Our Mandate

The GFA is mandated to conserve, protect, restore, monitor and manage fish, wildlife and the habitat they require, within the Gitanyow Lax Yip (Traditional Territory).

PHOTO GALLERIES

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Snapshots of GFA Projects

Preparing ripe sockeye for taking eggs and milt during for the 2006 hatchery program - Gitanyow Lake.

Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility

From GFA's experience in 2008, most sockeye moved through the trap on the left side of the fence (bottom section of fence in photo), so trap boxes were redesigned and moved in 2009 to adapt to this.

Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility

GFA biologist checking for openings in fence using a plywood box with a plexiglass bottom to reduce glare.