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2015
 
Neville, C.M., R.J. Beamish, C.M. Chittenden. 2015. Poor Survival of Acoustically-Tagged Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society144(1):25-33.Neville Beamish Chit 2015.pdf
 
Ye, H., R.J. Beamish, S.M. Glaser, S.C.H. Grant, C. Hsieh, L.J. Richards, J.T. Schnute and G. Sugihara. 2015. Equation-free mechanistic ecosystem forecasting using empirical dynamic modeling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition doi:10.1073/pnas.1417063112 Ye et al 2015.pdf
 
Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, T.D. Beacham, J. Wade and L. Li. 2015. Early life history of Harrison River Sockeye Salmon contributes resilience to populations of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, British Columbia Canada. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Accepted 2015

2014
 
Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane (editors). 2014. The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia. Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, V0N 2H0.
 
Beamish, R.J. 2014. The Fishes. Pages 103-182 in R.J. Beamish and G.A. McFarlane (editors) The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia. Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, V0N 2H0.
 
Beacham, T.D., R.J. Beamish, J.R. Candy, S. Tucker, J.H. Moss and M. Trudel. 2014. Stock-specific migration pathways of juvenile Sockeye Salmon in British Columbia waters and in the Gulf of Alaska. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143(6):1386-1403.Beacham et al 2014 sockeye.pdf


2013
Neville, C.M., R.J. Beamish and C.M. Chittenden. 2012. Exceptionally poor survival of acoustically  tagged juvenile Chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia, Canada. Transactions of  the American Fisheries Society. (In review)
 
Beamish, D. 2013. A summary of the field studies of the  Morrison Creek lamprey and a new assessment of its taxonomy. (IN REVIEW - to be  a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic  Sciences)

Beamish, R.J., R. Sweeting, and C. Neville. 2013. Late ocean entry timing provides resilience to populations of Chinook and sockeye salmon
in the Fraser River. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 9:38-44.

Hollowed, A.B., Barange, M., Beamish, R., Brander, K., Cochrane, K., Drinkwater, K., Foreman, M., Hare, J., Holt, J., Ito, S-I., Kim, S.,King, J., Loeng, H., MacKenzie, B., Mueter, F., Okey, T., Peck, M.A., Radchenko, V., Rice, J., Schirripa, M., Yatsu, A., and Yamanaka, Y. 2013. Projected impacts of climate change on marine fish and fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science 70(5):1023-1037

Neville, C. M., Trudel, M., Beamish, R.J., and Johnson. S.C. 2013. The early marine distribution of juvenile Sockeye Salmon produced from the extreme low return in 2009 and the extreme high return in 2010. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 9:65-68.

Preikshot, D., R.J. Beamish and C.M. Neville. 2013. A dynamic model describing ecosystem-level changes in the Strait of Georgia from 1960 to 2010. Progress in Oceanography 115:28-40


2012

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Neville, C.M., Lange, K.L., Beacham, T.D., and Preikshot, D. 2012. Wild chinook salmon survive better than hatchery salmon in a period of poor production. Environmental Biology of Fishes 94:135-148 doi: 10.1007/s10641-011-9783-5 Wild chinook Environ Biol Fish 2012.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C. Neville, R.Sweeting and K. Lange. 2012. A synchronous failure of juvenile Pacific salmon and herring production in the Strait of Georgia in 2007 and the poor return of sockeye salmon to the Fraser River in 2009. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 4(1):403-414. Beamish et al. 2012.pdf

Thomson, R., R.J. Beamish, T.D. Beacham, M. Trudel, P.H. Whitfield, and R.A.S. Hourston. 2012. Anomalous ocean conditions may explain the recent extreme variability in Fraser River sockeye salmon production. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 4(1):415-437. Thomson et al 2012.pdf

Preikshot, D., R. Beamish, R.M. Sweeting, C.M. Neville and T.D. Beacham. 2012. The residence time of juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon in the Strait of Georgia. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 4(1):438-449.  Preikshot et al 2012.pdf

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, C.M. Neville, D. Preikshot, K.L. Lange and T.D. Beacham. [2012]. A late ocean entry life history type has improved survival for sockeye and chinook salmon in recent years in the Strait of Georgia.

Beamish, R.J. 2012. Observations and speculations on the reasons for recent increases in pink salmon production. NPAFC Technical Report 8:1-8. NPAFC tech rep 8.pdf

Jones, S.R.M., and Beamish, R.J. 2012. Comment on “Evidence of farm-induced parasite infestations on wild juvenile salmon in multiple regions of coastal British Columbia, Canada”. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:201-203.  Jones & Beamish 2012.pdf

Beamish, R.J. 2012. A proposal to establish an International Year of the Salmon. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Document 1425. see webiste page international year of the salmon. . 1425(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R.J., and R.M. Sweeting. 2012. Exceptionally poor survival of Chinook salmon entering the Strait of Georgia in 2007 is consistent with the synchronous poor survival of other Pacific salmon and Pacific herring. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Document 1424. 1424(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R., C. Neville, and R. Sweeting. 2012. An early marine life history strategy for Fraser River sockeye salmon. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Document 1423. 1423(Canada).pdf

Trudel, M., C. Neville, and R. Sweeting. 2012. Canadian Juvenile Salmon Surveys in 2012-2013. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Document 1373.  1373(Canada).pdf

Preikshot, D., C.M. Neville and R.J. Beamish. 2012. Data and  parameters used in a Strait of Georgia ecosystem model. Canadian Technical
Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3005. viii + 58 p.

    
2011

 Noakes, D.J., and R.J. Beamish. 2011 Shifting the balance: Towards sustainable salmon populations and fisheries of the future. Pages 23-50 in W.W. Taylor, A.J. Lynch, and M.G. Schechter, editors.  Sustainable fisheries: multi-level approaches to a global problem.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. \noakes and beamish 2011.pdf
                                                                                                                                   
Beamish, R., Gordon, E., Wade, J., Pennell, B., Neville, C., Lange, K., Sweeting, R., and Jones, S. (2011) The Winter Infection of Sea Lice on Salmon in Farms in a Coastal Inlet in British Columbia and Possible Causes. J Aquac Res Development 2:107. doi:10.4172/2155-9546.1000107 beamish et al winter infection 2011.pdf

Jones, S.R.M, and Beamish, R.J. (Editors) 2011. Salmon Lice: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Parasite Abundance and Distribution. Blackwell Publishing.

Jones, S.R.M, and Beamish, R.J. 2011. Lepeophtheirus salmonis on Salmonids in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Pages 307-329 in S.R.M. Jones and R.J. Beamish (editors), Salmon Lice: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Parasite Abundance and Distribution. Blackwell Publishing. jones and beamish c10 rev 2.pdf

Beamish, R.J., K.L. Lange, C.E. Neville, R.M. Sweeting and T.D. Beacham. 2011. Structural patterns in the distribution of ocean- and stream-type juvenile chinook salmon populations in the Strait of Georgia in 2010 during the critical early marine period. NPAFC Doc. 1354, 27 p .NPAFC Doc. 1354.pdf

Beamish, D. 2011. Importance of NPAFC-related science.  Newsletter of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. 30:4-5  2011  newsletter report.pdf

Beamish,  R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting and K. Lange. 2011. Optimizing the production  of Chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia as the ecosystem changes. Report to  Pacific Salmon Commission. Final Report. BeamishetalPSCreportFeb2011.pdf

Beamish,  D. 2011. The changing Strait of Georgia ecosystem. Report for the Salish Sea  Conference Proceedings. O8_Proceedings_Beamish.pdf

Beamish,  R.  2011. Assessing the impact of  salmon farming on Pacific salmon at the population level in British Columbia.  Unpublished document. Beamish 2011 salmon farming  impact.pdf


2010

Beamish, R.J. 2010. The use of gill pore papillae in the taxonomy of lampreys. Copeia 4:618-628.  Beamish Copeia 2010 lamprey.pdf

Duffy, E.J., Beauchamp, D.A., Sweeting, R.M., Beamish, R.J., and Brennan, J.S. 2010. Ontogenetic diet shifts of juvenile chinook salmon in nearshore and offshore habitats of Puget Sound. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139:803-823. \Duffyetal-T08-244.pdf

Sweeting, R., Lange, K., Neville, C., and Beamish, R. 2010. Juvenile salmon surveys in the Strait of Georgia. Pages 133-134 in W.R. Crawford and J.R. Irvine (eds.) State of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2010/053. 2010_state of the oceans.pdf

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, K.L. Lange, D.J. Noakes, D. Preikshot, and C.M. Neville. 2010. Early marine survival of coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia declines to very low levels. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 2:424-439.  Beamish_etal_2010_MCF.pdf

Beamish, R., Sweeting, R., Lange, K., Neville, C., Preikshot, D., Thomson, R., Beacham, T., and Trudel, M. 2010. The ecology of juvenile sockeye salmon in the Strait of Georgia and an explanation for the poor return of sockeye salmon to the Fraser River in 2009. (report in progress)

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, T.D. Beacham, K.L. Lange, and C.M. Neville. 2010. A late ocean entry life history strategy improves the marine survival of chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia. NPAFC Doc. 1282. 14 pp. 1282(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R.J., K.L. Lange, C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, T.D. Beacham and D.Preikshot. 2010. Late ocean entry of sea type sockeye salmon from the Harrison River in the Fraser River drainage results in improved productivity. NPAFC Doc. 1283. 30 pp.  1283(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, C.M. Neville, and K.L. Lange. 2010. Competitive interactions between pink salmon and other juvenile Pacific salmon in the Strait of Georgia. NPAFC Doc. 1284. 26 pp.  1284(Canada).pdf

Preikshot, D., R.J. Beamish, and R.M. Sweeting. 2010. Changes in the diet composition of juvenile sockeye salmon in the Strait of Georgia from the 1960s to the early 21st Century. NPAFC Doc. 1285. 17 pp.  1285(Canada).pdf

Neville, C.M., R.J. Beamish, and C.M. Chittenden. 2010. The use of acoustic tags to monitor the movement and survival of juvenile chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia. NPAFC Doc. 1286. 19 pp. (Available at www.npafc.org). 1286(Canada).pdf

Beamish,  R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, K. Lange and D. Preikshot. 2010. Optimizing  the production of Chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia as the ecosystem  changes. Report to Pacific Salmon Commission. Feb 2010. Beamish etal summary PSC Feb 2010.pdf


2009
  
McFarlane, G.A., Zhang, C.I., King, J.R., Kim, S., Beamish, R.J. and Oh, J.H.  2009.  Contrast in life histories of exploited marine fishes and ecosystem structures in coastal waters off West Canada and East Korea. Ocean Sciences Journal 44(1):43-60.contrasting Canada & Korea McFarlane et al. 2009.pdf

Beamish, R., Sweeting, R. and Neville, C.  2009.  We are on the right path but it is uphill both ways.  Pages 45-62 in E.E. Knudsen and J.H. Michael, Jr. (eds.) Pacific Salmon Environmental and Life History Models: Advancing science for Sustainable Salmon in the Future. American Fisheries Society  Symposium 71, Bethesda , Maryland.  Uphill both ways.pdf

Beamish, R.J., McFarlane, G.A., Sweeting, R.M. and Neville, C.M.  2009.  Keynote Address: The sad history of dogfish management.  Pages 1-10 in V.F. Galucci, G.A. McFarlane, and G.G. Bargman (editors) Biology and Management of Dogfish Sharks.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. dogfish book keynote beamish et al 2009.pdf

 Beamish, R.J. and Sweeting, R.M.  2009.  Spiny dogfish in the pelagic waters of the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound.  Pages 101-118 in V.F. Galucci, G.A. McFarlane, and G.G. Bargman (editors) Biology and Management of Dogfish Sharks.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.dogfish book beamish & sweeting 2009.pdf 

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., and Neville, C.M.  2009. Planning the management of Pacific salmon in a changing climate. Pp. 155-173  In: Haro, A. J., K. L. Smith, R. A. Rulifson, C. M. Moffitt, R. J. Klauda, M. J. Dadswell, R. A. Cunjak, J. E. Cooper, K. L. Beal, and T. S. Avery, editors. Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 69, Bethesda, Maryland.  [June 18-21, Halifax, Nova Scotia. halifax paper Beamish, Sweeting, Neville 2009.pdf

Beamish,  R.J., and B.J. Rothschild (eds.), The Future of Fisheries Science in North  America. Fish & Fisheries Series, Springer Science + Business Media B.V.  Proceedings of the AIFRB Symposium held June 2007, Halifax NS.

