Viktor Lewynsky has over 44 years of experience in fisheries management, aquatic ecology, statistics, and environmental management in Canada and the US. He has held positions with various government agencies and research organizations, focusing on areas such as fisheries surveys, population dynamics, habitat evaluations, and environmental training. He now works independently as a fisheries consultant through his own company, providing professional services to government, industry, First Nations, and other groups.

1. Viktor (Vic) A. Lewynsky
Dip. T., B.Sc., M.Sc.
Fisheries Biologist-Biostatistician
Career Positions Held
Resource Dynamics
Principal
Current
B.C. Hydro & Power
Authority
Environmental Coordinator
1992 – 2012
Western Renewable
Resources
Principal
1984 – 1992
Idaho Cooperative Fishery
Research Unit
Research Biologist
1980 – 1983
Simon Fraser University
Research Associate
Teaching Assistant
1978 – 1980
B.C. Ministry of Forests
AssistantRanger Forest
1975 – 1976
Forest Technician
1972
B.C. Ministry of Environment
Conservation Officer
1974
Wildlife Technician
1973
Experience Summary
Vic Lewynsky has 44 years technical and professional experiencein aquatic ecology,
fisheries management, statistical methods,forestry, and general environmental
management in Canada and the USA.
Mr. Lewynsky’s experience in aquatic resourcemanagement extends from
limnological methods to commercial and recreational fisheries management. At
Simon Fraser University,Vic conducted a variety of aquatic surveys and research,and
instructed laboratory courses in limnology. His research activities with the Idaho
Cooperative Fishery Research Unit focused on: the use and effect of regulations in
sportfishery management; creel survey methodologies; movements and seasonal
distribution of trout; age-and-growth analysis;and population dynamicsof exploited
trout stocks.
Vic joined B.C. Hydro to assist their Transmission,Distribution and Generation
Divisionsdevelop and implement their initial environmentmanagement program for
their field operations.This subsequently included environmental services for
Transmission and Distribution development and maintenance activities and
generation and reservoir operations throughout the Northern and Southern Regions
of British Columbia. He also conducted environmental trainingneeds-assessments
among the wide range of employee disciplines,staff and contractors,and helped
develop and deliver specialized environmental trainingmodules.Vic was periodically
seconded to assistFirstNations in their fishery monitoringprograms in south central
BC and help finalizeFish-and-WildlifeCompensation Agreements with the Provinceof
B.C. stemming from reservoir and hydro generation development in the Columbia
River basin.
As principal of Western Renewable Resources,Vic provided professional services to
federal and provincial governments, industry (fishing,forest,utility and agricultural),
FirstNations and privateconcerns. Services provided include: general project
administration and management, fisheries feasibility studies and management
planning,fish harvestsurvey designs and analytical counsel, numerous studies on
steelhead trout harvestby commercial and FirstNations fisheries,sportfishery
evaluations,fisheries exploitation/habitatevaluations,ageand growth analysisof
resident and anadromous fish populations,timber harvestingcounsel on private
lands,silviculturesurveys,stand tending, data management and processing,
data/statistical analyses and ghost-writing technical reports.
Vic’s formal trainingin applied statisticsincludes:graduatecourses in survey
sampling,experimental design, parametric and nonparametric methods, multivariate
analysisand mathematical ecology. This is supported by a useableknowledge of
several statistical softwareprograms. His formal analytical background is
complemented with direct field experience in designingand managing creel surveys
(fish harvestand user profiles),harvestsurveys of commercial and First-Nation
fisheries,experimental designs, fish population and habitatsurveys and timber
cruising.

2. Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
Forest Technician
1973
Formal Education
Professional Affiliations
(Hi stori c)
Additional Training
and Skills
Community Service
Personal
Furthermore, Mr. Lewynsky has a sound knowledge of forestry operations.His
involvement with forest resources extends from actual timber harvestingto forest
protection. Work performed duringemployment with industry and government and
personal enterprise(Small Business foresttenure harvesting) include:
 Road location,cut-block layout,timber cruising;
 Timber saleplanningand contractsupervision;
 Firesuppression organization and supervision; and
 Road, landingand skid-trail construction,timber fallingand skidding.
Vic’s interdisciplinary education and experiencefrom layman to professional in
fisheries and forestry has provided him with the ability to communicate effectively
with a wide cross-section of the scientific community,resourceusers,employees,
managers, executives and the general public.
Grade 12 (Academic Sciences) 1969. Vernon Senior High
Dipl. T. (Forest Resources) 1973. B.C. Institute of Technology
Dipl. T. (Fish,Wildlifeand Parks Management) 1975. B.C. Instituteof Technology
B.Sc. (Biological Sciences) 1978.Simon Fraser University
M.Sc. (Fishery Resource Management & Applied Statistics) 1985.University of Idaho
American Fisheries Society
Biometric Society
Canadian Society of Zoologists
Association of Professional Biologistof B.C. (No. 276)
Media Relations
Adult Education
Public Speaking
Root-Cause Assessment
Respectable Workplace
Mainframe, microcomputer and personal computers; programming in FORTRAN,
BASIC, C, Excel and a range of statistical software.
NAUI (scuba) certification
Heavy duty equipment operator/timber faller
Vi c has served hi s communi ty through Chambers of Commerce,
servi ng on Provi nci al Economi c Devel opmen t Commi ttees, hol di ng
posi ti ons i n Fi sh and Wi l dl i fe Associ ati ons, and managi ng youth
hockey and soccer teams.
Mr. Lewynsky was born in Germany and immigrated to Canada with his parents in
1953,obtained his Canadian Citizenship in 1959 and spenthis formativeyears in
south central B.C. (N. Okanagan and S. Cariboo). He is widowed and has three adult
children:

