Salmonid Enhancement Program (SEP) Post-Season Report Archive

The data tables for post-season production list proposed release targets and the production that actually took place for that brood year. They address production from SEP licensed facilities only, and do not contain production of steelhead or cutthroat which are provincially managed.

Post-Season Reports from brood year 2014-2019 include fry releases and in-season on hand smolt counts. Smolt release numbers were not published for those years.

Discrepancies between planned releases and actual releases may exist due to the inability to achieve target broodstock due to factors such as:

• low escapement

• logistical issues

• environmental conditions such as high water levels

Discrepancies between the release target and actual release may also be caused by higher than expected survival during incubation and rearing.

Discrepancies where there is a target but no associated release may also be due to the use of an approved alternate, or “back-up” release strategy. Alternate release strategies may happen if the primary release strategy cannot be used due to common causes such as:

• the inability to collect primary broodstock (see reasons above)

• facility rearing capacity or logistical issues, resulting in a change in release stage

• inaccessibility to primary release sites, resulting in releases to nearby sites

Some SEP licensed facilities also rear provincially managed Steelhead and Cutthroat Trout at the request of the Province. For more information regarding the hatchery enhancement of these species please contact the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations: https://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/contact/

This Open Data page includes the final version of the Post-Season Report as they were published for IFMP review. This site will be updated each year with the new final version of the report from two brood cycles previous.