Beamish, R.J. and B.E. Riddell.  2009. The future of fisheries science on Canada’s Pacific coast is keeping up with the changes. pp. 565-594 In R.J. Beamish and B.J. Rothschild (eds.), The Future of Fisheries Science in North America. Fish & Fisheries Series, Springer Science + Business Media B.V. Proceedings of the AIFRB Symposium held June 2007, Halifax NS. Future_of Fisheries_Chapter29.pdf

Rothschild, B.J. and R.J. Beamish.  2009. On the future of fisheries science.  pp. 1-12  In R.J. Beamish and B.J. Rothschild (eds.), The Future of Fisheries Science in North America, Fish & Fisheries Series, Springer Science + Business Media B.V. Proceedings of the AIFRB Symposium held June 2007, Halifax NS. Future_of Fisheries_Chapter1.pdf

Beamish, R.J. and R.M. Sweeting.  2009.  The history of surprises associated with Pacific salmon returns signals that critical information is missing from our understanding of their population dynamics. Pp. 1159-1170 In: C.C.Kruger and C.E. Zimmerman (editors) Pacific salmon: ecology and management of western Alaska’s populations. American Fisheries Society Symposium 70, Bethesda, Maryland. Proceedings of the AYK SSI Symposium on the Sustainability of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Fisheries held Feb 6-9, 2007, Anchorage AK. history of surprises Beamish & Sweeting 2009.pdf

Hollowed, A.B., N. Bond, T. Wilderbuer, T. Stockhausen, Z.T. A’mar, R. Beamish, M.Schirripa, and J. Overland.  2009.  A framework for modelling fish and shellfish responses to future climate change. ICES Journal of Marine Science 66: 1584-1594. Hollowed et al. 2009.pdf

Chittenden, C.M., R.J. Beamish, C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting and R.S. McKinley.  2009. The use of acoustic tags to determine the timing and location of the juvenile coho salmon migration out of the Strait of Georgia, Canada.  Transactions of American Fisheries Society 138:1220-1225. Chit et al use of acoustic tags TAFS 2009.pdf

Noakes, D., and R.J. Beamish.  2009. Synchrony of marine fish catches and climate and ocean regime shifts in the North Pacific Ocean.  Marine and Coastal Fisheries 1: 155-168.  \Noakes_Beamish_C08-001.pdf

Chittenden, C.M., R.J. Beamish, and R.S. McKinley.  2009. A critical review of Pacific salmon marine research relating to climate.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 66:2195-2204. chittenden et al review 2009.pdf

Beamish, R., J. Wade, W. Pennell, E. Gordon, S. Jones, C. Neville, K. Lange and R. Sweeting.  2009. A large, natural infection of sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon in the Gulf Islands area of British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture 297: 31-37 beamish et al. 2009 Gulf Islands sea lice.pdf

Beamish, R., Sweeting, R., Neville, C., Lange, K., and Preikshot, D. 2009. Juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia. Pages 118-119 in W.R. Crawford and J.R. Irvine (eds.) State of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2009/022. \2009_state of the oceans.pdf

Sweeting, R.M. and R.J. Beamish. 2009. A comparison of wild and hatchery coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) diets in the Strait of Georgia. N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Bull 5: 255-264. NPAFC_Bull_5_255-264(Sweeting).pdf

Beamish, R.J., B.E. Riddell, K.L. Lange, E. Farley Jr., S. Kang, T. Nagasawa, V. Radchenko, O. Temnykh, S. Urawa, T. Azumaya, R. Brodeur, R. Emmett, H. Imai, Y. Ishida, M. Kaeriyama, S. Kim, L. Klyashtorin, M. Koval, G. Kristianson, C.S. Lee, L-L. Low, I. Melnikov, J. Moss, P. Mundy, K. Myers, S. Naydenko, V. Nazarov, G. Ruggerone, J. Seeb, J. Seki, K.B. Seong, G. Smith, V. Sviridov, B. Templin, M. Trudel, V. Volobuev and S. Young. 2009. A Long-term Research and Monitoring Plan (LRMP) for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in the North Pacific Ocean. N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Sp. Pub. 32 pp. LRMP-FinalReport.pdf

Brown, L., C. Chase, M. Mesa, R. Beamish, and P. Moyle (editors) 2009. Biology, Management and Conservation of Lampreys in North America. American Fisheries Society Symposium 72, Bethesda, Maryland. 321p. Biology, Management, and Conservation of Lampreys in North America

Beamish, R.J. [2009] Life history polymorphism in a population of Lampetra richardsoni and Lampetra richardsoni marifuga from Morrison Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Unpublished document.
      
 
2008

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Lange, K.L. and Neville, C.M.  2008.  Changes in the population ecology of hatchery and wild coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia.  Transactions of American Fisheries Society 137:503-520.  hatchery and wild coho.pdf

Beamish, R., W.  Pennell, J. Wade, C. Neville and R. Sweeting. [2008] Things to consider before  deciding how sea lice impact pink salmon populations. 
Opinion paper.  Trends in  Parasitology (Re-submitted May 2008).

Okey, T.A., A.B. Hollowed, M.J. Schirripa and R.J. Beamish.  [2008] Forecasting climate impacts on marine life and fisheries: the 2035 marine impacts modelling challenge.  ICES Journal of Marine Science International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World Oceans. (submitted Aug 2008)Okey et al 2035 modeling challenge.pdf

Hollowed, A.B., R.J. Beamish, T.A. Okey and M. J. Schirripa (Editors). 2008. Forecasting climate impacts on future production of commercially exploited fish and shellfish.  PICES Scientific Report No. 34.  North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), Secretariat, Sidney BC. 101p.PICES Rep34.pdf

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, C.M. Neville and K. Lange.  2008.  Is changing capacity of the Strait of Georgia to produce more pink and chum salmon and less coho and chinook salmon an indication of a similar trend throughout the subarctic Pacific?  Extended abstract for Proceedings of the 23rd Northeast Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop, Feb 19-21, 2008, Bellingham WA. Pink & Chum Workshop 2008.pdf

Beamish, R.J., J.R. King, and G.A. McFarlane.  2008. Canada.  Pages 15-56 in R.J. Beamish (ed.) Impacts of climate and climate change on the key species in the fisheries in the North Pacific.  PICES Scientific Report No. 35.  PICES Working Group on Climate Change, Shifts in Fish Populations, and Fisheries Management.  North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), Secretariat, Sidney BC. PICES Sci_Rep_35.pdf

Beamish, R.J. (ed.) 2008. Impacts of climate and climate change on the key species in the fisheries in the North Pacific.  PICES Scientific Report No. 35.  North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), Secretariat, Sidney BC. 217p. see above document

Riddell, B.E., R.J. Beamish, L.J. Richards, and J.R. Candy. 2008. Technical Comment on “Declining wild salmon populations in relation to parasites from farm salmon. Science 322:1790b; doi:10.1126/science.1156341 riddell et al comment on declining wild salmon popns 2008pdf.pdf

Sweeting, R.M., Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., Gordon, E., and Lange, K. 2008. State of Georgia juvenile salmon: The same in 2007, only different. Pages 102-105 in B. Crawford and J. Irvine (eds.) State of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2008/013. 2008_state of the oceans.pdf

Beamish, R.J. and J. Wade. 2008. Critical habitat and the conservation ecology of Lampetra macrostoma. Canadian Field-Naturalist 122(4):327-337.  Beamish and Wade CFN Mesachie lamprey .pdf


2007

Beamish, R.J., Farley, Jr., E.V., Irvine, J., Kaeriyama, M., Kang, S., Karpenko, V.I., Nagasawa, T., and Urawa, S. (editors) 2007. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 7. Proceedings of the Second International Workship on Factors Affecting Production of Juvenile Salmon: Survival Strategy of Asian and North American Juvenile Salmon in the Ocean, April 26-27, 2006, Sapporo Japan, 135 p.

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Neville, C.M. and Lange, K.  2007.  Ocean changes in the Strait of Georgia indicate a need to link hatchery programs, fishing strategies and early marine studies of ocean carrying capacity into an ecosystem approach to manage coho salmon.  Extended abstract for NPAFC Technical Report 7: 49-51.NPAFC techrep7 (ocean changes).pdf

Beamish, R.J., Trudel, M. and Sweeting, R.M. 2007.  Canadian coastal and high seas juvenile Pacific salmon studies.   Extended abstract for NPAFC Technical Report 7:  1-4.NPAFC techrep7 (Beamish,Trudel,Sweet).pdf

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., and Lange, K.L.  2007.  A preliminary interpretation of coded wire tag recoveries from juvenile coho and chinook salmon released into the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound from 1997 to 2006.  Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. 14pp.  psgb 8b_beam.pdf  Available at http://www.engr.washington.edu/epp/psgb/2007psgb/2007proceedings/papers/8b_beam.pdf

Sweeting, R.M., Beamish, R.J., and Cooper, C.  2007.  Comparison of juvenile salmon diets in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound 1997-2006.  Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. 12pp.  psgb 2b_sweet.pdf 

Neville, C.M., and Beamish, R.J.  2007. Diets of larval Pacific hake, walleye pollock and Pacific herring in the Strait of Georgia.  Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. 7pp.  psgb 7b_nevil.pdf  

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M, Sweeting, R.M., Jones, S.R.M., Ambers, N., Gordon, E.K., Hunter, K.L., McDonald, T.E., and Johnson, S.C.  2007.  A proposed life history strategy for the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, in the subarctic Pacific.  Aquaculture 264: 428-440.proposed life history strategy.pdf

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., and Sweeting, R.M. 2007.  Response to Dr. Neil Frazer’s comment on “Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada” R.J. Beamish et al. (2005).  Letter to the Editor, Fisheries Research 85: 332-333.FISH2305_letter to editor.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2007.  Getting the Message Out.  NPAFC Bulletin No. 4:1-6. NPAFCbull4(Beamish).pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2007.  Symposium Summary.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin 4:335-336.NPAFCbull4(SymposiumSummary).pdf

Beamish, R.J. and Radchenko, V. (eds.).  2007.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 4.  Proceedings from the International Symposium on the Status of Pacific salmon and their Role in North Pacific Marine Ecosystems, held on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2005.  337 p. NPAFC Bull 4 table of contents.pdf

Farley, Jr., E.V., Moss, J.H., and Beamish, R.J.  2007.  A review of the critical size, critical period hypothesis for juvenile Pacific salmon.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin 4:311-317. NPAFCbull4(farley).pdf

Mathisen, O.A., Fair, L., Beamish, R.J., and Bugaev, V.F.  2007.  Density-dependent growth of sockeye salmon in the North Pacific Ocean.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin 4:299-310. NPAFCbull4(mathisen).pdf

