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Raincoast Study: Chinook salmon exhibit long-term rearing and early marine growth in the Fraser River, B.C., a large urban estuary
A new study has used salmon ear bones (otoliths) and genetic fingerprinting to confirm the importance of the Fraser estuary for juvenile Chinook salmon. Published on 2021 · 01 · 20 by Raincoast Conservation Photo by Michael O. Snyder. A new paper published by a team of researchers, including Raincoast scientists, and led by Lia Chalifour, finds additional…
Squamish River Estuary Skwelwil’em/Howe Sound
by Bob Turner January 27, 2021 The Squamish River estuary was once large and thriving with life, this video shows that changes that have taken place over the past decades without thought in the long lasting impacts to the natural world. Thank YOU Bob Turner for your remarkable work to bring this to our attention…
Last Dance: Spawning Chum Salmon, Vedder River
by Petr Herman Adventures “This video stars a pair of Chum salmon going about their courtship dance. They use their tails to clear silt from the nest they have dug for their eggs, called a Redd. They are not actually spawning in the video, but they are making all the preparations, getting to know each…
Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave B.C. scientists uncertain of fish populations
The Narwhal: by Matt Simmons, February 18, 2021 For 40 years, Doug Stewart coordinated his movements with spawning salmon on B.C.’s north coast, climbing up creeks to count the fish as they returned from the ocean. His job as a creekwalker — a contract salmon monitoring gig for Fisheries and Oceans Canada — took him…
Submit Your Comment to BC Timber Sales Today!
This is a copy of email sent out to our Email List on Sunday, April 28, 2024 – please get your email submitted – do it today! #ProtectRCsalmon Hello everyone: We are sending a special email from SC Streamkeepers Society as it has come to our attention that 6 cut blocks are planned in the xwesam (Roberts…
Salmon Spawning Count 2020
Bob Turner made this amazing video! It is a video capturing chum salmon spawning near Squamish, BC in November 2020. The female’s release of her eggs and fertilization by male sperm is clearly visible at 2:34. Here are a few pictures of the weekly salmon spawning counts the Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers did from the beginning…