3. Presentations by
Invitation
Reports and Publications
ChristineA. Batcheller, CA, CPA
Erika E. Lewynsky, P.Eng.
Martin D. Lewynsky, R.P.F., E.I.T .
Public inputinto fisheries management. Annual meeting of fisheries biologists of the
B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks. YellowPoint Lodge, B.C. May, 1987
Special Regulations –Panacea or Management Option? Annual meeting of the
International North Pacific Chapter of American Fisheries Society,Harrison Hot
Springs,B.C. March,1987
Special regulations on the Coeur d’Alene River – Are they working? Annual meeting of
the Idaho Chapter of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Boise,
Idaho.February, 1982
The Coeur d’Alene River Fishery – What went wrong? Idaho Department of Fish and
Game In-Servicetrainingschool. Boise,Idaho. March,1982
Some effects of catch-and-releasefishingon westslopecutthroat trout populations in
the Coeur d’Alene River. Pacific Ecology Conference. Vancouver, B.C. April,1982.
Special presentation to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission on the biological and
sociological problems with restrictiveanglingregulations. Boise,Idaho. May, 1982
Lewynsky, V.A. 1978. Behavioral responseand sensitivity of the rainbowtrout (Salmo
gairdneri) to changes in atmospheric pressure. B.Sc. Thesis,Simon Fraser University,
35p.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1985. Evaluation of special anglingregulationsin theCoeur d’Alene
River trout fishery. M.Sc. Thesis,University of Idaho,Moscow, Idaho,199pp.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1986. Creel survey designs for the SkagitRiver and Ross Reservoir
sportfisheries. Prepared for B.C. Ministry of Environment, Surrey, B.C. and
Washington State Department of Game, Bellingham,WA.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1986. Sport fishingopportunities and suspended solid concentrations
in the upper Nechako River with changes in regulated summer flows. Prepared for
the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks,Fisheries Research Section,U.B.C.,
Vancouver, B.C.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1987. Survey of steelhead trout harvest by commercial salmon
fisheries of the Bella Coola, Dean Channel and Fisher-FitzHugh Regions,1986.
Prepared for Department of Fisheries and Oceans and B.C. Ministry of Environment.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1988. Survey of the Indian dipnetfisheries of the Chilcotin and upper
Fraser rivers,1987. Prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans,New
Westminster, B.C.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1988. A review of angler use management to maintain anglingquality
in public fisheries. Prepared for Provinceof British Columbia,Fisheries Branch,
Smithers/Victoria,B.C.

4. Lewynsky, V.A. 1988. Creel survey design for the Shuswap Lake sportfishery.
Prepared for Provinceof British Columbia,Ministry of Environment, Kamloops,B.C.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1988. Survey of steelhead trout harvest by Indian food fisheries of the
Fraser River, Autumn, 1987. Prepared for Department of Fisheries and Oceans and
B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks by Western Renewable Resources in
Association with Nl’akapxmTribal Council.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1988. Recreational fisheries of the Northeast Development Region.
Prepared for Fisheries Task Force,Northeast Development Region, Hon. T. Brummet,
Minister of State.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1988. Survey of the Carp Lake sportfishery,1988. Prepared for
Ministry of Parks,PrinceGeorge, B.C.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1989. Experimental Design to evaluatesteelhead trout catchability
usingmodified commercial gillnets in Dean Channel,British Columbia. Prepared for
B.C. Ministry of Environment.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1989. Evaluation of a modified commercial gillnetto reduce
steelhead trout harvestin Dean Channel, British Columbia. Prepared for B.C. Ministry
of Environment.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1990. Carp Lake Provincial Park fisheries management plan. B.C.
Ministries of Environment and Parks.
Lewynsky, V.A. 1990. Summit Lake pikeinvestigations. B.C. Ministries of
Environment and Parks,Fish and WildlifeBranch.
Lewynsky, V.A., and T.C. Bjornn. 1983. Coeur d’Alene River fisheries investigations.
Federal Aid to Fish and WildlifeRestoration,Job Completion Report F-73-R-4, Boise,
Idaho,U.S.A.
Lewynsky, V.A., and T.C. Bjornn. 1987. Response of cutthroat and rainbowtrout to
catch-and-releasefishing. In R.A. Barnhartand T.D. Roelofs, editors. Proceedings of
the Catch-and-ReleaseFishingSymposium: A decade of experience. Humbolt State
University,Arcata, California,U.S.A.
Lewynsky, V.A., W.R. Olmsted, R.J. Stewart, and K.J. Scott. 1987. Interception of fall -
run steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) by sport,commercial and Indian food fisheries
of the Fraser River, 1985. Prepared for Department of Fisheries and Oceans and B.C.
Ministry of Environment.
Lewynsky, V.A., D. Anderson, and N. Todd. 1988. Feasibility study of the Peace
Canyon Hatchery. Prepared for Fisheries Task Force,Northeast Development Region,
Hon. T. Brummet, Minister of State.
Lewynsky, V.A., and K.J. Scott. 1988. Survey of steelhead trout harvest by the Indian
food fisheries of the lower Fraser River, Winter, 1988.Prepared for Department of
Fisheries and Oceans and B.C. Ministry of Environment.
Hooton, R.S. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1985. BigQualicumRiver steelhead fishery
investigations. 1976-1981. B.C.Ministry of Environment, Fisheries Management
Report No. 5, Victoria, B.C.