Orsi, J. A., Harding, J. A., Pool, S. S.,  Brodeur, R. D., Haldorson, L. J., Murphy, J. M., Moss, J. H., Farley Jr., E. V., Sweeting, R. M., Morris, J. F. T., Trudel,  M., Beamish, R. J., Emmett,. R. L. and Fergusson, E.A.   2007.  Epipelagic Fish Assemblages Associated with Juvenile Pacific Salmon in Neritic Waters of the California Current and the Alaska Current.  In:  C.B. Grimes, R.D. Brodeur, L.J. Haldorson and S. M. McKinnell (eds.) Ecology of Juvenile Salmon in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Regional Comparisons.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 57:105-155.ORSIetal.-2007-AFS Symposum57(50-150).pdf

Beamish, R.J. et al.  2007.  Canadian Aquaculture R&D Review.  “Incorporating natural cycles of sea lice production into management for sustainable aquaculture.” “Tallying pinks in the Broughton.” “Sea lice potpourri.” Reports on projects.  R_D review for 2007_e.pdf

2006

Beamish, R.J. McFarlane, G.A. and Benson, A.  2006.  Longevity overfishing.  Progress in Oceanography, 68:  289-302. beamish 2006 longevity overfishing.pdf

Beamish, R.J., Jones, S., Neville, C., Sweeting, R., Karreman, G., Saksida, S., Gordon, E.  2006.  Exceptional marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in 2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada.  ICES Journal of Marine Science.  63: 1326-1337. ICES 2006 salmon lice.pdf

Saksida, S., Constantine, J., Karreman, G.A., Neville, C. Sweeting, R. and Beamish, R. 2006. Evaluation of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, abundance levels on farmed salmon in British Columbia, Canada. In The Proceedings from the International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics XI, Cairns, Australia.

Beamish, R.J. and D. J. Noakes.  2006.  Bill Ricker: a man of gifted intellect, insatiable curiosity and generous spirit. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 75: 119-129, DOI 10.1007/s10641-005-2446-7. ricker-a man of gifted intellect 2006.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville.  2006.  Ecosystem Bill of Rights.  In Rothwell, D.R. and VanderZwaag, D.L. (ed.), Towards Principled Oceans Governance: Australian and Canadian Approaches and Challenges.  Routledge Advances in Maritime Research, Routledge NY pp. 233-245. Ecosystem bill of rights.pdf

Reist, J.D., Wrona, F.J. Prowse, T.D., Power, M., Dempson, J.B., King, J.R. and Beamish, R.J.  2006.  An overview of effects of climate change on selected Arctic freshwater and anadromous fishes.  Ambio #8.  ACIA Special Issue. Reist et al. 2006a.pdf

Reist, J.D., Wrona, F.J., Prowse, T.D., Power, M., Dempson, J.B., Beamish, R.J., King, J.R., Carmichael, T.J., Sawatsky, C.D.  2006.  General effects of climate change on Arctic fishes and fish populations.  Ambio #8.  ACIA Special Issue. Reist et al. 2006b.pdf
                                                                    
Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Neville, C.M. and Lange, K.  2006.  Hatchery and wild percentages of coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia are related to shifts in species dominance.  NPAFC  Doc. 981.  Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC  V9T 6N7, Canada.  21 p. npafc981(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R. Gordon, E., Neville, C. and Sweeting, R.  2006.  Evidence of a linkage between fall-winter ocean conditions and the critical size hypothesis for a study of pink salmon in the central coast area of British Columbia. NPAFC Doc. 982.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Region - Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo BC, Canada V9T 6N7.  14p.npafc982(Canada).pdf

King, J.R., Ivanov, V.V., Kurashov, V., Beamish, R.J., and McFarlane, G.A.  2006.  An index of general circulation of the atmosphere over the North Pacific.  Izvestiya TINRO.  Vol. 145, p. 220-227. (in Russian, English Abstract) King et al Russian.pdf

Beamish, R.J. 2006.  Getting the message out after it is too late – ensuring that salmon farming and  wild Pacific salmon coexist successfully in British Columbia, Canada. Extended  abstract for World Aquaculture Society Aqua 2006 conference in Florence, Italy.  Beamish-Florence06.pdf

 2005

Harrison, P.J., Whitney, F., Mackas, D., Beamish, R., Trudel, M., & Perry, I.  2005.  Changes in coastal ecosystems in the NE Pacific Ocean.  In  Proceedings of the International Symposium on the long-term variations in the coastal environments and ecosystems, Sep 27-28, Matsuyama, Japan, pp. 17-44. Harrison e tal. 2005.pdf

Ricker, W.E., E.G. Pogedaev, R.J. Beamish and V.I. Karpenko.  2005. Causes of rapid changes in rate of freshwater growth and in ages of smolting and maturation among sockeye salmon of a small Kamchatka lake.  Izvestiya TINRO, 140: 3-17.  (In Russian) Ricker et al. 2005 sockeye paper Russian.pdf

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., Sweeting, R.M., and Ambers, N.J.  2005.  Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of Central British Columbia, Canada.  Fisheries Research 76:  198-208. sea lice pacific salmon 2005.pdf

Beamish, R., J.J. Gibson, J. Hobbie, E. Jeppesen, J. King, A. Korhola, R. Macdonald, M. Power, V. Skvortsov, G. Koeck, W. Vincent, L. Levesque (contributing authors) 2005.  Impacts of climate change and UV radiation on freshwater Arctic ecosystems, Chapter 8, p.354-452.  In F. Wrona, T. Prowse and J. Reist, (leading authors) Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries.  ACIA.  Wrona et al. Chap 8.pdf

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and  J.R. King.  2005.  Migratory patterns of pelagic fishes and possible linkages between open ocean and coastal ecosystems off the Pacific coast of North America.  Deep-Sea Research II 52:  739-755. migratory patterns 2005.pdf

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., Sweeting, R.M., Ambers, N. & Gordon, E.K.  2005.  Adult Pacific Salmon are a Major Source of Sea lice in Coastal Ecosystems..  Extended abstract.  In Lessons from the Past to Optimize the Future.  Aquaculture Europe 2005, Trondheim, Norway, August 5-9, 2005, pp. 127-128. (extended abstract)

Beamish, R.J.  2005.  100 years of fishing off Canada’s Pacific coast.  Pp. 4-5 In W.S. Wooster (ed.) Improving Fishery Management:  Melding Science and Goverance.  Summ. Proceed. U. Wash. Nov 15-16, 2004.  Publ. by School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle.  

Beamish, R.J.  2005.  Fisheries Off the Pacific Coast of Canada.  Pp. 8-15 In Proceedings of the Seventh North Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference, May 2004, Busan, Korea.  Pacific Rim Fisheries Program of Alaska Pacific University, NOAA Award No. NA04NMF4540155, 313 pp. Beamish 2005 Busan report.pdf

 Beamish, R.J., Ambers, N., Hunter, K.  2005.  Sea lice counts on  Pacific salmon  caught in the Central North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea  aboard the R/V
Waketake maru using gillnets and long  line gear in July 2005.  October  2005.  NPAFC Doc. 873.  Fisheries &  Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific
Region, Pacific Biological  Station, Nanaimo, BC  V9T 6N7, Canada. npafc873(Canada).pdf     

Beamish, R.J. Ambers, N., Hunter, K., Neville, C.  2005.  A comparison of sea lice on individually caught adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of British Columbia in August of 2004 and 2005.  October 2005.  NPAFC Doc. 874.  Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC  V9T 6N7, Canada. npafc874(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R.J., Sweeting, R.M., Neville, C.M., Lange, K.  2005.  Changing trends in the rearing capacity of the Strait of Georgia ecosystem for juvenile Pacific salmon.  October 2005.  NPAFC Doc. 875.  Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC  V9T 6N7, Canada. npafc875(Canada).pdf
                        
2004

Beamish, R.J., C. Mahnken, and C.M. Neville.  2004.  Evidence that reduced early marine growth is associated with lower marine survival of coho salmon.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:  26-33. early marine growth 2004.pdf

Beamish, R.J., A.J. Benson, R.M. Sweeting, and C.M. Neville. 2004 Regimes and the history of the major fisheries off Canada's west coast.  Progress in Oceanography 60:  355-385. regimes and history 2004.pdf

Beamish, R.J., J.T. Schnute, A.J. Cass, C.M. Neville, and R.M. Sweeting.  2004.  The influence of climate on the stock and recruitment of pink and sockeye salmon from the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:  1396-1412. influence climate 2004.pdf

Beamish, R.J., 2004.  An assessment of the relative importance of human and natural impacts on the past and future fisheries off Canada’s west coast.  (submitted to Russia for translation, Feb. 2004) Izvestiya TINRO 137: 45-66. Importance of Human & Natural Impacts_Russia.PDF

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, and C.M. Neville.  2004.  Improvement of juvenile Pacific salmon production in a regional ecosystem after the 1998 regime shift.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:  1152-1164.improved production 2004.pdf

Beckman, B.R., Fairgrieve, W., K.A. Cooper, C.V.W. Mahnken, and R.J. Beamish.  2004.  Evaluation of Endocrine Indices of Growth in Individual Postsmolt Coho Salmon.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:  1278-1288. beckman endocrine 2004.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and D.J. Noakes.  2004.  Global warming, aquaculture, and commercial fisheries. In K. M. Leber, S. Kitada, H.L. Blankenship, T. Svasand (eds.), Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching: developments, pitfalls and opportunities, pp. 25-47.  Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, U.K. Beamish & Noakes aqua 2004.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2004.  We are not prepared to manage fisheries in a changing climate.  In L. Taylor & A. Ryall (eds.) Mountains as water towers. Proceedings of the Banff Mountain Summit, November 2003.  Banff Centre, Banff, Alta.  pp. 121-123. 

Gao, Y.W, Beamish, R.J., and Brand, U.  2004.  Yearly stable isotopic and 1000Sr/Ca ration analyses in otoliths of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) and walleye pollock  (Theragra chalcogramma) from Georgia Strait, British Columbia.  In S.R. Li, J.F. Shen, & H. Xu (eds.) Mineralogy and Geochemistry: Resources, Environment and Life.  Geological Publishing House, Beijing.  pp. 69-77.

Sweeting, R.M., Beamish, R.J., and Neville, C.M.  2004.  The continuation of the productive regime in the Strait of Georgia.  (NPAFC Doc. 818).  Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9T 6N7. npafc818(Canada).pdf

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., and Sweeting, R.M.  2004.  Sea lice counts on Adult Pacific salmon caught in the Central Coast of British Columbia using trawl and troll gear.  (NPAFC Doc. 819), Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9T 6N7. npafc819(Canada).pdf

King, J.R., McFarlane, G.A., Beamish, R.J., and Low, C.J.  2004.  Factors Influencing the Abundance and Distribution of Lingcod Egg Masses in the Nearshore Waters Adjacent to the West Coast of Vancouver Island During January 17-March 15, 1979.  Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2557.  13 pp. King et al. 2004 tech report.pdf

 Sweeting, R.M., Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M.  2004.  Crystalline  otoliths in  teleosts:  Comparisons between hatchery and wild coho salmon  (Oncorhynchus  kisutch) in the Strait of Georgia.  Reviews in Fish Biology and  Fisheries.  (2004), 14:  361-369.  crystalline otoliths.pdf   

2003

 Beamish, R.J.  2003.  Introduction to Bulletin No. 3: v-x. npafcbulletin3(Intro).pdf

 Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, and R.M. Sweeting. 2003. The importance of incorporating information on climate related marine ecosystem changes into fisheries management, p.13-18.  In N.J. Valette-Silver and D. Scavia (eds.) Ecological Forecasting: New tools for coastal and ecosystem management.  NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 1.  116 pp. Beamish et al 2003 importance of climate.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville.  2003.  The importance of establishing Bowie Seamount as an experimental research area.  Pp. 652-663 In J. Beumer, A. Grant, and D. Smith (eds.) Aquatic protected areas – what works best and how do we know?  Proceedings of the World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas, Cairns, Australia, August, 2002, 689 pp. bowie seamount era.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, and R. Sweeting.  2003.  Ecosystem Based Management should include an assessment of the impacts of Pacific salmon escapements and enhancement on the juvenile salmon that rear in the Strait of Georgia.  Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference 2003.

