
District 104 Pink Salmon Fishery Harvest Pattern Analysis
Size: 3.74 MB
Date added: June-2021
PSC Technical Report No. 43 - Supplementary Materials
Supplementary materials and data for the PSC Technical Report No. 43 - Taku River Sockeye Salmon Assessment Review and Updated 1984-2018 Abundance Estimates
Size: 373.80 KB
Date added: February-2021
PSC Technical Report No. 43
Taku River Sockeye Salmon Assessment Review and Updated 1984-2018 Abundance Estimates
Size: 3.33 MB
Date added: February-2020
PSC Technical Report No. 42
A Summary of Okanagan Chinook Information Requested by the Pacific Salmon Commission
Size: 4.01 MB
Date added: January-2020
PSC Technical Report No. 41
Hydroacoustics Review Technical Summary
Size: 42.01 MB
Date added: September-2019
PSC Technical Report No. 40
Summary of a Review of Fraser River Test Fisheries
Size: 3.08 MB
Date added: April-2018
PSC Technical Report No. 39
Pacific Salmon Commission Sentinel Stocks Committee Final Report 2009-2014
Size: 4.55 MB
Date added: January-2018
PSC Technical Report No. 38
Stikine Sockeye Salmon Management Model: Improving Management Uncertainty
Size: 1.54 MB
Date added: August-2017
PSC Technical Report No. 37
Atmospheric and Oceanic Extrema in 2015 and 2016 and their Effect on North American Salmon
Size: 8.68 MB
Date added: April-2017
PSC Technical Report No. 36
Feasibility of Radio-Frequency Identification Tags for Marking Juvenile Salmon for Pacific Salmon Commission Management Applications
Size: 360.90 KB
Date added: March-2017
PSC Technical Report No. 35
Review of Methods for Forecasting Chinook Salmon Abundance in the Pacific Salmon Treaty Areas.
Size: 8.98 MB
Date added: November-2016
PSC Technical Report No. 34
Pacific Salmon Commission Selective Fishery Evaluation Committee. Lessons Learned Report: Mass Marking and Mark-Selective Fisheries.
Size: 869.59 KB
Date added: December-2015
PSC Technical Report No. 33
Pacific Salmon Commission Joint CWT Implementation Team. Five-Year Synthesis Report of the PSC Coded Wire Tag (CWT) Improvement Program.
Size: 1.31 MB
Date added: January-2015
PSC Technical Report No. 32
Boyce, I.M. and J.E. Andel.Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2012 and 2013.
Size: 1.06 MB
Date added: October-2014
PSC Technical Report No. 31
Andel, J.E. and I.M. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2011.
Size: 839.75 KB
Date added: May-2014
PSC Technical Report No. 30
Andel, J.E. and I.M. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2010.
Size: 574.32 KB
Date added: March-2014
PSC Technical Report No. 29
Boyce, I.M. and J.E. Andel. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2009.
Size: 923.01 KB
Date added: November-2012
PSC Technical Report No. 28
Andel, J.E. and I.M. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2008.
Size: 872.28 KB
Date added: July-2012
PSC Technical Report No. 27
Andel, J.E. and I.M. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2007.
Size: 593.06 KB
Date added: September-2011
PSC Technical Report No. 26
Andel, J.E. and I.M. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2006.
Size: 316.72 KB
Date added: May-2009
PSC Technical Report No. 25
An Action Plan in Response to Coded Wire Tag (CWT) Expert Panel Recommendations. A Report of the Pacific Salmon Commission CWT Workgroup.
Size: 1.14 MB
Date added: February-2008
PSC Technical Report No. 24
An Overview of Salmon Habitat and Restoration Related Activities in Canada and the United States 1999 - 2006. A Report of the Pacific Salmon Commission prepared by the Ad Hoc Habitat Scoping Committee
Size: 807.71 KB
Date added: January-2008
PSC Technical Report No. 23
Recommendations for Application of Genetic Stock Identification (GSI) Methods to Management of Ocean Salmon Fisheries; Special Report of the GSI Steering Committee and the Pacific Salmon Commission's Committee on Scientific Cooperation.
Size: 508.68 KB
Date added: December-2007
PSC Technical Report No. 22
Boyce, I.M. and J.E. Andel. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2005.
Size: 339.43 KB
Date added: October-2007
PSC Technical Report No. 21
Workshop on Hydroacoustics for Salmon Management: March 22-23, 2006.
Size: 8.46 MB
Date added: February-2007
PSC Technical Report No. 20
Andel, J.E. and I.A. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2004.
