BC Fisheries News Watch Sept.14 to Sept 27, 2013 - Salmon - updated to September 30, 2013
Historic return for pink salmon
Over one million return to Campbell/Quinsam
By Neil Cameron, The Courier-Islander September 27, 2013
Pink salmon returns to the Campbell and Quinsam Rivers hit a historic high of over one million fish this year. It is the highest total on record since the Quinsam Hatchery opened over 35 years ago.
http://www.canada.com/Historic+return+pink+salmon/8965329/story.html
Tsolum pink run so good, hatchery not needed
Comox Valley Echo September 27, 2013
A healthy return of 60,000 pink salmon this year is rewarding years of hard work by the Tsolum River Restoration Society (TRRS)..."This is the best run since 1958!" said Wayne White, President of the TRRS, "This is the kind of run we would like to see every year."
http://www.canada.com/Tsolum+pink+good+hatchery+needed/8970092/story.html
Pink salmon showing healthy returns in North and West Vancouver
Brent Richter and Anne Watson / North Shore News, September 26, 2013
Salmon are returning to the streams on the North Shore — some of them, like pinks, in record numbers this year.
http://www.nsnews.com/news/pink-salmon-showing-healthy-returns-in-north-and-west-vancouver-1.639943
Horsefly River sockeye run better than expected
By Monica Lamb-Yorski - Williams Lake Tribune, September 26, 2013
While 2013 should have been the dominant year for sockeye salmon returning to the Quesnel system, a larger anticipated return has not materialized, said Fisheries and Oceans Canada this week...Nevertheless, numbers of Sockeye returning to the Horsefly River are more positive than were anticipated earlier in the season, he added.
http://www.wltribune.com/news/225428942.html
'Rogue' researchers make pitch for legitimacy
Haida Salmon Restoration Corp. officials find receptive audience in Squamish
The Chief, September 26, 2013 David Burke
Their work has been described as a “rogue experiment” and a case of “illegal geoengineering” of one of the Earth's most complex natural systems.
But the operators of a B.C.-based company under investigation for possible violations of Canada's Environmental Assessment Act appear to be making headway in their quest to gain public and scientific acceptance of the iron fertilization project done in the summer of 2012 in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Haida Gwaii.
http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20130926/SQUAMISH0101/309269990/-1/squamish/rogue-researchers-make-pitch-for-legitimacy
Pacific Salmon Foundation does valuable work
By Ralph Shaw - Comox Valley Record, Published: September 25, 2013 5
On Saturday, Sept. 28 the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) will hold its annual fundraiser, dinner and dance at the Filberg Centre in Courtenay.
http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/sports/225244962.html
Campaign plans to reintroduce migrating salmon to Canadian Columbia River
Revelstoke Times Review, September 24, 2013
Prior to the construction of hydroelectric dams, and human encroachment before that, the Columbia River was one of the most abundant salmon rivers in the world.
An estimated 10 to 15 million (or more) coursed up the river each year, some journeying past Revelstoke, around the Big Bend, and all the way to the Columbia Headwaters near Invermere. Today, about 2.5 million salmon make the abbreviated journey; many are hatchery fish.
http://www.revelstoketimesreview.com/news/225081852.html
First Cowichan River flow boost starts Sept. 22, Catalyst says
By Peter Rusland - Cowichan News Leader. September 21, 2013
Spawning Chinook salmon are being helped by bigger Cowichan River flows starting Sept. 22, Catalyst's brass says
http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/news/224727152.html
Thousands of pink salmon crowd Nanaimo River
By Robert Barron, Nanaimo Daily News September 19, 2013
More than 50,000 pink salmon have crowded into the Nanaimo River in recent days, allaying fears that the number of the fish returning to local waters would dwindle.The thousands of pink salmon that swarm into Nanaimo's waterways to spawn at this time of year showed up later than usual this season.
http://www.canada.com/Thousands+pink+salmon+crowd+Nanaimo+River/8933686/story.html
Salmon bonanza cheers volunteers
By J.R. Rardon - North Island MidWeek, Published: September 17, 2013
BEAVER COVE—Christmas came early in this remote region of North Vancouver Island. But then, it always does when the volunteers of the Kokish River Fish Hatchery kick off their annual brood stock collection of salmon.
http://www.northislandmidweek.com/news/224138281.html
Pink Salmon: B.C.'s Bounty Is Delicious If Prepared Properly, Says Chef Robert Clark
The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted: 09/15/2013
As B.C. rivers burst their banks with pink salmon, we thought it was time to look at this much-maligned species of the West Coast's favourite fish, and find out how best to enjoy it in all its sustainable glory.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/15/pink-salmon-bc-chef-robert-clark_n_3915432.html