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, D.L.G. Noakes, and F.W.H. Beamish.  2003.  William Edwin Ricker, OC, FRSC, LLD, DSc.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60: iii-v ricker cjfas 2003.pdf

Beamish, R.J., I.A. Pearsall, and M.C. Healey.  2003.  A history of the research on the early marine life of Pacific salmon off Canada’s Pacific coast.  North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission Bulletin 3:1-40  npafcbulletin3(canadareview).pdf

Beamish, R.J., S. Dawe, R.M. Sweeting, E. Gordon, N. Ambers, A. Hurst, C.M. Neville.  2003.  Surveys of Pacific salmon in the major inlets of British Columbia.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Document 708.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada V9T 6N7.  21pp. inlet survey 2003.pdf

Gao, Y., and R.J. Beamish.  2003.  Stable isotope variations in otoliths of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) and indications of the possible 1990 regime shift.  Fisheries Research 60: 393-404. Gao isotope 2003.pdf

Sweeting, R.M., R.J. Beamish, D.J. Noakes, and C.M. Neville.  2003.  Replacement of wild coho salmon by hatchery-reared coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia over the past three decades.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23: 492-502. sweeting coho 2003.pdf

Riddell, B.E. and Beamish, R.J.  2003.  Distribution and Monitoring of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in British Columbia, Canada – a contribution to the development of a Pink Salmon Watch.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Doc. 707.  33p.  Science Branch, Pacific Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada. Riddell monitoring 2003.pdf

2002

Beamish, R.J.  2002.  Obituary.  William Edwin Ricker OC, FRSC, LLD, DSc.  Journal of Fish Biology 60: 285-287. ricker obituary jfb 2002.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2002.  Obituary.  William Edwin Ricker 1908-2001.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, Seventh Series, Vol. 1. Ricker Obit 2002.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2002.  Obituary.  Leo Margolis 1927-1997.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, Seventh Series, Vol. 1. Margolis obit 2002.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2002.  Recent returns of Pink salmon to the Fraser River indicate the importance of relating stock to recruitment on a regime scale.  (NPAFC Doc. 633).  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada.  V9T 6N7.  24p. stock to recruitment 2002.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, K.L. Poier, and G.A. McFarlane.  2002.  Changes in the dynamics of coho in the Strait of Georgia in the last decade.  Pages 56-64 in C. Orr, P. Gallaugher, and J. Penikett (eds.) Speaking for the salmon: hatcheries and the protection of wild salmon.  Continuing Studies in Science, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Beamish et al. 2002 changes in coho.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and D.J. Noakes.  2002.  The role of climate in the past, present, and future of Pacific salmon fisheries off the west coast of Canada.  Pages 231-244 in N.A. McGinn (ed.) Fisheries in a changing climate.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 32.  Bethesda, Maryland.  Beamish and Noakes AFS2002.PDF

Beamish, R.J., R.M. Sweeting, C.E. Neville, and K. Poier.  2002.  A climate related explanation for the natural control of Pacific salmon abundance in the first marine year.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 4: 9-11.NPAFC tech rep 4.pdf 

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, and R. Gregory.  2002.  British Columbia’s commercial salmon industry.  (NPAFC Doc. No. 642).  Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.  V9T 6N7.  13p. npafc642(Canada).pdf

Sweeting, R.M., and R.J. Beamish.  2002.  Results of the July survey in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, indicate that 2002 may be a year of cool temperatures and reduced productivity for juvenile Pacific salmon.  (NPAFC Doc. 635).  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada V9T 6N7.  17p. npafc635(Canada).pdf

Hay, D.E., R.J. Beamish, G.W. Boehlert, V.I. Radchenko, Q.-S. Tang, T. Wada, D.W. Ware, and C.-I. Zhang. 2002.  Ten years FIS in PICES: An introspective, retrospective, critical and constructive review in Fishery Science in PICES.  Pages 43-54 in R.I. Perry, P. Livingston and A.C. Bychkov (eds.) PICES Science: the first ten years a look to the future.  PICES Scientific Report No. 22.  PICES Secretariat / Publisher. Hay et al. PICES 2002.pdf

Beamish, R.J. 2002. Potential impacts of greenhouse gas accumulations on fish and fisheries. Unpublished document. Beamish  2002 Greenhouse gas report.pdf

Beamish,  R.J. 2002. Canada’s Ten Years of Accomplishments within NPAFC: An era of dramatic change in Canada’s Pacific salmon fishery. Unpublished document. Beamish Canada 10yrs NPAFC.pdf

 2001

Beamish, R.J.  2001.  Effects of global climate change on the fisheries off the west coast of Canada.  A report presented to the Pacific Resource Conservation Council.  4p.

Beamish, R.J.  2001.  Updated status of the Vancouver Island Lake Lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma, in Canada.  Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(1):  127-130.updated lamprey cfn 2001.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  2001.  Visits to Russia.  Reference to come.  11p.

Beamish, R.J., and C. Mahnken.  2001.  A critical size and period hypothesis to explain natural regulation of salmon abundance and the linkage to climate and climate change.  Progress in Oceanography 49: 423-437. critical size period 2001.pdf 
   
Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, C.M. Neville, and I. Pearsall.  2001.  Changes in the Strait of Georgia ECOPATH model needed to balance the abrupt increases in productivity that occurred in 2000.  Pages 5-9 in G.A. McFarlane, B.A. Megrey, B.A. Taft, and W.T. Peterson (eds.) PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 2000 Bass, Model, Monitor and Rex Workshops, and the 2001 Bass/Model Workshop.  PICES Scientific Report No. 17.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and J. Schweigert.  2001.  Is the production of coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia linked to the production of Pacific herring?  Pages 37-50 in F. Funk, J. Blackburn, D. Hay, A.J. Paul, R. Stephenson, R. Toresen, and D. Witherell (eds.) Herring: expectations for a new millennium.  Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-01-04.  Fairbanks, Alaska. beamish et al 2001 coho herring.pdf    
 
Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville.  2001.  Predation-based mortality on juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia.  Pages 11-13 in R. Beamish, Y. Ishida, V. Karpenko, P. Livingston, and K. Myers (eds.) Workshop on factors affecting production of juvenile salmon: comparative studies on juvenile salmon ecology between the east and west North Pacific Ocean.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 2. npafctechnicalreport2(beamish).pdf

Beamish, R.J., C.M. Neville, R.M. Sweeting, and K.L. Poier.  2001.  Persistence of the improved productivity of 2000 in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada, through to 2001.  (NPAFC Doc. 565).  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch –Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada V9R 5K6.  19pp. improved productivity 2001.pdf

Beamish, R.J., K.L. Poier, and C. Mahnken.  2001.  Evidence of the validity of the critical size and critical period hypothesis.  (NPAFC Doc. 564).  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6.  National Marine Fisheries Service, Port Orchard, WA, USA, 98366.  validity size period 2001.pdf

Beamish, R.J., J.H. Youson, and L.A. Chapman.  2001.  Status of the Morrison Creek  western brook lamprey, Lampetra richardsoni, in Canada.  Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(4): 573-578 Morrison creek cfn 2001.pdf

Gitay, H., S. Brown, W. Easterling, B. Jallow, J. Antle, M Apps, R. Beamish, T. Chapin, W. Cramer, J. Frangi, J. Laine, L. Erda, J. Magnuson, I. Noble, J. Price, T. Prowse, T. Root, E. Schulze, O. Sirotenko, B. Sohngen, J. Soussana, H. Bugmann, C. Egorov, M. Finlayson, R. Fleming, W. Fraser, L. Hahn, K. Hall, M. Howden, M. Hutchins, J. Ingram, J. Hui, G. Masters, P. Megonigal, J. Morgan, N. Myers, R. Neilson, S. Page, C. Parmesan, J. Rieley, N. Roulet, G. Takle, J. van Minnen, D. Williams, T. Williamson, and K. Wilson.  2001.  Ecosystems and their goods and services.  Pages 235-342 in J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, and K.S. White (eds.) Climate change 2001: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability.  Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.  

 King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish.  2001.  Incorporating the dynamics of marine systems into the stock assessment and management of sablefish.  Progress in Oceanography 49: 619-639. king sablefish 2001.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  2001.  The re-occurrence of sardines off British Columbia characterises the dynamic nature of regimes.  Progress in Oceanography 49: 151-165. sardines 2001.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and J. Schweigert.  2001.  Common factors have opposite impacts on Pacific herring in adjacent ecosystems.  Pages 51-67 in F. Funk, J. Blackburn, D. Hay, A.J. Paul, R. Stephenson, R. Toresen, and D. Witherell (eds.) Herring: expectations for a new millennium.  Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-01-04.  Fairbanks, Alaska. McFarlane et al. 2001 herring.pdf

McLean, R.F., A. Tsyban, V. Burkett, J.O. Codignotto, D.L. Forbes, N. Mimura, R.J. Beamish, and V. Ittekkot.  2001.  Coastal zones and marine ecosystems.  Pages 343-379 in J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, and K.S. White (eds.) Climate change 2001: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability.  Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 

 Noakes, D.J., and R.J. Beamish.  2001.  Influence of decadal scale climate change on flows in the Fraser River, British Columbia.  15th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, May 30 – June 2, 2001, Victoria, British Columbia.  5p. Noakes & Beamish 2001 fraser river flows.pdf


2000

Beamish, R.J.  2000.  Impacts of global warming on British Columbia salmon… the urgent need for a strategy to manage salmon in a changing climate.  Second report of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, May 2000. 

Beamish, R.J., D. McCaughran, J.R. King, R.M. Sweeting, and G.A. McFarlane.  2000.  Estimating the abundance of juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia by means of surface trawls.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20: 369-375. juvenile coho 2000.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  2000.  Reevaluation of the interpretation of annuli from otoliths of a long-lived fish, Anoplopoma fimbria.  Fisheries Research 46: 105-111. beamish and macfar otoliths 2000.pdf

Beamish, R.J, G.A. McFarlane, and J.R. King.  2000.  Fisheries climatology: understanding decadal scale processes that naturally regulate British Columbia fish populations.  Pages 94-145 in P.J. Harrison and T.R. Parsons (eds.) Fisheries oceanography: an integrative approach to fisheries ecology and management. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.  beamish et al 2000 fisheries climatology.pdf 

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, W. Pinnix, R. Sweeting, and J. King.  2000.  Trends in coho marine survival in relation to the regime concept. Fisheries Oceanography 9: 114-119. coho trends 2000.pdf

Beamish, R.J., K.L. Poier, R.M. Sweeting, and C.M. Neville.  2000.  An abrupt increase in the abundance of juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia. (NPAFC Doc. 473)  Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C.  21p. increase in juvenile salmon 2000.pdf

Hollowed, A.B., N. Bax, R. Beamish, J. Collie, M. Fogarty, P. Livingston, J. Pope, and J.C. Rice. 2000. Are multispecies models an improvement on single-species models for measuring fishing impacts on marine ecosystems?  ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 707-719.  hollowed 2000 ICES.pdf

King, J.R., and R.J. Beamish.  2000.  Diet comparisons indicate a competitive interaction between ocean age-0 chum and coho salmon.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 2: 65-74. npafcbulletin2(king).pdf
                                                                                                         
King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish.  2000.  Decadal-scale patterns in the relative year class success of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).  Fisheries Oceanography 9: 62-70. king decadal 2000.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., J.R. King, and R.J. Beamish.  2000.  Have there been recent changes in climate?  Ask the fish.  Progress in Oceanography 47: 147-169. climate changes 2000.pdf

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, and M.L. Kent.  2000.  On the decline of Pacific salmon and speculative links to salmon farming in British Columbia.  Aquaculture 183: 363-386. decline salmon aquaculture 2000.pdf

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, R. Sweeting, and J. King.  2000.  Changing the balance: interactions between hatchery and wild Pacific coho salmon in the presence of regime shifts.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 2: 155-163. npafcbulletin2(noakes).pdf

 Zhang, Z., and R.J. Beamish.  2000.  Use of otolith microstructure to study life history of juvenile chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1995 and 996.  Fisheries Research 46: 239-250 zhang 2000.pdf


1999

Beamish, R.J.  1999.  Climate, salmon, and preparing for the future.  Pages 85-98 in G.A. Bisbal (ed.) Symposium on ocean conditions and the management of Columbia River salmon: proceedings of the July 1, 1999 symposium in Portland, Oregon.  Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR.

