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

click photo to see full gallery
Snapshots of GFA Projects

In 2008, GFA modified a fishwheel for use in the Cranberry River canyon. Goal: capture coho and chinook salmon to obtain a recapture rate from fish marked at downstream Nisga'a fishwheels.

Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility

Looking across the fence panels as a GFA technician cleans debris - typically leaves, sticks and spawned out salmon - to prevent damming of the fence panels.

Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility

Kitwanga smolt enumeration facility in operation.