Early Sockeye
Sockeye fry in the estuary in August? We caught this little beauty in the estuary this morning, the first time we have ever captured a juvenile sockeye rearing in the …
Fraser River Update
Earlier this year we began the first phase of our five-year restoration project in the Fraser Estuary making breaches in the Steveston Jetty to allow young salmon access to Sturgeon …
Marsh Boys 2019…
Calendar coming soon…. Photo by Eric Perlett
Fraser Connectivity Update
Fraser Connectivity Project monitoring continues at our jetty breach locations yesterday! The west breach is looking great with a nice channel developing onto the foreshore, transporting freshwater, fine sediment and …
In search of the Lower Fraser’s lost streams…
From Riley Finn’s blog: “I became interested in quantifying the lost streams in the Lower Fraser in my pursuit to understand what fraction of the historical salmon habitat of the …
Learning the Ropes: Fraser Connectivity Project
Eric Perlett learning the ropes of the Fraser Connectivity Project!
DFO interest in Fraser Watershed Initiative
Great to see DFO fisheries minister Wilkinson and minister Popham talking an interest in restoring the Fraser River watershed, thanks Fraser watershed initiative!
Lower Fraser River Salmon Conservation Program
The Fraser is one of the world’s great rivers. Historically it produced more salmon than any other place in North America. ⠀⠀Given the importance of Fraser River salmon ecologically, culturally …
Marsh vegetation surveys in Steveston
Putting lessons into practice! The Fraser Connectivity Project team started our marsh vegetation surveys this afternoon thanks to the id clinic we attended last week, put on by the very knowledgeable Dan Stewart. …
Starting with Fraser River
Thanks to everyone who came out tonight to learn about the road to recovery for the Southern Resident killer whales at the temple of stoke! It all starts with recovering …
Ongoing positive results in Steveston
We are continuing to see positive results for our habitat connectivity project in the Fraser Estuary. Young Salmon are still using the breaches we created in the Steveston Jetty to …
Water flowing through a Steveston jetty breach
This is a picture of water flowing through one of our breaches of the Steveston jetty, note the rock on the right hand side blocking the water from flowing that …
(De)construction complete
We have completed (de)construction of three breaches of the Steveston Jetty. The Steveston Jetty is an 8 km long rock jetty which controls the position of the main arm of …
Juvenile salmon! Again today we are out sampling this time at our west breach
Juvenile salmon! Again today we are out sampling this time at our west breach and again we are seeing exactly what we hoped!
SUCCESS! Today we tried sampling one of our jetty breaches for the first time and in 45 minutes…
SUCCESS! Today we tried sampling one of our jetty breaches for the first time and in 45 minutes caught dozens of juvenile Chinook and chum salmon moving through the breach …
Dozens of Chum
Caught our first juvenile salmon of the season this weekend! We found dozens of these little chum salmon fry in the North Arm of the Lower Fraser River yesterday, the …
Rain, Shine… or freezing
First day of field work for the season! How cold is it Noah? 3 degrees! 😯 still happy to be out here!
Breach 3/3
Day 5 of restoration! We are working on the third of three breaches of the Steveston jetty and should be finished tomorrow!
Fraser Connectivity Project: Jetty Breach 1/3
Restoration in action! Working on the first of three jetty breaches in Steveston!
Fraser Connectivity Project: Construction Starts Monday!
Today we placed a grid of small pvc pipes in the area to monitor changes in the area where we expect channels to form on Sturgeon Bank following the construction …
Fraser Connectivity Project: Construction Starts Monday! Read more »
Fraser Connectivity Project: Steveston Jetty
We are excitedly moving towards construction of 3 breaches of the Steveston Jetty to restore natural outmigration pathways for juvenile salmon which provide access to critical brackish marsh habitats!!
Field season for the Fraser River Estuary Connectivity project was five months long
Our 2018 field season for the Fraser River Estuary Connectivity project was five months long, with 76 days in the field and more than 35,000 fish sampled, including over 6,400 …
Field season for the Fraser River Estuary Connectivity project was five months long Read more »
The Heart of the Fraser
The Heart of the Fraser. The vital stretch of the river between Mission and Hope, less than two hours drive from Vancouver, provides prime spawning habitat for salmon…
2018 field season in the Fraser estuary is wrapped up
After a long five months we have now wrapped up our 2018 field season in the Fraser estuary, our best year yet! This year our team spent 76 days in the field and we captured more than 35,000 fish…
Riley Finn mapping for the Fraser Connectivity Project
Mapping marsh islands in the Fraser Estuary today for the Fraser Connectivity Project and marsh recession!
Juvenile chinook and a tug boat in August
Just a few hundred meters from where we captured Chinook (see second photo) a tug boat is raised after sinking in the Fraser with thousands of litres of fuel onboard, …
Fieldwork safari for the Fraser Connectivity Project
Went on a bit of a safari on our way home this afternoon!