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On February 27th, 2021, volunteering members of Goldstream Salmon Hatchery transported and released 2500 coho smolts into Millstream Lake, which feeds and flows into Victoria's Esquimalt Harbor. Thank you to our great volunteers and supporters for making this release a success! Click on images to enlarge
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 "On November 14th, she presented us with $450.00 that she had raised by selling salmon keychains in her neighbourhood that she and her Mom manufactured themselves. It is this sort of thing that energizes me and gives me hope that, in spite of all the depressing news we receive daily, there is hope for the future. On our volunteers' behalf, I've suggested that Julia and Joscilyn might be interested in a membership because Julia is not yet old enough to be up here on her own yet." ~ Peter McCully  These hand-drawn, handmade keychains by Julia (age 8) will be available when in stock at the hatchery for $5 each. They also may become available at Island Outfitters and other local spots. Stay tuned! From all of us here at Goldstream Hatchery, and on behalf of our Pacific Salmon,
Thank you so much for your support and interest in salmon enhancement Julia! Day by day and week by week, the salmon are slowly arriving at Goldstream.
Thank you to our dedicated volunteers for "wadering up", getting cold and sometimes rather wet in the process of netting these fish for Goldstream Hatcheries' brood stock. So far we have had some beautiful chum, and the odd coho. We still anticipate more fish over the next few weeks. A special thank you to Scotty Fishing & Outdoor Products for also supplying our volunteers with face shields to be worn during this process and while at the hatchery to follow current "Covid protocols" at this time. Stay tuned for a great video being done up over the next few months, documenting this years brood stock collection, including great underwater footage of these magnificent fish. After this weekends' Thanksgiving rains, we anticipate seeing some salmon at our fence very soon! However We wanted to take a minute to point out the countless other trips to the fence to simply clean and check the status!
Every fall, the installation, mending and cleaning of our Goldstream Fence takes place and often the "chores" like this go un-noticed. So thank you to all of our great volunteer's for rolling up their sleeves, dawning their waders and doing the hard work; this all takes place before we get to have fun and net salmon for our brood stock collection. We hope everyone had a lovely, safe and pleasant Thanksgiving long weekend! Stay tuned for videos and pictures when we collect our Goldstream Salmon! Fall salmon runs quickly approach, and with the tree's changing leaves dually comes the installation of our Goldstream fence to collect this years brood stock. Thank you to the countless volunteers who have helped make this day a success. Every year we wrangle our valued volunteer crew to help with this important task at hand. Now we patiently wait for salmon. (Click on the two photos collages below to enlarge.)   Dorothy Chambers talks Vancouver Island salmon with local broadcast CFAX 1070.
Click the below text to listen to her interview! >> CHECKING IN WITH THE COHO OF COLQUITZ CREEK The fence installation on Tuesday, September 17th went in without a hitch. A well-deserved "pat on the back" to all those who turned out to help put it up and get things read. Now all we need are fish! We have added a new link on our website where you can now easily download and read the monthly mail out of "The Water Ship News". Please click on the image below, to link to our new page on this site, and to download your own copies, read archived newsletters or visit the "salmoninschools.ca" link for additional information.   Photo By: @MountDougPark on Twitter The annual Salmon Carcass Transplant/Toss, Coho smolt transplant and riparian planting were a super success this year! "At the edge of Douglas Creek in Mount Doug Park on Saturday, small but mighty volunteers are heaving frozen salmon as far as they can.
These salmon aren’t going to come back to life, but it’s still a resurrection of sorts. “It’s really part of the ecosystem to have, basically, salmon fertilizer, what it amounts to, in the creek,” said Darrell Wick, president of Friends of Mount Douglas Society. This annual fish flinging is an attempt to replenish nutrients in the area and boost the future salmon stock." <<< READ MORE & WATCH THE NEWS RELEASE VIDEO>>> - THE GLOBE AND MAIL - Midwives of the river: The volunteers who keep B.C.’s salmon coming back1/8/2019 CLICK HERE to read the full article on Salmon Enhancement in The Globe And Mail! "At a Vancouver Island hatchery, dozens of people give their time to raise new salmon for British Columbian rivers. But with Ottawa’s coming changes to fisheries policy, will free labour be enough?" Article by: Justine Hunter Photo by: Chad Hipolito  |
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