BC Fisheries News Watch October 1 to October 31, 2013 - Salmon

Grant boosts Salish Sea research project
By Karl Yu - Nanaimo News Bulletin, Published: October 22, 2013
http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/228483081.html

Study will analyze mortality of “wild” B.C. salmon
Canada: Salmon are apparently dying young in the “Salish Sea”- and now a $5-million (~€3.9 million) international study hopes to find out why
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, October 23, 2013
http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=101856

Chum salmon starting their annual migration, and will boost fishing propects well into fall and winter
Seattle Times, Posted by Mark Yuasa
A return of 800,000-plus chum to Puget Sound and Hood Canal will let the good times roll for anglers well into the holiday months.
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/reeltimenorthwest/2013/10/22/chum-salmon-starting-their-annual-migration-and-will-boost-fishing-propects-well-into-fall-and-winter/

Tsolum River closed to fishing
Comox Valley Record, October 21, 2013
...Why is the Tsolum River closed to fishing?
When the Mound Washington Copper Mine was abandoned in 1964, a process known as “acid mine drainage” (AMD) began. By 1999, the Tsolum River earned the dubious honour of being the most endangered river in B.C. and in 2000 it was declared “dead” by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/228660621.html

Canadian firm hopes to save salmon by spiking ocean with fertilizer
National Post, Tristin Hopper | 18/10/13
Two men stand in a small art gallery in Squamish, B.C., and make their case for a plan to create more fish simply by spiking the ocean with fertilizer. “Are there more fish in the sea today than there were 100 years ago, yes or no?” says one of the men, Jason McNamee, repeating a well-rehearsed patter. After a beat, he follows up with, “What have you done about it?” …Exactly one year before, Mr. McNamee’s company had put their idea to the test by dispatching a fishing vessel to a Pacific Ocean eddy and scattering 120 tonnes of ground-up iron. Only a few months later, Alaskan and West Coast streams were host to some of the largest returns of pink salmon in recorded history. Mr. McNamee readily admits that he could not be completely certain that his fertilizer had brought back the pinks. But he hints that it is possible.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/18/canadian-firm-hopes-to-save-salmon-by-spiking-ocean-with-fertilizer-but-even-greenpeace-condemns-rogue-science/

Adams sockeye return promising
For whatever reason this year, they seem to be surviving'
Kamloops Daily News, Oct. 16,  2013
Adams River late-run sockeye are arriving to spawn in greater numbers and in better health than forecast.
http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20131016/KAMLOOPS0101/131019909/-1/kamloops01/adams-sockeye-return-promising

Salmon research project to focus on Salish Sea
MARK HUME, VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail, Thursday, Oct. 17 2013
Government and private groups on both sides of the border are joining forces to try to find out what is affecting salmon survival in the waters off the coasts of British Columbia and Washington State. Brian Riddell, president and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, said it is hoped that an initial grant of $5-million can be expanded to $20-million over the next five years.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/salmon-research-project-to-focus-on-salish-sea/article14921492/

Newsletter: Pacific Salmon Foundation, October 17, 2013
http://www.industrymailout.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=495679&p=281c

A historic fish release
Sam Smith / Tri-Cities Now, October 17, 2013
There’s something fishy going on in Coquitlam.
The Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC) celebrated its 10th anniversary last week with the release of its 95-millionth fish going right into Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam.
http://www.thenownews.com/news/a-historic-fish-release-1.663279

Behind the scenes of a stellar pink salmon run
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, October 2013
The pink salmon run of 2013 has exceeded all expectations in many areas of the West Coast, with pinks in many rivers returning in numbers not seen in more than 50 years. Many people may think this was just a happy fluke of nature, but in reality, hard work and dedication has contributed to this remarkable recovery.
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sep-pmvs/pink2013-rose2013-eng.html

Saanich volunteers have fingers crossed for solid salmon season
By Kyle Slavin - Victoria News, Published: October 15, 2013
The arrival of fall brings with it cooler weather and colourful foliage, but for the stewards who oversee the Colquitz River, it also marks the start of salmon season.
http://www.vicnews.com/news/227839291.html

WATCH: Penticton fish count looks promising
By Angela Jung  Global News, October 8, 2013
PENTICTON — Sockeye and kokanee salmon are spawning at Penticton River Channel and the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) wants to know exactly how many.
http://globalnews.ca/news/890120/penticton-fish-count-looks-promising/

Salmon mystery in Swift Creek
The Rocky Mountain Goat– October 8, 2013
...Local salmon guru Bruce Wilkinson said he had never seen Sockeye in Swift Creek before. “This is amazing!” he wrote in an email to the Goat. Wilkinson is spearheading a program to enhance the stream to improve spawning near the viewing area to ensure tourism and education about the salmon life cycle continue.
http://www.therockymountaingoat.com/2013/10/salmon-mystery-in-swift-creek/