5. O’Neill,M. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1985. Skeena River creel survey. 1984-85.Prepared
for the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Peterson, G.R., and V.A. Lewynsky. 1985. Review of lower Fraser system salmon
escapements, habitatcondition,and exploitation rates. Prepared for Salmon Habitat
Research Section, Fisheries Research Branch,Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
West Vancouver, B.C.
Scott, J.R. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1985. Angler survey and catch summary of the Vedder
River steelhead fishery,1984-85. B.C. Ministry of Environment and Department of
Fisheries and Oceans.
Carswell,L.B., R.S. Hooton, and V.A. Lewynsky. 1986. Campbell/QuinsamRiver creel
surveys,1975-76 to 1979-80. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Fisheries Technical
Circular No.72. Victoria,B.C.
Hooton, R.S., B.R. Ward,V.A. Lewynsky, M.G. Lirette, and A. Facchin. 1987. Age and
growth of steelhead in Vancouver Island populations. Ministry of Environment and
Parks,Fisheries Technical Circular No.77, Victoria,B.C.
Lirette, M.G., R.S. Hooton, and V.A. Lewynsky. 1987. Preliminary steelhead
production capability estimates for selectVancouver Island streams. Fisheries
Branch,Technical Circular No.74, Victoria
Peterson, G.R. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1987. Angler survey Alouette Lake- 1986.
Regional Fisheries ReportNo. LM 116. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment
and Parks,Surrey, B.C. by Howard Paish & Assoc.and Western Renewable Resources.
Scott, J.R. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1985. Angler use and catch survey of the Chilliwack-
Vedder River Steelhead fishery,1984/85. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of
Environment and Department of Fisheries and Oceans by Howard Paish and
Associates and Western Renewable Resources.
Scott, J.R. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1987. Creel survey of the Canadian SkagitRiver,1986.
Regional Fisheries ReportNo. LM 115. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment
and Parks,Surrey, B.C. by Scott Resource Services and Western Renewable
Resources.
Stewart, R.J. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1987. Interception of steelhead trout (Salmo
gairdneri) in the Indian Fishery of the Fraser River, September through November,
1986. Prepared for Department of Fisheries and Oceans and B.C. Ministry of
Environment by Central Interior Tribal Fisheries and Western Renewable Resources.
Paish,H. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1988. An assessmentof the recreational fisheries in the
SigulatUnit of Tweedsmuir Park. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Parks,Northern
Region by Howard Paish & Assoc.and Western Renewable Resources.
Paish,H. and V.A. Lewynsky. 1989. Bowron Lake Provincial Park fisheries
management programme. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Parks,Northern Region
by Howard Paish & Assoc.and Western Renewable Resources.
Peterson, G.R., H. Paish,and V.A. Lewynsky. 1989. Fisheries management plan for
Strathcona Provincial Park. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Parks,South Coast
Region, by Howard Paish & Assoc.and Western Renewable Resources.

6. Yole, F.Y.E. [V.A. Lewynsky]. 1989. Identification of freshwater age of chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) usingscalecharacters. Canadian Technical Reportof
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1628, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Scott, J.R., J. den Breejen and V.A. Lewynsky. 1991. An assessmentof the 1990 Skagit
sportfishery. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Fish and Wildlife
Management by Scott Resource Services and Western Renewable Resources.
Slaney, T.L. and V.A. Lewynsky 1991. Walleyefeasibility study:Moberly and Gwillim
lakes. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Recreational Fisheries Branch.
Gislason,G. and V.A. Lewynsky 1991. Peace River Site C sportfishingsurvey.Prepared
for B.C. Hydro Environmental Resources Division by DPA Group Inc.and Western
Renewable Resources.
Gislason,G. and V.A. Lewynsky 1991. Economic Impacts of the Skeena River
Freshwater Sport Fishery.Prepared for B.C. Ministry of Tourismby the ARA
ConsultingGroup Inc.
Gislason,G. and V.A. Lewynsky 1992. Lower Columbia River sportfishingand boating
survey. Prepared for B.C. Hydro Environmental Resources Division by the ARA
ConsultingGroup Inc. and Western Renewable Resources.