Heading out fishing? We could use your help!

Gone fishing recently? Fill out our fish monitoring forms! By reporting on fish characteristics like vitality, flavour, and overall health, you can help us keep tabs on our Districts’ fish populations.

This program is a part of our Askîy Initiative, our community-based environmental monitoring project. By submitting reports, you’ll provide us with the data we need to detect fish health and population changes in Alberta. Citizens have submitted over 1,400 forms to date, alerting us to concerns about declining fish populations, poor fish health, and changes in fish flavour.

Fill out any (or all!) of our fishing forms between June 1 and August 31 to enter for a chance to win a $250 Cabela’s gift card. We’ll hold one gift card draw for each of the three forms: fishing trip, fish measurement & health, and palatability. Additionally, all Citizens who participate will receive a small token of our appreciation.

Help us protect Alberta’s fish and their habitat by submitting your fish monitoring forms today.

 

Project Highlights

Since we launched the Fish Health Community Monitor project in 2021, our Askîy Guardians have submitted fish health reports from 120 unique waterbodies. These are just a few of the things we have learned:

Askîy Guardians most frequently visited these waterbodies:

  • Pigeon Lake
  • Lesser Slave Lake
  • Lac La Biche

Askîy Guardians had the most satisfying fishing trips at these waterbodies:

  • Mons Lake
  • Garner Lake
  • Pigeon Lake

Askîy Guardians gave these waterbodies the highest fish health ratings:

  • Long Lake
  • Lac La Biche
  • Garner Lake

Read our Storymap to learn more!

FISH FILLETING WITH Métis HARVESTER KEITH GRANT

Follow along with experienced Métis harvester Keith Grant as he demonstrates how to process a white fish from start to finish, including scaling and filleting.

Reeled in a great catch recently? Don’t forget to fill out our fish monitoring forms! Your contributions help us better understand fish health across the Districts and protect your Section 35 rights.