Beamish, R.J.  1999.  Editorial.  An introduction to the PICES symposium on the ecosystem dynamics in the Eastern and Western Gyres of the subarctic Pacific.  Progress in Oceanography 43: 157-161 editorial 1999.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  1999.  Shifting regimes in fisheries science and salmon management.  The International Journal of Salmon Conservation 1(3): 12-16.shifting regimes 1999.PDF

Beamish, R.  1999.  Why a strategy for managing salmon in a changing climate is urgently needed.  Pages 14-16 in Conference: climate change and salmon stocks, Vancouver, BC, October 27, 1999.  Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.

Beamish, R.J., K.D. Leask, O.A. Ivanov, A.A. Balanov, A.M. Orlov, and B. Sinclair. 1999.  The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres.  Progress in Oceanography 43: 399-442. sub arctic gyres 1999.pdf

Beamish, R.J. and C. Mahnken.  1999.  Taking the next step in fisheries management.  Pages 1-21 in Ecosystem approaches for fisheries management.  Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-99-01. Fairbanks, Alaska. Beamish & Mahnken 1999.pdf

Beamish, R.J. and G.A. McFarlane.  1999.  Applying ecosystem management to fisheries in the Strait of Georgia.  Pages 637-664 in Ecosystem approaches for fisheries management.  Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG 99-01.  Fairbanks, Alaska.  Beamish & McFarlane 1999 Applying ecosystem.pdf

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and R.E. Thomson.  1999.  Recent declines in the recreational catch of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Strait of Georgia are related to climate.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 506-515. rec coho decline 1999.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C.-E.M. Neville.  1999.  Large-scale climate-related changes in the carrying capacity for salmon in the Strait of Georgia and northern North Pacific ecosystems.  Pages 27-41 in K. Sherman and Q. Tang (eds.) Large marine ecosystems of the Pacific Rim: assessment, sustainability, and management.  Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts. Beamish & Neville 1999 Large scale climate.pdf

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, L. Klyashtorin, V.V. Ivanov, and V. Kurashov.  1999.  The regime concept and natural trends in the production of Pacific salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 516-526. regimes cjfas 1999.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and R.M. Sweeting.  1999.  Patterns in the recapture rates among release locations of coded-wire tagged juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia.  (NPAFC Doc. 436).  Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo B.C.  25p. NPAFC 436.pdf

Beamish, R.J., J.H. Youson, and L.A. Chapman.  1999.  COSEWIC status report on the Morrison Creek lamprey, Lampetra richardsoni.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.  16p. Beamish et al 1999 COSEWIC.pdf  Beamish et al 2000 COSEWIC.pdf  (also published in 2001 by Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(4): 576-578)

Docker, M.F., J.H. Youson, R.J. Beamish, and R.H. Devlin.  1999.  Phylogeny of the lamprey genus Lampetra inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND3 gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 2340-2349. docker phylogeny lamprey 1999.pdf

Ferreira, L.C.G., R.J. Beamish, and J.H. Youson.  1999.  Macroscopic structure of the fin-rays and their annuli in pectoral and pelvic fins of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.  Journal of Morphology 239: 297-320. Ferreira 1999.pdf

Gao, Y.W., and R.J. Beamish.  1999.  Isotopic composition of otoliths as a chemical tracer in population identification of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 2062-2068. isotopes otoliths 1999.pdf

Leask, K.D., and R.J. Beamish.  1999. Review of the fisheries and biology of the Pacific Hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) in British Columbia, with recommendations for biological sampling in a developmental fishery.  Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 99/205.  48p.
Leask  & Beamish CSAS 99_205.pdf

 McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1999.  Sardines return to British Columbia waters.  Pages 77-82 in H.J. Freeland, W.T. Peterson, and A. Tyler (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 Science Board Symposium on the impacts of the 1997/98 El Niño event on the North Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas.  North Pacific Marine Science Organization.  PICES Scientific Report No. 10. mcfarlane & beamish sardines 1999.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., J.R. King, and R.J. Beamish.  1999.  Linkages between a composite Pacific climate-ocean index and fluctuations in British Columbia salmon and other fish populations.  (NPAFC Doc. No. 434).  12p. + 6 figs. npafc434(Canada).pdf

Neville, C.-E.M., and R.J. Beamish.  1999.  Comparison of the diets of ocean age 0 hatchery and wild chinook salmon. (NPAFC Doc. 435).  14p.  Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. npafc435(Canada).pdf


1998

Beamish, R.J.  1998.  Updated COSEWIC status report on the lake lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.  11p.

Beamish, R.J., and M. Folkes.  1998.  Recent changes in the marine distribution of juvenile chum salmon off Canada.  North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 1: 443 – 453. npafcbulletin1(beamish).pdf

Beamish, R.J., M. Folkes, and R. Sweeting. 1998. Intra-annual changes in the abundances of coho, chinook, and chum salmon in Puget Sound in 1997.  Pages 531-541 in R. Strickland, A.E. Copping, and N.J. Lerner (eds.) Puget Sound research 1998: proceedings of the 1998 Puget Sound Research Conference, March 12-13 1998, Seattle, Washington.  Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team, Olympia, WA. Beamish, Folkes, Sweeting 1998 Intra-annual changes.pdf
                                               
Beamish, R.J., J.R. King, D. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, and R. Sweeting.  1998.  Evidence of a new regime starting in 1996 and the relation to Pacific salmon catches. (NPAFC Doc. No. 321).  21p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6. new regime 1998.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C. Mahnken.  1998.  Natural regulation of the abundance of coho and other species of Pacific salmon according to the critical size and critical period hypothesis.  (NPAFC Doc. No. 319).  28p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch, Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9R 5K6. National Marine Fisheries Service, 7305 Beach Drive East, Port Orchard, WA, USA, 98366. coho critical size 1998.pdf

Beamish, R., D. Noakes, G. McFarlane, and J. King.  1998.  The regime concept and recent changes in Pacific salmon abundance.  Pages 1-3 in K. Myers (ed.) Workshop on climate change and salmon production, Vancouver, March 26-27, 1998.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report. npafctechreport1(beamish).pdf

Beamish, R.J., D. Noakes, G. McFarlane, W. Pinnix, R. Sweeting, J. King, and M. Folkes.  1998.  Trends in coho marine survival in relation to the regime concept. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/171.  26p. (also published in 2000 by Fisheries Oceanography 9: 114-119)CSAS Res Doc 98 171.pdf

Beamish, R.J., R. Sweeting, and Z. Zhang.  1998.  Estimating the percentage of hatchery-reared juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1997.  Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/93.  14p. beamish, sweeting, zhang 1998.pdf

Freeland, H.J., and R. Beamish.  1998.  The changing Pacific.  Canadian Meterorological and Oceanographic Society Bulletin 26(6): 155-160. Freeland & Beamish 1998.pdf

King, J.R., V.V. Ivanov, V. Kurashov, R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane.  1998.  General circulation of the atmosphere over the North Pacific and its relationship to the Aleutian Low.  (NPAFC Doc. No. 318). 18p.  Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5K6.  Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, 38 Bering Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, 199397. circulation aleutian low 1998.pdf

Noakes, D.J., R.J. Beamish, L. Klyashtorin, and G.A. McFarlane.  1998.  On the coherence of salmon abundance trends and environmental factors. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin Number 1: 454-463. npafcbulletin1(noakes).pdf

Zhang, Z., R.J. Beamish, and B.E. Riddell.  1998.  Change in proportion of hatchery-reared, wild ocean- and stream-type chinook in their first and second ocean years in the Strait of Georgia. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/90.  12p. Zhang  et al CSAS 98_90.pdf

 McFarlane, G. A. and R.J. Beamish.  1998.  Sardines spawn in British Columbia waters for the first time.  The Westcoast Fisherman. April issue, 19-20.

1997

Beamish, R.J.  1997.  The proposed Winchelsea-Ballenas marine protected area: background information and comments for an evaluation.  47p.   (April 30, 1997)

Beamish, R.J.  1997.  Protecting plants and animals in the Strait of Georgia – ideas for action.  Report of the Work Group on the Protection of Marine Plants and Animals in the Strait of Georgia. 70p.  Unpublished document available from Dr. R.J. Beamish, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6.

Beamish, R.J., M. Henderson, and H.A. Regier.  1997.  Impacts of climate change on the fishes of British Columbia.  Pages 12-1 – 12-16 in E.M. Taylor and B.G. Taylor (eds.) Responding to global climate change in British Columbia and Yukon.  Volume 1 of the Canada Country Study: climate impacts and adaptation.  Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region; British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks, Vancouver, British Columbia. Beamish, Henderson, Regier 1997.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C. Mahnken, and C.M. Neville. 1997. Hatchery and wild production of Pacific salmon in relation to large-scale, natural shifts in the productivity of the marine environment.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 54: 1200 - 1215. Hatchery and wild ICES 1997.pdf

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, D. Noakes, M. Folkes, V.V. Ivanov, and V. Kurashov.  1997.  A comparison of the Aleutian Low Pressure Index and the Atmospheric Circulation Index as indices of Pacific salmon abundance trends.  (NPAFC Doc. 289).  24p. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. NPAFC 289.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C. Neville.  1997.  Climate-ocean changes and the impacts on young salmon in the Strait of Georgia.  Pages 213-220 in R.L. Emmett and M.H. Schiewe (eds.) Estuarine and ocean survival of Northeastern Pacific salmon: proceedings of the workshop, March 20-22, 1996, Newport, Oregon.  NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-29. Beamish & Neville 1997.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C.-E.M. Neville, and A.J. Cass.  1997.  Production of Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in relation to decadal-scale changes in the climate and the ocean.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 543-554. sockeye climate 1997.pdf

Yin, K., R.H. Goldblatt, P.J. Harrison, M.A. St. John, P.J. Clifford, and R.J. Beamish. 1997.  Importance of wind and river discharge in influencing nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton production in summer in the central Strait of Georgia.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 161: 173 – 183.Yin wind & discharge 1997.pdf

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, and R.J. Beamish.  1997.  Effects of a fluctuation in Fraser River discharge on primary production in the central Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1015-1024. fraser river discharge 1997.pdf

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, R.H. Goldblatt, M.A. St. John, and R.J. Beamish. 1997.  Factors controlling the timing of the spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia estuary, British Columbia, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1985-1995. spring bloom 1997.pdf


1996

Beamish, R.J.  1996.  Synchrony of abundance trends of chinook and coho populations off Oregon, Washington and in the Strait of Georgia in comparison with the trends in all-nation catches of Pacific salmon (NPAFC Doc. 199) 24p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Science Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. NPAFC 199.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and Z. Zhang. 1996.  Biology of ocean age 0 hatchery, wild ocean, and wild stream type chinook in the Strait of Georgia. (NPAFC Doc. No. 202).  25p.  Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans.  Sciences Branch – Pacific Region.  Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. NPAFC 202.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and Z. Zhang.  1996.  The relationship between time of ocean entry and residence in the Strait of Georgia for three chinook salmon rearing types (NPAFC Doc. No. 200).  18p.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. NPAFC 200.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and L.M. Zverkova.  1996.  An examination of age estimates of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from the Sea of Okhotsk using the burnt otolith method and implications for stock assessment and management.  Proceedings of the Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas.  North Pacific Marine Science Organization PICES Scientific Report No. 6: 278-285. McFarlane, Beamish, Zverkova 1996.pdf

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, R.H. Goldblatt, and R.J. Beamish.  1996.  Spring bloom in the central Strait of Georgia:  interactions of river discharge, winds and grazing.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 138: 255-263. yin spring bloom mar eco prog ser 1996.pdf

1995

Beamish, R.J. (ed.).  1995.  Climate change and northern fish populations.  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 121.  739p.

