Publications
Projects that received support from the Nova Scotia Freshwater Fisheries Research Cooperative are designated: FFRC
Lake Inventory Program
Trout and salmon
- 2025 - FFRC - Biogeography of Atlantic Salmon in the Cape Breton Highlands (PDF)
- 2025 - FFRC - Identifying Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) genetic ancestry and oxy-thermal habitat in Dollar Lake and Big Indian Lake (PDF)
- 2025 - FFRC - The History and Distribution of Brown Trout, Salmo trutta, Linnaeus, 1758, in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island (PDF)
- 2025 - FFRC - The Potential Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Persistence of Small, Isolated Populations of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) (PDF)
- 2024 - FFRC - Evaluating the Climate Change Resiliency of Atlantic salmon in the East River of Pictou (PDF)
- 2024 - FFRC - Risky Refugia Effects of Aquatic Invasive Species on Cold-Water Refugia Use by Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) (PDF)
- 2023 - FFRC - Lake Trout in Sherbrooke Lake (PDF)
- 2023 - FFRC - Lake Trout Tracking in Sherbrooke Lake (PDF)
- 2023 - FFRC - Past and Present Distribution of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the Canadian Maritime Provinces (PDF)
- 2020 - FFRC - LaHave River invasive species assessment (PDF)
- 2019 - FFRC - Genetics of hatchery and wild brook trout (PDF)
- 2019 - FFRC - Validation of a new method to estimate population number with genetics (PDF)
- 2018 -FFRC -Trout Habitat Restoration Assessment (PDF)
- 2018 - FFRC - Upper Medway Fishery (PDF)
- 2016 - FFRC - Effective number of breeders, effective population size and their relationship with census size in an iteroparous species, Salvelinus fontinalis (PDF)
- 2016 - FFRC - Speckled trout population parameters, habitat conditions, and management strategies in lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada (PDF)
- 2015 - East River Pictou Sea Trout Fishery (PDF)
- 2015 - FFRC - Diet and Biology of Sea Trout in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2013 - Cornwallis River Sea Trout Fishery (PDF)
- 2013 - FFRC - Parasite Brochure on Diphyllobothriasis (PDF)
- 2013 - FFRC - Parasite Brochure on Gyrodactylid ectoparasites (PDF)
- 2013 - Parasites on Young Trout (PDF)
- 2013 - Trout Fishery over a 28 year period in the Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area (PDF)
- 2012 - FFRC - Sea Run Trout in Sheet Harbour (PDF)
- 2012 - FFRC - Spatial and temporal analysis of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) population parameters and dynamics throughout Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2011 - FFRC - Parasite Brochure on Blackspot (PDF)
- 2011 - FFRC - Parasite Brochure on Salmincola (PDF)
- 2010 - FFRC - Examining the Occurrence of Wild Rainbow Trout in the Bras d’Or Lakes (PDF)
- 2010 - Overpopulation and growth of yellow perch and the potential effect of increased competition on brook trout in Long Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2008 - Biological characteristics and population status of anadromous brook trout (PDF)
- 2008 - Environmental and Human Factors Affecting the Population Biology of Nova Scotia Brook Trout (PDF)
- 2008 - FFRC - Fecundity and Sexual Maturity in Select Nova Scotia Trout Populations (PDF)
- 2008 - FFRC - Trout Population Parameters of Select Lakes (PDF)
- 2008 - Population indices of brook trout, Atlantic salmon, and salmonid competitors in relation to summer water temperature and habitat parameters in 100 streams in Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2007 - Impact on Special Regulations on Sea Trout (PDF)
- 2005 - Stream temperatures and trout in Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2005 - Trout Management Plan (PDF)
- 2004 - Habitat Suitability Index for Salmonids (PDF)
- 2002 - Sea Run Trout Fisheries in Northumberland Strait Rivers (PDF)
Smallmouth bass
- 2025 - FFRC - LaHave River Smallmouth Bass Tagging Study (PDF)
- 2024 - FFRC - The Last Frontier, Tracking Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Along Nova Scotia’s Eastern Atlantic Coast (PDF)
- 2016 - FFRC - Parasite Brochure on Yellow Grub (PDF)
- 2010 - Geographic distribution of smallmouth bass in Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2008 - FFRC - Smallmouth bass report: Little River Lake (PDF)
- 2008 - FFRC - Smallmouth bass report: Ogden, Parr and Pete's Lakes (PDF)
- 2008 - FFRC - Smallmouth bass report: Shubenacadie (Grand) Lake (PDF)
- 2008 - FFRC - Smallmouth bass report: Ten Mile Lake (PDF)
- 2002 - Life History Characteristic of Smallmouth Bass in Nova Scotia (PDF)
General
- 2025 - FFRC - Assessing Metabolic Rate and Post-Tagging Recovery in Juvenile Fish (PDF)
- 2025 - FFRC - The History and Distribution of Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818) in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (PDF)
- 2021 - FFRC - Chain Pickerel Mercury Accumulation Project (PDF)
- 2021 - FFRC - Volunteer Angler Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Pilot Program (PDF)
- 2019 - FFRC - Angler Licence Stub Report (PDF)
- 2019 - FFRC - Chain Pickerel in the Shubenacadie River (PDF)
- 2018 - FFRC - Terrestrial Liming Guidebook for South Western Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2018 - FFRC - Toxic Ionic Aluminum Levels in Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2016 - FFRC - Population Characteristics of Striped Bass Killed by Cold Shock during Winter Shutdown of a Power Plant in Nova Scotia (PDF)
- 2013 - Overview of mercury concentrations in freshwater fish species (PDF)
- 2010 -Biological, and Supporting Water Quality Studies, Woodens River (PDF)
- 2010 - FFRC - Impact of Introduced Chain Pickerel on Lake Fish Communities in NS (PDF)
- 2010 - Mercury and arsenic concentrations in fish tissues and the influence of historic gold mines in Nova Scotia (PDF)