Size: 797.24 KB
Date added: January-2007
PSC Technical Report No. 19
Boyce, I.M., S.A. McPherson, D.R. Bernard, and E.L. Jones III. Spawning Abundance of Chinook Salmon in the Taku River in 2003
Size: 405.96 KB
Date added: February-2006
PSC Technical Report No. 17
Boyce, I.M. and J.E. Andel. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks in 2003.
Size: 347.55 KB
Date added: November-2005
PSC Technical Report No. 18
Report of the Expert Panel on the Future of the Coded Wire Tag Program for Pacific Salmon.
Size: 6.02 MB
Date added: November-2005
PSC Technical Report No. 16
Xie, Y, A.P. Gray, F.J. Martens, J.L. Boffey, and J.D. Cave. Use of Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar to Verify Split-Beam Estimates of Salmon Flux and to Examine Fish Behaviour in the Fraser River.
Size: 4.74 MB
Date added: October-2005
PSC Technical Report No. 15
Waugh, B., P. Etherton, S. Stark, and K. Jensen. Abundance of the Sockeye Salmon Escapement in the Alsek River Drainage, 2004.
Size: 680.94 KB
Date added: February-2005
PSC Technical Report No. 14
Andel, J.E. and I.M. Boyce. Mark-Recapture Studies of Taku River Adult Sockeye Salmon Stocks from 1998 to 2002.
Size: 926.91 KB
Date added: December-2004
PSC Technical Report No. 13
English, K.K., W. J. Gazey, D. Peacock, and G. Oliver. Assessment of the Canadian and Alaskan Sockeye Stocks Harvested in the Northern Boundary Fisheries using Run Reconstruction Techniques, 1982-2001.
Size: 2.30 MB
Date added: November-2004
PSC Technical Report No. 12
Gable, J. A Comparison of Estimates of First Nations Catches of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon from 1996 to 1999 by Scale-Based Discriminant Function Models and Run Reconstruction Models.
Size: 595.55 KB
Date added: November-2002
PSC Technical Report No. 11
Xie, Y., T.J. Mulligan, J.M.W. Cronkite, and A. P. Gray. Assessment of potential bias in hydroacoustic estimation of Fraser River sockeye and pink salmon at Mission, B.C.
Size: 1.05 MB
Date added: May-2002
PSC Technical Report No. 10
White, B. Fraser River Pink Salmon Catch and Exploitation Patterns: 1989-1995.
Size: 1.84 MB
Date added: October-1998
PSC Technical Report No. 9
Gable, J. Sockeye Stock Composition Estimates for Fraser River First Nations Catches (1989 to 1995): A Comparison Between Run Reconstruction Models and Scale-Based Discriminant Function Models.
Size: 2.61 MB
Date added: January-1998
PSC Technical Report No. 8
Xie, Y., G. Cronkite, and T.J. Mulligan. A Split-Beam Echosounder Perspective on Migratory Salmon in the Fraser River: A Progress Report on the Split-Beam Experiment at Mission, B.C., in 1995.
Size: 1.20 MB
Date added: November-1997
PSC Technical Report No. 7
White, B. Genetic Stock Identification of Fraser River Pink Salmon: Methodology and Management Application.
Size: 1.99 MB
Date added: April-1996
PSC Technical Report No. 6
Pacific Salmon Commission Run-size Estimation Procedures: An Analysis of the 1994 Shortfall in Escapement of Late-run Fraser River Sockeye Salmon.
Size: 3.10 MB
Date added: April-1995
PSC Technical Report No. 5
Gable, J., and S. Cox-Rogers. Stock Identification of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon: Methodology and Management Application.
Size: 1.79 MB
Date added: September-1993
PSC Technical Report No. 4
Levy, D.A., P.A. Nealson, and P. Cheng. Fixed-Aspect Hydroacoustic Estimation of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Abundance and Distribution at Mission, B.C. in 1986
Size: 1.17 MB
Date added: October-1991
PSC Technical Report No. 3
Cheng, P, D.A. Levy, and P.S. Nealson. Hydroacoustic Estimation of Fraser River Pink Salmon Abundance and Distribution at Mission, B.C. in 1987.
Size: 1.35 MB
Date added: October-1991
PSC Technical Report No. 2
Levy, D.A., B. Ransom and J. Burczynski. Hydroacoustic Estimation of Sockeye Salmon Abundance and Distribution in the Strait of Georgia, 1986.
Size: 1.65 MB
Date added: September-1991
PSC Technical Report No. 1
Technical Information Requirements for Effective Implementation of the Canada/United States Treaty Concerning Pacific Salmon. Prepared for the Pacific Salmon Commission: Natural Resources Consultants, Seattle, Washington.
Size: 3.45 MB
Date added: September-1986
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