diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 74fc329..9c67677 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export(disconnect_fram_db)
 export(error_check_code)
 export(fetch_quarto_templates)
 export(fetch_table)
+export(fetch_table_bkchin)
 export(filter_ak)
 export(filter_bc)
 export(filter_ca)
diff --git a/R/fetch_data.R b/R/fetch_data.R
index 966fbcb..66a5a0b 100644
--- a/R/fetch_data.R
+++ b/R/fetch_data.R
@@ -55,10 +55,54 @@ fetch_table <- function(fram_db, table_name = NULL){
                                     glue::glue('SELECT * FROM {table_name};')) |>
       fram_clean_tables()
     attr(output_table, 'species') <- fram_db$fram_db_species
+
+    if(fram_db$fram_db_species == "CHINOOK" & table_name == "BackwardsFRAM"){
+      cli::cli_alert_danger("Chinook BackwardsFRAM tables use different numbering for stock_id!\n This can cause problems when merging with other tables!\n Recommend fetch_table_bkchin() instead.")
+    }
+
     return(output_table)
   }
 }
 
+#' Safely fetch Chinook BackwardsFRAM table
+#'
+#' The BackwardsFRAM table uses a stock_id different numbering system from all other tables, and includes
+#' sums of joint stocks (e.g. for a marked and unmarked pair of stocks, BackwardsFRAM will typically have an additional
+#' stock which represents the sum of those two). Because the numbering is different but the column name is the same,
+#' joining the Chinook BackwardsFRAM table with other tables can cause problems.
+#'
+#' This function augments fetch_table by renaming the `stock_id` column to `bk_stock_id`, and
+#' then adding on the associated stock_id (with NAs when the bkfram stock is one of these new "sum" stocks
+#' and the associated bkfram stock names). This function only works for Chinook databases.
+#'
+#' **The resulting dataframe will necessarily NOT be an exact match to the BackwardsFRAM table in the FRAM database. The stock_id column will differ (containing normal stock ID values instead of bk stock ID values), and there will be two additional columns.**
+#'
+#' @param fram_db FRAM database object
+#'
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' #' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#' ##Potentially problematic stock_id won't align with other tables
+#' fram_db |> fetch_table('BackwardsFRAM')
+#' ## "safe" version of the table; stock_id WILL align with other tables
+#' fram_db |> fetch_table_bkchin()
+#' }
+fetch_table_bkchin <- function(fram_db){
+  validate_fram_db(fram_db)
+
+  if(fram_db$fram_db_species != "CHINOOK"){
+    cli::cli_abort("`fetch_table_bkchin()` only appropriate for CHINOOK databases, not {fram_db$fram_db_species} database.")
+  }
+
+  output_table <- fetch_table(fram_db, table_name = "BackwardsFRAM") |>
+    dplyr::rename(bk_stock_id = .data$stock_id) |>
+    dplyr::left_join(framrosetta::bk_lookup_chin, by = "bk_stock_id")
+
+  return(output_table)
+}
+
 
 #' List names of FRAM table
 #'
@@ -76,59 +120,59 @@ provide_table_names <- function(is_full = TRUE){
   if(!is.logical(is_full)){
     cli::cli_abort("`is_full` must be TRUE or FALSE, not `{is_full}`")
   }
- if(is_full){ ## list of possible table names from a full table
-   c('AEQ',
-     'BackwardsFRAM',
-     'BaseCohort',
-     'BaseExploitationRate',
-     'BaseID',
-     'ChinookBaseEncounterAdjustment',
-     'ChinookBaseSizeLimit',
-     'Cohort',
-     'EncounterRateAdjustment',
-     'Escapement',
-     'Fishery',
-     'FisheryModelStockProportion',
-     'FisheryMortality',
-     'FisheryScalers',
-     'Growth',
-     'IncidentalRate',
-     'MaturationRate',
-     'Mortality',
-     'NaturalMortality',
-     'NonRetention',
