Consulting

Summary

I am a Registered Professional Biologist with many years of experience in fisheries, aquatic (freshwater and marine), and riparian science. Also a SCUBA divemaster. I like fish and the environment!

Permitting

  • Provincial and federal for freshwater and marine projects

  • Fish and amphibian inventory and salvage

  • Species At Risk Act

  • Instream Flow Requirements for hydropower and water withdraw projects

  • Simulations and models, e.g. water storage


Data Sciences

  • Field methods for aquatic data collection

  • Power analyses of biological data

  • Statistical analyses of biological data

  • Hydrological analyses, e.g. stage-discharge relationships

  • Water quality analyses and interpretation


Technical Review Documents

Houde ALS. 2022. Species, Population and Life Stage Vulnerabilities (Section 4.9). In Playbook to Guide Landscape Recovery Strategies & Priorities for Salmon Habitat Following Major Wildfires. Prepared for Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Houde ALS. 2019. Genetics and 'Omics' Technologies: Review for Salmon Hatcheries. Prepared for Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Houde ALS, Smith A, Redden IR. 2019. Riparian Management Literature Review. Prepared for Mosaic Forest Management.


Public Technical Documents

Warnock WG, Stroud DHP, Merz JE (Houde ALS, formal reviewer). 2016. Donor stock selection of Chinook salmon for reintroduction to the transboundary Reach of the Columbia River. Report prepared for the Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission |PDF|

Houde ALS, Hall E. 2014. A risk assessment on the impacts of salmonids on Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario tributaries. In Proceedings of the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Science Workshop, February 18–20, 2014, Alliston, Ontario (Stewart TJ, Bowlby A, Wilson CC, eds.). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, File Report LOA 14.08. |PDF|

Fitzsimons JD, Houde ALS. 2014. Review of thiamine for Atlantic salmon workshop 2014. In Proceedings of the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Science Workshop, February 18–20, 2014, Alliston, Ontario (Stewart TJ, Bowlby A, Wilson CC, eds.). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, File Report LOA 14.08. |PDF|