Beamish, R.J.  1995.  Introduction.  The need to understand the relationship between climate and the dynamics of fish populations.  Pages 1-2 in R. J. Beamish (ed.) Climate change and northern fish populations.  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 121. intro climate fish can spec pub fas 1995.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  1995.  Response of anadromous fish to climate change in the North Pacific.  Pages 123-136 in D.L. Peterson and D.R. Johnson (eds.) Human ecology and climate change: people and resources in the far north.  Taylor & Francis, Washington, D.C. Beamish 1995 response to climate change.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and D.R. Bouillon.  1995.  Marine fish production trends off the Pacific coast of Canada and the United States.  Pages 585-591 in R.J. Beamish (ed.) Climate change and northern fish populations.  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 121. beamish and bouillon 1995.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1995.  A discussion of the importance of aging errors, and an application to walleye pollock: the world's largest fishery.  Pages 545-565 in D.H. Secor, J.M. Dean, and S.E. Campana (eds.) Recent developments in fish otolith research.  The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science 19.  University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina. . Beamish & McFarlane 1995 aging  errors.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville.  1995.  Coastal shifts in salmon carrying capacity.  (NPAFC Doc. 161) 13p.  Department of Fisheries & Oceans, Science Branch, Pacific Biological Station.  Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5K6, Canada. . NPAFC  161(Canada).pdf

 Beamish, R.J., and C.-E.M. Neville.  1995.  Pacific salmon and Pacific herring mortalities in the Fraser River plume caused by river lamprey (Lampetra ayresi).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 644-650. salmon herring morts cjfas 1995.pdf

Beamish, R.J, C.-E. Neville, J. Rice, and Z. Zhang.  1995.  Factors affecting the marine survival of Coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia.  PSARC Working Paper S95-4.  32p. + 7 figs.

Beamish, R.J., B.E. Riddell, C.-E.M. Neville, B.L. Thomson, and Z. Zhang.  1995.  Declines in chinook salmon catches in the Strait of Georgia in relation to shifts in the marine environment.  Fisheries Oceanography 4: 243-256. declines Chinook 1995.pdf

Beamish, R.J., B.L. Thomson, C.-E.M. Neville, B.E. Riddell, and Z. Zhang. 1995.  Evidence of a possible relationship between changes in chinook salmon catches in the Strait of Georgia and shifts in the marine environment.  PSARC Working Paper S95-2.  40p. + 13 figs.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Validation of the otolith cross-section method of age determination for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) using oxytetracycline.  Pages 319-329 in D.H. Secor, J.M. Dean, and S.E. Campana (eds.) Recent developments in fish otolith research.  The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science 19.  University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina. McFarlane & Beamish 1995 Validation.pdf

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond, and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River estuary and its biological implications.  I.  Effects of the salt wedge.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 505-528. Yin entrainment part I 1995.pdf

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond, and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River estuary and its biological implications.  II.  Effects of spring vs. neap tides and river discharge.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 529-544. Yin entrainment 1995.pdf

Yin, K., P.J. Harrison, S. Pond, and R.J. Beamish.  1995.  Entrainment of nitrate in the Fraser River estuary and its biological implications.  III.  Effects of winds.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 545-558. Yin entrainment part III 1995.pdf

Zhang, Z., R.J. Beamish, and B.E. Riddell.  1995.  Differences in otolith microstructure between hatchery-reared and wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 344-352. zhang cjfas 1995.pdf


1994

Beamish, R.J.  1994.  Long-term abundance trends in pacific fisheries and their relationship to the environment.  Pages 255-264 in Proceedings: Third Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference: business development in the information age, March 8-10, 1994, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.  University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Center for International Business; Ministry of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquatic Products, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.Beamish 1994 longterm abundance.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and M. Hunter.  1994.  Fisheries policy for business development Canada industry review.  Pages 61-72 in Proceedings: Third Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference: business development in the information age, March 8-10, 1994, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.  University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Center for International Business; Ministry of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquatic Products, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Beamish & Hunter 1994.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C.-E.M. Neville, B.L Thomson, P.J. Harrison, and M. St. John.  1994.  A relationship between Fraser River discharge and interannual production of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in the Strait of Georgia.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51: 2843-2855. salmon herring cjfas 1994.pdf

Beamish, R.J., B.L. Thomson, and C.-E. M. Neville.  1994.  Inshore lingcod.  PSARC Document G94-2A.

Beamish, R., Z. Zhang, and C.-E. Neville.  1994. Delayed high seas migration by chum salmon.  (NPAFC  Doc. 91).  14p.  Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. NPAFC 91(Canada).pdf

Copping, A., R. Beamish, C. Ebbesmeyer, C. Garrett, B. McCain, and T. Pedersen.  1994.  Shared waters: the vulnerable inland sea of British Columbia and Washington.  British Columbia / Washington Marine Science Panel. .  .British Columbia / Washington Marine Science Panel.  1994.  The  shared marine  waters of British Columbia and Washington: a scientific  assessment of current  status and future trends in resource abundance and  environmental quality in the  Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia,  and Puget Sound.  Report to the  British Columbia / Washington  Environmental Cooperation Council.  British  Columbia / Washington Marine  Science Panel.  119p. Washington Sea Grant Program, Seattle, WA.

Welch, D.W., and R.J. Beamish.  1994.  Possible approaches for co-operative Pacific salmon research (NPAFC Doc. 95) 8p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Stations, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. NPAFC 95(Canada).pdf

Wilson, R.C.H., R.J. Beamish, F. Aitkens, and J. Bell (eds.).  1994.  Review of the marine environment and biota of Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound and Juan de Fuca Strait: proceedings of the BC/Washington Symposium on the Marine Environment, January 13 & 14, 1994.  Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1948.  390p.

Zhang, Z. and R.J. Beamish.  1994.  Use of otolith microstructure to identify hatchery-reared and wild Pacific salmon (NPAFC Doc. 90) 27p.  Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.  V9R 5K6. NPAFC90(Canada).pdf


1993

Beamish, R.J.  1993.  Briefing document on the ecology of Strait of Georgia.  Unpublished document.  iii + 96p.

Beamish, R.J.  1993.  Climate and exceptional fish production off the west coast of North America.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 2270-2291. exceptional fish cjfas 1993.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and D.R. Bouillon.  1993.  Pacific salmon production trends in relation to climate.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 1002-1016. production trends cjfas 1993.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C.M. Neville.  1993.  Hagfish.  Pages 360-378 in B.M. Leaman and M. Stocker (eds.) Groundfish stock assessments for the west coast of Canada in 1992 and recommended yield options for 1993.  Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1919.

St. John, M.A., S.G. Marinone, J. Stronach, P.J. Harrison, J. Fyfe, and R. J. Beamish.  1993.  A horizontally resolving physical-biological model of nitrate concentration and primary productivity in the Strait of Georgia.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 1456-1466. st john cjfas 1993.pdf

Whyte, J.N.C., R.J. Beamish, N.G. Ginther, and C.-E. Neville.  1993.  Nutritional condition of the Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) deprived of food for periods of up to two years.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 591-599. white cjfas 1993.pdf

1992

Beamish, R.J.  1992.  Preliminary summary of a report on Russian research studies of Pacific halibut. Unpublished document.

Beamish, R.J.  1992.  The importance of accurate ages in fisheries sciences.  Pages 8-15 in D.A. Hancock (ed.) The measurement of age and growth in fish and shellfish.  Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, Lorne, Victoria, 22-23 August 1990.  Proceedings No. 12.  Bureau of Rural Resources, Canberra. Beamish 1992 importance of accurate ages.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and C.-E. M. Neville.  1992.  The importance of size as an isolating mechanism in lampreys.  Copeia 1992(1): 191-196. size lamprey copeia 1992.pdf

Beamish, R.J., B.L. Thomson, and G.A. McFarlane.  1992.  Spiny dogfish predation on chinook and coho salmon and the potential effects on hatchery-produced salmon.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121: 444-455. dogfish predation 1992.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1992.  Climatic influence linking copepod production with strong year-classes in sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 743-753.  copepod sablefish cjfas 1992.pdf

Neville, C.M., and R.J. Beamish. 1992.  Hagfish.  Pages 267-280 in B.M. Leaman (ed.) Groundfish stock assessments for the west coast of Canada in 1991 and recommended yield options for 1992.  Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1866.

Polat, N., and R.J. Beamish.  1992.  Annulus formation on anatomical structures of Siraz (Capoeta capoeta) in Altinkaya Dam Lake.  Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Fen Dergisi 4(1): 70-88.

Richards, L.J., J.T. Schnute, A.R. Kronlund, and R. J. Beamish.  1992.  Statistical models for the analysis of ageing error.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 1801-1815. stats models error cjfas 1992.pdf

St. John, M.A., J.S. Macdonald, P.J. Harrison, R.J. Beamish, and E. Choromanski.  1992.  The Fraser River plume:  some preliminary observations on the distribution of juvenile salmon, herring, and their prey.  Fisheries Oceanography 1: 153-162. st john fraser river fo 1992.pdf

1991

Beamish, R.J., and K.L. Francis.  1991.  Canada's Pacific fisheries.  Bulletin of Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Science.

Beamish, R.J., and C.D. Levings.  1991.  Abundance and freshwater migrations of the anadromous parasitic lamprey, Lampetra tridentata, in a tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48: 1250-1263. lampetra fraser river cjfas 1991.pdf

Youson, J.H., and R.J. Beamish.  1991.  Comparison of the internal morphology of adults of a population of lampreys that contains a nonparasitic life-history type, Lampetra richardsoni, and a potentially parasitic form, L. richardsoni var. marifuga.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 628-637. morphology lamprey cjz 1991.pdf

1990

Beamish, R.J., and L. Margolis.  1990.  Obituary.  Dr. W. E. (Wally) Johnson, 1923-1989.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47: 1478-1479.  Johnson obituary cjfas 1990.pdf

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and A.V. Tyler.  1990.  A comparison of the length frequency and fin‑ray methods of estimating the age of Pacific cod.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 50: 25-35. Beamish et al. 1990A.pdf

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane.  1990.  Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus).  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 109.  40p. lingcod special pub 1990.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1990.  An examination of age determination structures of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from five stocks in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 50: 37-56. McFarlane & Beamish 1990B.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1990.  Effect of an external tag on growth of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria), and consequences to mortality and age at maturity.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47: 1551-1557. mcfarlane external tag cjfas 1990.pdf

Saunders, M.W., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish.  1990.  Factors that affect the recapture of tagged sablefish off the west coast of Canada.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 7: 708-713. Saunders, McFarlane, Beamish 1990.pdf

                            1989

Beamish, R.J.  1989.  Fisheries science and fisheries management.  Pages 127‑128 in Conference Proceedings on Pacific Rim Fisheries: Business Development & Policy, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., March 13‑15, 1989.