-     'PSCMaxER',
-     'ReportDriver',
-     'RunEncounterRateAdjustment',
-     'RunID',
-     'ShakerMortRate',
-     'SizeLimits',
-     'SLRatio',
-     'Stock',
-     'StockFisheryRateScaler',
-     'StockRecruit',
-     'TAAETRSList',
-     'TerminalFisheryFlag',
-     'TimeStep'
-   )
- } else {
-   c(
-     'BackwardsFRAM',
-     'BaseID',
-     'Cohort',
-     'Escapement',
-     'FisheryMortality',
-     'FisheryScalers',
-     'Mortality',
-     'NonRetention',
-     'PSCMaxER',
-     'RunID',
-     'SizeLimits',
-     'SLRatio',
-     'StockFisheryRateScaler',
-     'StockRecruit',
-     'TAAETRSList'
-   )
- }
+  if(is_full){ ## list of possible table names from a full table
+    c('AEQ',
+      'BackwardsFRAM',
+      'BaseCohort',
+      'BaseExploitationRate',
+      'BaseID',
+      'ChinookBaseEncounterAdjustment',
+      'ChinookBaseSizeLimit',
+      'Cohort',
+      'EncounterRateAdjustment',
+      'Escapement',
+      'Fishery',
+      'FisheryModelStockProportion',
+      'FisheryMortality',
+      'FisheryScalers',
+      'Growth',
+      'IncidentalRate',
+      'MaturationRate',
+      'Mortality',
+      'NaturalMortality',
+      'NonRetention',
+      'PSCMaxER',
+      'ReportDriver',
+      'RunEncounterRateAdjustment',
+      'RunID',
+      'ShakerMortRate',
+      'SizeLimits',
+      'SLRatio',
+      'Stock',
+      'StockFisheryRateScaler',
+      'StockRecruit',
+      'TAAETRSList',
+      'TerminalFisheryFlag',
+      'TimeStep'
+    )
+  } else {
+    c(
+      'BackwardsFRAM',
+      'BaseID',
+      'Cohort',
+      'Escapement',
+      'FisheryMortality',
+      'FisheryScalers',
+      'Mortality',
+      'NonRetention',
+      'PSCMaxER',
+      'RunID',
+      'SizeLimits',
+      'SLRatio',
+      'StockFisheryRateScaler',
+      'StockRecruit',
+      'TAAETRSList'
+    )
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/man/fetch_table_bkchin.Rd b/man/fetch_table_bkchin.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6de6f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/fetch_table_bkchin.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/fetch_data.R
+\name{fetch_table_bkchin}
+\alias{fetch_table_bkchin}
+\title{Safely fetch Chinook BackwardsFRAM table}
+\usage{
+fetch_table_bkchin(fram_db)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{fram_db}{FRAM database object}
+}
+\description{
+The BackwardsFRAM table uses a stock_id different numbering system from all other tables, and includes
+sums of joint stocks (e.g. for a marked and unmarked pair of stocks, BackwardsFRAM will typically have an additional
+stock which represents the sum of those two). Because the numbering is different but the column name is the same,
+joining the Chinook BackwardsFRAM table with other tables can cause problems.
+}
+\details{
+This function augments fetch_table by renaming the \code{stock_id} column to \code{bk_stock_id}, and
+then adding on the associated stock_id (with NAs when the bkfram stock is one of these new "sum" stocks
+and the associated bkfram stock names). This function only works for Chinook databases.
+
+\strong{The resulting dataframe will necessarily NOT be an exact match to the BackwardsFRAM table in the FRAM database. The stock_id column will differ (containing normal stock ID values instead of bk stock ID values), and there will be two additional columns.}
+}
+\examples{
+#' @examples
+\dontrun{
+##Potentially problematic stock_id won't align with other tables
+fram_db |> fetch_table('BackwardsFRAM')
+## "safe" version of the table; stock_id WILL align with other tables
+fram_db |> fetch_table_bkchin()
+}
+}