the shortjaw cisco is considered "threatened" in Canada and has been approved for listing in "threatened" in Alberta. The Alberta designation is based on the restricted redistribution in this species in the province and its isolation from other populations. To date, it has been verified at only one locality - Barry Lake in the Canadian Shield region north of Lake Athabasca - although unconfirmed reports have also come from Lake Athabasca, Gregoire Lake, and Cold lake. The main objective of the work undertaken in 2001 was to search for other populations of shortjaw cisco in the province. Additional distribution data would assist in assessing the status of this species by providing 1) updated distirbution data, 2) a search effort context in which to evaluate the number of reported element occurrences, and 3) a baseline for evaluation of future distribution trends. Previous work on the shortjaw cisco in Barrow Lake determined that this population appears stable and is under little immediate threat.