Beamish, R.J., F. Bernard, K. Francis, B. Hargreaves, S. McKinnell, L. Margolis, and B. Riddell.  1989.  A preliminary summary of the impact of the squid driftnet fishery on salmon, marine mammals, and other marine animals.  Pages 73‑95 in North Pacific driftnet conference: proceedings, volume 1, July 17‑19, 1989, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane (eds.).  1989.  Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models.  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108.  379p. (also published as Bulletin Number 49 of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission (In Japanese).)

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and W.S. Wooster.  1989.  Introduction.  The need for interdisciplinary research in fisheries and oceans sciences.  Pages 1‑3 in R. J. Beamish and G. A. McFarlane (eds.) Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models.  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108.  interdisciplinary research 1989.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and T.G. Northcote.  1989.  Extinction of a population of anadromous parasitic lamprey, Lampetra tridentata, upstream of an impassable dam. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46: 420‑425. extinction lamprey dam cjfas 1989.pdf

Tyler, A.V., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane.  1989.  Implications of age determination errors to yield estimates.  Pages 27‑35 in R. J. Beamish and G. A. McFarlane (eds.) Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108. age determ errors 1989.pdf

1988

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1988.  Resident and dispersal behavior of adult sablefish (Anaplopoma fimbria) in the slope waters off Canada's west coast.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 152‑164. behaviour sablefish cjfas 1988.pdf

Clarke, W.C., and R.J. Beamish.  1988.  Response of recently metamorphosed anadromous parasitic lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) to confinement in fresh water.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 42‑47. Clarke lamprey cjfas 1988.pdf

Youson, J.H., W.M. Elliott, R.J. Beamish, and D.W. Wang.  1988.  A comparison of endocrine pancreatic tissue in adults of four species of lampreys in British Columbia: a morphological and immunohistochemical study.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 70: 247‑261.  Youson pancreatic study 1988.pdf

1987

Beamish, R.J.  1987.  Evidence that parasitic and nonparasitic life history types are produced by one population of lamprey.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 1779‑1782. parasitic nonparasitic cjfas 1987.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  1987.  Status of the Lake Lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma, in Canada.  Canadian Field‑Naturalist 101(2): 186‑189. status macrostoma 1987.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1987.  Current trends in age determination methodology.  Pages 15‑42 in R. C. Summerfelt and G. E. Hall (eds.) Age and growth of fish.  Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. Beamish and McFarlane 1987.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and J.H. Youson.  1987.  Life history and abundance of young adult Lampetra ayresi in the Fraser River and their possible impact on salmon and herring stocks in the Strait of Georgia.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 525‑537.  life history ayresi cjfas 1987.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1987.  Selection of dosages of oxytetracycline for age validation studies.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 905‑909. oxytet ageing cjfas 1987.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1987.  Validation of the dorsal spine method of age determination for spiny dogfish.  Pages 287‑300 in R. C. Summerfelt and G. E. Hall (eds.) Age and growth of fish.  Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. McFarlane & Beamish dorsal spine.1987.pdf

 Russell, J.E., F.W.H. Beamish, and R.J. Beamish.  1987.  Lentic spawning by the Pacific lamprey, Lampetra tridentata.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 476‑478. Russell tridentata cjfas 1987.pdf

1986

Beamish, R.J.  1986.  COSEWIC status report in the lake lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma, in Canada.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.  14p.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1986.  Pacific hake stocks off the west coast of Vancouver Island.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 45: 393-412.

Beamish, R.J., and R.E. Withler.  1986.  A polymorphic population of lampreys that may produce parasitic and a nonparasitic varieties.  Pages 31-49 in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, and K. Matsuura (eds.) Indo‑Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo‑Pacific Fishes.  The Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo. Beamish & Withler 1986.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1986.  A tag suitable for assessing long‑term movements of spiny dogfish and preliminary results from use of this tag.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 6: 69‑76. long term tag use 1986.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1986.  Biology and fishery of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) in the Strait of Georgia.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 45: 365-392.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1986.  Production of strong year‑classes of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the west coast of Canada.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 47: 191‑202.

Youson, J.H., and R.J. Beamish.  1986.  Morphological comparison of organs in several species of lampreys on the west coast of Canada.  Page 926 in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, and K. Matsuura (eds.) Indo‑Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo‑Pacific Fishes.  The Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo. \Youson&Beamish.pdf

1985

Beamish, R.J.  1985.  Freshwater parasitic lamprey on Vancouver Island and a theory of the evolution of the freshwater parasitic and nonparasitic life history types.  Pages 123‑140 in R. E. Foreman, A. Gorbman, J.M. Dodd, and R. Olsson (eds.) Evolutionary biology of primitive fishes.  Plenum Press, New York.  NATO ASI Series A: Life Sciences: 103. para nonpara evolution NATO 1985.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1985.  Annulus development on the second dorsal spine of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and its validity for age determination.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42: 1799‑1805.  annulus devo dogfish cjfas 1985.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1985.  Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus, stocks off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada.  Marine Fisheries Review 47(2): 75‑81. pacific whiting stocks mar fish review 1985.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1985.  Biology and fishery of Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus, in the Strait of Georgia.  Marine Fisheries Review 47(2): 23‑34. biology fishery whiting mar fish rev 1985.pdf

1984

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, and M.S. Smith.  1984.  Study of the biology of lingcod off the west coast of Vancouver Island, M/V Arctic Harvester, November 22‑December 2, 1977. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 461.  73p.

Farlinger, S.P., and R.J. Beamish.  1984.  Recent colonization of a major salmon‑producing lake in British Columbia by Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41: 278‑285. farlinger lamprey cjfas 1984.pdf

Leaman, B.M., and R.J. Beamish.  1984.  Ecological and management implications of longevity in some northeast Pacific groundfishes.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin Number 42: 85‑97.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and R.L. Demory.  1984.  Additional information on the validity of the ageing technique for sablefish developed by Beamish and Chilton (1982).  14p. 

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, M.W. Saunders, M.S. Smith, and T. Butler.  1984.  Data for the biology and diet studies of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Hecate Strait, B. C., August 1977 and June 1978.  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 443.  410p.

1983

Beamish, R.J., and A.J. Cass.  1983.  Lingcod.  Underwater World Fact Sheet.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa.  6p.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1983.  Summary of results of the Canadian sablefish tagging program.  Pages 147‑183 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska.  Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑8.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1983.  The forgotten requirement for age validation in fisheries biology.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 112: 735‑743. \forgotten age validation 1983.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1983.  Validation of age determination estimates: the forgotten requirement.  Pages 22-33 in On age determination of ocean pelagic fishes: tunas, billfishes, and sharks.  NOAA Technical Report NMFS 8. 

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and D.E. Chilton.  1983.  Use of oxytetracycline and other methods to validate a method of age determination for sablefish.  Pages 95‑116 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska.  Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑3.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, R. Scarsbrook, D. Chilton, I. Barber, K. Best, A. Cass, and W. Shaw.  1983.  A summary of sablefish tagging and biological studies conducted during 1980, and 1981 by the Pacific Biological Station.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1732.  iv + 135p.

Cass, A.J., and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  First evidence of validity of the fin‑ray method of age determination for marine fishes.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 3: 182‑188. validity of finray ageing  1983.pd

 Mason, J.C., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane.  1983.  Sexual maturity, fecundity, spawning, and early life history of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the Pacific coast of Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40: 2126‑2134. mason cjfas 1983.pdf

Mason, J.C., R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane.  1983.  Sexual maturity, fecundity, spawning, and early life history of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in waters off the Pacific coast of Canada.  Pages 137-140 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska.  Alaska Sea Grant Report 83-8.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  Biology of adult sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in waters off western Canada.  Pages 59‑80 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska.  Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑8.

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  Overview of the fishery and management strategy for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the west coast of Canada.  Pages 13-35 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska.  Alaska Sea Grant Report 83-8.McFarlane & Beamish 1983 sablefish.pdf

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  Preliminary observations on the juvenile biology of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in waters off the west coast of Canada.  Pages 119‑135 in Proceedings of the International Sablefish Symposium, March 29-31, 1983, Anchorage, Alaska.  Alaska Sea Grant Report 83‑8.

McFarlane, G.A., W. Shaw, and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  Observations on the biology and distribution of Pacific hake, walleye pollock, and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia February 20‑May 2 and July 3, 1981.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1722.  vi  + 109p.

Shaw, W., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  An examination of the biology and distribution of Pacific hake, walleye pollock, and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia.  R/V G. B. REED, May 25‑June 18, 1976.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1697.  240p.

Shaw, W., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish.  1983.  Biological study of Pacific hake, walleye pollock and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia.  R/V G. B. REED, March 22‑April 2, 1976.  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 398.  iv + 76p.

1982

Beamish, R.J.  1982.  Lampetra macrostoma, a new species of freshwater parasitic lamprey from the west coast of Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 736‑747. macrostoma new fw cjfas 1982.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and D.E. Chilton.  1982.  Preliminary evaluation of a method to determine the age of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 277‑287. age sablefish cjfas 1982.pdf

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, K.R. Weir, M.S. Smith, J.R. Scarsbrook, A.J. Cass, and C.C. Wood.  1982.  Observations on the biology of Pacific hake, walleye pollock and spiny dogfish in the Strait of Georgia, Juan de Fuca Strait and off the west coast of Vancouver Island and the United States.  Arctic Harvester July 13‑29, 1976.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1651.  v + 150p.  beamish et al 1982 arctic harvester cruise.pdf

Chilton, D.E., and R.J. Beamish.  1982.  Age determination methods for fishes studied by the Groundfish Program at the Pacific Biological Station.  Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60.  102p.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, V. Egan, and D. Brown.  1982.  Results of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) tagging in the Strait of Georgia, Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait, and Dixon Entrance, during 1980.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1646.  iv + 123p.

McFarlane, G.A., R.J. Beamish, and K.R. Weir.  1982.  Study of the biology and distribution of Pacific hake during the first commercial fishery conducted in the Strait of Georgia by the M/V Callistratus February  16‑17, March 10‑April 3, and May 12, 1979.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1650.  iv + 111p.

Richards, J.E., R.J. Beamish, and F.W.H. Beamish.  1982.  Descriptions and keys for ammocoetes of lampreys from British Columbia, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 1484‑1495. Richards lamprey keys cjfas 1982.pdf

1981

Beamish, R.J.  1981.  A preliminary report of Pacific hake studies conducted off the west coast of Vancouver Island.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1610.  43p.

