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<strong>of</strong> these two species, <strong>and</strong> have no record <strong>of</strong> bull trout. This lack <strong>of</strong> information probably reflects a<br />
small amount <strong>of</strong> sampling effort <strong>and</strong> not the abundance <strong>of</strong> the species in this area.<br />
Table 16. List <strong>of</strong> freshwater fish species <strong>and</strong> their presence in North Coast streams.<br />
Fish Species # documented stocks<br />
cutthroat trout 117<br />
anadromous cutthroat trout 9<br />
Dolly Varden 150<br />
anadromous Dolly Varden 1<br />
rainbow trout 68<br />
steelhead 61<br />
kokanee 19<br />
eulachon 3<br />
mountain whitefish 1<br />
threespine stickleback 42<br />
prickly sculpin 24<br />
coastrange sculpin 5<br />
slimy sculpin 3<br />
sculpin (General) 40<br />
river lamprey 1<br />
Pacific lamprey 3<br />
lamprey (General) 3<br />
stickleback (General) 19<br />
western brook lamprey 0<br />
green sturgeon 0<br />
shad (introduced) 0<br />
peamouth chub 0<br />
northern pikeminnow 0<br />
longnose dace 0<br />
redside shiner 0<br />
longnose sucker 0<br />
largescale sucker 0<br />
rainbow smelt 0<br />
longfin smelt 0<br />
Pacific staghorn sculpin 0<br />
starry flounder (estuary) 0<br />
Atlantic salmon 0<br />
burbot 0<br />
northern redbelly dace 0<br />
pygmy whitefish 0<br />
The freshwater database also includes information about a stream or fish stocks’ recreational value,<br />
its potential vulnerability <strong>and</strong> its potential uniqueness. Most <strong>of</strong> this information came from<br />
stakeholder input <strong>and</strong> from MELP’s Rich Ecosystem Analysis (Liepins, undated), <strong>and</strong> not from<br />
inventories or scientific studies. The criteria for determining recreational value, vulnerability <strong>and</strong><br />
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