Skip to content
  • Home
  • News & Public Science
  • Awards
  • Research
  • Publications
  • People
  • Alumni & Theses
  • Collaborators
  • Opportunities
  • Contact
  • Search

Pacific salmon ecology and Conservation Laboratory

Our mission:

We are committed to the study of salmonid ecology, behaviour and physiology, and to providing management systems with information needed for the conservation and sustainable use of fish resources.

– Dr. Scott G. Hinch

Lab Research in the News!

2025 - Hollis Kinnard (second from left) — 3MT Second Place winner: Using sensor fish to examine fish friendliness of flood pumps
2025 - Hollis Kinnard (second from left) — 3MT Second Place winner: Using sensor fish to examine fish friendliness of flood pumps
2024/25 - Peter Wall Legacy Award Recipients, Congratulations Katie and Steve!
2024/25 - Peter Wall Legacy Award Recipients, Congratulations Katie and Steve!
2024 - Capture and release best practices
2024 - Capture and release best practices
Scott Hinch named a Distinguished University Scholar (2023) – UBC conferred the most prestigious and highest honour it has to Dr. Hinch for his scholarship in research and teaching (ubc.ca)
Scott Hinch named a Distinguished University Scholar (2023) – UBC conferred the most prestigious and highest honour it has to Dr. Hinch for his scholarship in research and teaching (ubc.ca)
(2024) - UBC research helps migrating salmon survive mortality hot-spot (ubc.ca)
(2024) - UBC research helps migrating salmon survive mortality hot-spot (ubc.ca)
(2024) - Log booms and salmon habitat (CBC)
(2024) - Log booms and salmon habitat (CBC)
(2024) - Salmon migration catastrophe: Chilko landslide story (Global News)
(2024) - Salmon migration catastrophe: Chilko landslide story (Global News)
(2024) - DNA studies of juvenile salmon estuary use (raincoast.org)
(2024) - DNA studies of juvenile salmon estuary use (raincoast.org)
(2023) - Salmon catch and release research with PSEC lab members and former NHL player Brendan Morrison
(2023) - Salmon catch and release research with PSEC lab members and former NHL player Brendan Morrison
Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada | Phone: +1 (604) 822-9377 | Email: scott.hinch[at]ubc.ca
Copyright © 2025 Pacific Salmon Ecology Conservation Lab