“…This research is part of a collaborative research programme with the Lax Kw'alaams Fisheries Program, Skeena Fisheries Commission, and Simon Fraser University examining the estuary phase of juvenile salmon migration in the Skeena River (Arbeider, Sharpe, Carr‐Harris, & Moore, ; Carr‐Harris et al, ; Carr‐Harris, Gottesfeld, & Moore, ; Moore et al, ; Moore, Carr‐Harris, Gottesfeld, et al, ). Previous research mapping juvenile salmon use of estuary regions found particularly high abundances of juvenile sockeye, Chinook, and coho salmon near the Skeena River mouth, around the Lelu Island and Flora Bank region (Figure ) (Carr‐Harris et al, ). In addition, this area supports more than 40 populations of sockeye and Chinook salmon from throughout the Skeena River watershed (Carr‐Harris et al, , ; Moore, Carr‐Harris, Gottesfeld, et al, ) and encompasses the locations of seven of the eight LNG developments that were proposed for the greater Skeena River estuary (Aurora LNG, ; Exxon Mobil, ; Pacific Northwest LNG, ; Pembina Pipeline, ; Prince Rupert LNG Ltd, ; Province of British Columbia, , ).…”