Beamish, R.J.  1981.  Use of fin‑ray sections to age walleye pollock, Pacific cod, and albacore, and the importance of this method.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 110: 287‑299. finray 1981.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and D.A. Fournier.  1981.  A method for comparing the precision of a set of age determinations.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 38: 982‑983. compare age cjfas 1981.pdf

Beamish, R.J., M.S. Smith, V. Egan, D. Brown, and G. McFarlane.  1981.  Results of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) tagging in the Strait of Georgia in 1979.  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 262.  73p. beamish et al 1981 dogfish tagging.pdf

1980

Beamish, R.J.  1980.  Adult biology of the river lamprey (Lampetra ayresi) and the Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) from the Pacific coast of Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 1906‑1923. biology ayresi tridentate cjfas 1980.pdf

Beamish, R.J., C. Houle, and R. Scarsbrook.  1980.  A summary of sablefish tagging and biological studies conducted during 1979 by the Pacific Biological Station.  Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1588.  194p.

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, and K. Weir.  1980.  Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise, G. B. Reed, January 13‑28, 1976.  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 225.  88p.

Foucher, R.P., and R.J. Beamish.  1980.  Production of nonviable oocytes by Pacific hake (Merluccius productus).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 41‑48. foucher hake cjfas 1980.pdf

Mills, K.H., and R.J. Beamish.  1980.  Comparison of fin‑ray and scale age determinations for lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and their implications for estimates of growth and annual survival.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 534‑544.Miller & Beamish 1980.pdf

1979

Beamish, R.J.  1979.  Differences in the age of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) using whole otoliths and sections of otoliths.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36: 141‑151. whole section otoliths jfrb 1979.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  1979.  New information on the longevity of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus).  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36: 1395‑1400. ocean perch jfrb 1979.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  1979.  The use of sections of fin rays to determine the age of pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), and comments on the importance of the fin ray method for the determination of age of fishes.  International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Document No. 2209.  41p.

Beamish, R.J., C. Houle, C. Wood, and R. Scarsbrook.  1979.  A summary of sablefish tagging and exploratory trapping studies conducted during 1978 by the Pacific Biological Station.  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 162.  113p. (Also published as INPFC Doc. No. 2208). beamish et al. 1979 sablefish tagging.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and J.R. Scarsbrook.  1979.  Data for the study of the distribution and feeding habits of lampreys in the surface waters of the Gulf Islands and in the vicinity of the Fraser River, British Columbia.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 136.  353p. beamish & scarsbrook 1979A.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and J.R. Scarsbrook.  1979.  The distribution and feeding habits of lampreys in the surface waters of the Gulf Islands and in the vicinity of the Fraser River, British Columbia.  Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Report No. 1512.  353p.

Brown, D.R., L.G. (Van) Egan, M.S. Smith, and R.J. Beamish.  1979.  Results of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) tagging in the Strait of Georgia in 1978.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report No. 141.  33p.

Sigmund, N., R.J. Beamish, J. Fargo, G. Kingston, and M. Stocker.  1979.  Exploratory bottom trawling for sablefish southwest of Vancouver Island, 1978.  Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Report No. 1517.  45p.

Thompson, J.M., and R.J. Beamish.  1979.  An examination of the biology and distribution of walleye pollock in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, the mainland inlets off Queen Charlotte Sound, and in the Strait of Georgia during March 14‑April 21, 1978.  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 173.  188p. Thompson & Beamish 1979.pdf

Wood, C.C., K.S. Ketchen, and R.J. Beamish.  1979.  Population dynamics of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in British Columbia waters.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36: 647‑656. wood dogfish jfrb 1979.pdf

1978

Beamish, R.J., M. Smith, and R. Scarsbrook.  1978.  Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise, G. B. Reed January 6‑February 21, 1975.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 48.  206p.

Beamish, R.J., and T. Uyeno.  1978.  Karyotype of Hiodon tergisus and DNA values of Hiodon tergisus and Hiodon alosoides.  Proceedings of Japan Academy.  Chromosome Information Service No. 24: 5‑8.

Beamish, R.J., K.R. Weir, J.R. Scarsbrook, and M.S. Smith.  1978.  Growth of young Pacific hake, walleye pollock, Pacific cod, and lingcod in Stuart Channel, British Columbia in 1976.  Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Report 1518.  111p.

Beamish, R.J., C. Wood, and C. Houle.  1978.  A summary of sablefish tagging studies conducted during 1977 by the Pacific Biological Station.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 77.  103p.

Cass, A.J., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, and J.R. Scarsbrook.  1978.  Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise, G. B. Reed, March 17‑24, 1975.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 50.  66p.

Low, C.J., and R.J. Beamish.  1978.  A study of the nesting behavior of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.  Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 843.  27p.

Weir, K., R.J. Beamish, M.S. Smith, and J.R. Scarsbrook.  1978.  Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia bottom trawl cruise G. B. Reed, February 25‑March 13, 1975.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Report 71.  153p.

1977

Beamish, R.J., and D. Chilton.  1977.  Age determination of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) using dorsal fin rays and scales.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 1305‑1313. age lingcod jfrb 1977.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and E.J. Crossman.  1977.  Validity of the subspecies designation for the dwarf white sucker (Catostomus commersoni utawana).  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 371‑378. dwarf white sucker jfrb 1977.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and R.R. Miller.  1977.  Cytotaxonomic study of gila trout, Salmo gilae.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 1041‑1045.Cytotax gila trout jfrb 1977.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and J.C. Van Loon.  1977.  Precipitation loading of acid and heavy metals to a small acid lake near Sudbury, Ontario.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 649‑658. precip loading jfrb 1977.pdf

Foucher, R.P., and R.J. Beamish.  1977.  A review of oocyte development in fishes with special reference to Pacific hake (Merluccius productus).  Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 755.  16p.

Van Loon, J.C., and R.J. Beamish.  1977.  Heavy‑metal contamination by atmospheric fallout of several Flin Flon area lakes and the relation to fish populations.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 899‑906. van loon Flin Flon jfrb 1977.pdf

1976

Beamish, R.J.  1976.  Acidification of lakes in Canada by acid precipitation and the resulting effects on fishes.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution 6: 501‑514.  
(Also published in the Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Acid Precipitation and the Forest Ecosystem. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE‑23, 1976.)

Beamish, R.J. 1976.  Initial examination of Pacific hake and walleye pollock populations southwest of Vancouver Island September, 1975.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1375.  36p.

Beamish, R.J.  1976.  Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise, A. P. Knight November 18‑20, 1974.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1379.  16p.

Beamish, R.J.  1976.  Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise A. P. Knight, October 3‑9, 1974.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1378.  22p.

Beamish, R.J., L.M. Blouw, and G.A. McFarlane.  1976.  A fish and chemical study of 109 lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), northwestern Ontario, with appended reports on lake whitefish ageing errors and the northwestern Ontario baitfish industry.  Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 607.  116p. 

Beamish, R.J., D. Davenport, and J.R. Scarsbrook.  1976.  Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia Cruise, A. P. Knight July 29‑31, 1974.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1374.  28p.

Beamish, R.J., D. Eftoda, R. Scarsbrook, and M. Smith.  1976.  Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise A. P. Knight, April 7‑18, 1975.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1380.  40p. 

Beamish, R.J., D. Eftoda, M. Smith, R. Scarsbrook, and R. U'ren.  1976.  Pacific hake and walleye pollock study Strait of Georgia cruise, A. P. Knight May 5‑14, 1975.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1381.  25p.

Beamish, R.J., F.P. Jordan, J.R. Scarsbrook, and R. Page.  1976.  An initial study of fishes inhabiting the surface waters of the Strait of Georgia.  M.V. Caligus July‑August, 1974.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1377.  37p.

Beamish, R.J., J.R. Scarsbrook, and F.P. Jordan.  1976.  A bottom trawl study of Pacific hake and walleye pollock along the inshore areas adjacent to Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Record No. 4.  67p.

Beamish, R.J., and M.S. Smith.  1976.  A preliminary report on the distribution, abundance, and biology of juvenile spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the Strait of Georgia and their relationship with other fishes.  Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 629.  44p.

Beamish, R.J., M. Smith, R. Scarsbrook, and C. Wood.  1976.  Hake and pollock study, Strait of Georgia cruise G. B. Reed, June 16‑27, 1975.  Fisheries and Marine Service Data Records No. 1.  174p.

Beamish, R.J., K.R. Weir, J.R. Scarsbrook, and M.S. Smith.  1976.  Growth of young Pacific hake, walleye pollock, Pacific cod and lingcod in Stuart Channel in 1975.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1399.  28p.

Beamish, R.J., and N.E. Williams. 1976.  A preliminary report on the effects of river lamprey (Lampetra ayresii) predation on salmon and herring stocks.  Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 611.  26p.

1975

Beamish, R.J., W.L. Lockhart, J.C. Van Loon, and H.H. Harvey.  1975.  Long‑term acidification of a lake and resulting effects on fishes.  Ambio 4: 98‑102. long term acidification ambio 1975.pdf

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, J.C. VanLoon, and J. Lichwa.  1975.  An examination of the possible effects of Sudbury nickel mining and smelting operations on fishes and the water chemistry of lakes within the Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve.  Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Technical Report No. 579.  52p.

1974

Beamish, R.J.  1974.  A. P. Knight groundfish cruise no. 74‑1, May 21‑24, 1974 (Data Record).  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Manuscript Report Series No. 1318.  9p. 

Beamish, R.J.  1974.  Growth and survival of white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) in an acidified lake.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 31: 49‑54. white sucker acid jfrbc 1974.pdf

Beamish, R.J.  1974.  Loss of fish populations from unexploited remote lakes in Ontario, Canada as a consequence of atmospheric fallout of acid. Water Research 8: 85‑95. fish loss acid water rsch 1974.pdf

1973:

Beamish, R.J.  1973.  Design of a trapnet with interchangeable parts for the capture of large and small fishes from varying depths.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30: 587‑590.   trapnet design jfrbc 1973.pdf
                                                                 
Beamish, R.J.  1973.  Determination of age and growth of populations of the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) exhibiting a wide range in size at maturity.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30: 607‑616. age determ white sucker jfrbc 1973.pdf

1972:

Beamish, R.J.  1972.  Design of a trapnet for sampling shallow‑water habitats.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Technical Report No. 305.  14pdesign of trapnet for sampling shallow water habitats.pdf.

Beamish, R.J.  1972.  Lethal pH for the white sucker Catostomus commersoni (Lacépède).  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101: 355‑358. lethal pH 1972.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and H.H. Harvey.  1972.  Acidification of the La Cloche Mountain Lakes, Ontario, and resulting fish mortalities.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29: 1131‑1143.  la cloche lakes jfrbc 1972.pdf  

White, W.J., and R.J. Beamish.  1972.  A simple fish tag suitable for long‑term marking experiments.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29: 339‑341.  white simple tag jfrbc 1972.pdf

1971:

Beamish, R.J., and H.H. Harvey.  1971 July 16.  Why trout are disappearing in La Cloche Lakes.  The Globe and Mail.  7p.  Globe&Mail 1971.pdf

 Beamish, R.J., M.J. Merrilees, and E.J. Crossman.  1971.  Karyotypes and DNA values for members of the suborder Esocoidei (Osteichthyes: Salmoniformes).  Chromosoma 34: 436‑447. karyotypes chromosoma 1971.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and H. Tsuyuki.  1971.  A biochemical and cytological study of the longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and large and dwarf forms of the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni).  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28: 1745‑1748. suckers jfrbc 1971.pdf

1970:

Beamish, R.J.  1970.  Factors affecting the age and size of the white sucker Catostomus commersoni at maturity.  Ph.D. Thesis.  University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.  170p.

1969:

Beamish, R.J., and H.H. Harvey.  1969.  Age determination in the white sucker.  Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 633‑638. age white sucker jfrbc 1969.pdf

Beamish, R.J., and W.B. Scott.  1969.  Asymmetry in the trunk vertebrae of Lota lota lacustris (Walbaum).  Canadian Journal of Zoology 47: 537‑538.   asymmetry lota lota cjz 1969.pdf