Where have the Coho and Chinook Salmon in Georgia Straight gone? - Dr. Brian Riddell
Secret Science Cafe, September 30, 2013
Where have the Coho and Chinook Salmon in Georgia Straight gone?
Dr. Brian Riddell, the President and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation tells us why it’s so difficult to know what has happened beneath the sea and what he and the PSF are doing to turn this environmental mystery around.
http://ohboy.ca/secretscience/index.php/dr-brian-riddell/

Anglers tapping record run of chinook salmon
By Rich Landers - The Spokesman-Review,  October 7, 2013
...The biggest run of fall chinook since record-keeping started in 1938 is parading up the Columbia and Snake rivers, chalking up impressive numbers as it advances.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2013/oct/07/hanford-reach-anglers-catch-record-number-fall-chinook/

Thousands of derelict, creosote-covered pilings to be removed from San Francisco Bay
Columbus Republic, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, October 07, 2013
SAUSALITO, California — Thousands of derelict pilings soaked with creosote will be removed from San Francisco Bay in an effort to clean up an important habitat for Pacific herring.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f700a3972a0d4ba0b8dda81819ca8bc6/CA--Bay-Pilings-Removed

Coho and chum fishing in Campbell River
Jeremy Maynard / Campbell River Courier Islander, October 4, 2013
Coho have long been the traditional salmon of the fall recreational fishery and around the inner south coast this year should see some of the best in a couple of decades in both fresh and saltwater...Over the past twenty odd years a new contender for the title of “favourite fall salmon” in the Campbell River area has emerged, that being the chum salmon.
http://www.courierislander.com/sports/coho-and-chum-fishing-in-campbell-river-1.649774

Group hatches plan to bring herring back to False Creek
Return of small fish would encourage return of predators such as whales, dolphins
By Matthew Robinson, Vancouver Sun October 6, 2013
Before bridges stretched across False Creek and marinas dotted its waters, the Vancouver inlet was a rich spawning ground for herring, which drew predatory dolphins and whales into surrounding waters. But according to Jonn Matsen, co-chair of the Squamish Streamkeepers’ Society, when False Creek was dredged and creosote-soaked pilings were driven into the seabed, its herring-friendly habitat faded and the fish and their predators all but vanished. Now Matsen and the streamkeepers plan to reverse some of the damage with an unexpected product that can turn docks themselves into herring spawning grounds — plastic.
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Group+hatches+plan+bring+herring+back+False+Creek/9004336/story.html

Landers: Chinook too young to be mammoth
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review, Oct. 2, 2013
...This year’s record run is dominated by 3- and 4 year-olds, weighing roughly 8-18 pounds, the product of two consecutive years of exceptional spring flows that boosted salmon smolts downstream through reservoirs to the ocean.“The survival rate for young fish during those outmigrations was off the charts,” Roler said, noting that last year’s component of 3-year-olds was big.However, the older fish age classes date back to years of smaller returns.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/oct/02/landers-chinook-too-young-be-mammoth/

Salmon Swarm To Spawn In Elwha River And Its Tributaries At Olympic National Park
National Park Traveler, Submitted by NPT Staff on October 3, 2013
...Results from the survey indicate this year’s Chinook return is one of the strongest since 1992 and reveal that the salmon are readily moving into stretches of the river formerly blocked by the Elwha Dam, park officials said in a release (before the government shutdown).
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2013/10/salmon-swarm-spawn-elwha-river-and-its-tributaries-olympic-national-park24026

Former parking lot makes way for a restored creek
By Yuliya Talmazan,  Global News, October 1, 2013
A living creek that was paved over many years ago has been restored, and the hope is it will have salmon flowing through it again one day.
http://globalnews.ca/news/873228/former-parking-lot-makes-way-for-a-restored-creek/

It's a different form of big water fishing
By Jeremy Maynard, The Courier-Islander October 2, 2013
As many anglers know, Pacific salmon have been transplanted to numerous places around the globe. Unlike Atlantic salmon, which have never established self-sustaining populations outside their natural range, various species of Pacific salmon, especially chinook and coho, have taken root in widely separated Ardent locations in temperate zones in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
http://www.canada.com/different+form+water+fishing/8985011/story.html

The Chinook are back
Sequim Gazette, Published on Tue, Oct 1, 2013
Survey reveals Elwha River Chinook are colonizing new habitats below Glines Canyon Dam
Two years after dam removal began, thousands of Chinook salmon have returned to the Elwha River and found their way into newly accessible stretches of the river and its tributaries to spawn.
http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2013-10-01_the_chinook_are_back

Reference Link: 2013 Wild Salmon Runs - News Watch September 2013 - Salmon
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/2013-wild-salmon-runs-news-watch-september-2013-salmon