Yesterday’s field crew had great success in the Fraser Estuary. We caught 901 juvenile salmon (Chinook and chum). We also collected thirty genetic samples from juvenile Chinook.
Ten Raincoast science points for the first person to correctly identify our new piece of kit.
Photo by Dave Scott (@dave.scott.bc).
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Lia and Marlie – Raincoast’s newest mariners giving a thumbs up to a great field season!
Look who we encountered on our day off – a beautiful coastal wolf.
Chinook salmon, the largest of the Pacific salmon species, grow up to 50+ pounds and is the primary prey resource for the Southern Resident Orca population in the Salish Sea. Catching these little fry knowing they will grow to be big powerful fish is pretty special…
Great to see DFO fisheries minister Wilkinson and minister Popham talking an interest in restoring the Fraser River watershed, thanks Fraser watershed initiative!
The Steveston Jetty is only one of the many structures dividing the Fraser estuary, altering the movement of salmon, freshwater, and fine sediments to Sturgeon and Roberts Banks.
Black bear striking a pose in the Great Bear rainforest today.
