Hello folks, seems like there have been alot of great reports and threads about the Fraser and Vedder rivers lately.
I thought I would add something different just to switch things up and do a quick pic heavy report on some local volunteer/stewardship happenings. Today Langley Environmental Partners Society (http://www.leps.bc.ca/) and the Seymour Salmonid Society (http://www.seymoursalmon.com/) undertook a beach seine on a local river. If what is happening in the following pictures looks like fun to you check out the previously listed websites and get involved.
This needs alot more explaining than I have time to give right now so I will stick with pictures and a few comments. I will try to add more text in the near future (my list of chores is long and the lady will be home soon :-\) also feel free to ask any questions and I will reply ASAP.
The fish were all captured using a beach seine and sorted with dip nets:
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All previously captured fish were released immediately to prevent unnecessary stress:
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The purpose of the seine was to asses the health of the stock, take scale samples and apply radio tags:
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this fish has been marked with an operculum punch to help asses the strength of the stock using Mark and Recapture techniques
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this fish has been fitted with a radio tag and spaghetti tag to allow for collection of migration and distribution data it is now being revived for a safe release
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this photo shows yours truly operculum punching a small coho
We captured steelhead as well as coho like this one:
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and cutts like this one, that is still recovering from spawning this spring:
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All in all it was a very fun day and goes to show that volunteering can be exciting as well as rewarding. All of the fish we processed today were released unharmed and swam away.
As I previously said I did not have alot of time to write up the text and I realise it is disjointed to some extent. I will be happy to answer any questions that reading this brings up. Just post them and I promise I will reply ASAP.
Tight lines,
Pat
Edited for spelling thanks Ribby!
I thought I would add something different just to switch things up and do a quick pic heavy report on some local volunteer/stewardship happenings. Today Langley Environmental Partners Society (http://www.leps.bc.ca/) and the Seymour Salmonid Society (http://www.seymoursalmon.com/) undertook a beach seine on a local river. If what is happening in the following pictures looks like fun to you check out the previously listed websites and get involved.
This needs alot more explaining than I have time to give right now so I will stick with pictures and a few comments. I will try to add more text in the near future (my list of chores is long and the lady will be home soon :-\) also feel free to ask any questions and I will reply ASAP.
The fish were all captured using a beach seine and sorted with dip nets:
All previously captured fish were released immediately to prevent unnecessary stress:
The purpose of the seine was to asses the health of the stock, take scale samples and apply radio tags:
this fish has been marked with an operculum punch to help asses the strength of the stock using Mark and Recapture techniques
this fish has been fitted with a radio tag and spaghetti tag to allow for collection of migration and distribution data it is now being revived for a safe release
this photo shows yours truly operculum punching a small coho
We captured steelhead as well as coho like this one:
and cutts like this one, that is still recovering from spawning this spring:
All in all it was a very fun day and goes to show that volunteering can be exciting as well as rewarding. All of the fish we processed today were released unharmed and swam away.
As I previously said I did not have alot of time to write up the text and I realise it is disjointed to some extent. I will be happy to answer any questions that reading this brings up. Just post them and I promise I will reply ASAP.
Tight lines,
Pat
Edited for spelling thanks Ribby!
