Fraser River

David Scott holds a salmon fry out for us to see, on the Fraser River estuary.

Field season for the Fraser River Estuary Connectivity project was five months long

Fraser River / By / 2018-11-22

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 juvenile salmon. The estuary is an incredibly beautiful setting that we never take for granted, where the herons, bald eagles, seals and seal lions are …

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Aerial photogragh of a part or Fraser River, dark blue water meandering through brown and white lands and islands with mountain range in the background

The Heart of the Fraser

Fraser River / By / 2018-12-16

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…

This is a photo of a beach at low tide with a patch of tall marsh-like grass, and with a bearded man walking on the left of the image holding a yellow device in his left hand. It is a grey day.

Back at field work for the Fraser Connectivity Project

Fraser River / By / 2018-08-18

Just when I thought field work was over I find myself back out at Sturgeon Bank! Today @rileyfinnn and I are mapping marsh islands as part of long term monitoring investigating marsh recession as well as baseline data for monitoring any changes related to the Fraser Connectivity Project!

This is a photo of two small fish in a plastic specimen bag with a ruler and the raincoast logo in the background.

Last day of field season 2018!

Fraser River / By / 2018-08-05

Last day of the Fraser Connectivity Project field season for 2018 and I could not be happier to have captured both juvenile sockeye (left) and Chinook (right) at our last site in the middle arm just south of YVR! Thanks so much to all of our amazing volunteers and my fantastic team for an epic season!

This is a photo of three researchers standing on a marshy section of the coast with algae covered rocks dividing marsh from open water. Is is a sunny day.

August with the Fraser Connectivity Project

Fraser River / By / 2018-11-08

Can’t believe it’s already August, the Fraser Connectivity Project team is almost finished for the season but managed to catch this beautiful juvenile sockeye salmon this morning along with a few Chinook! Our day also included bringing some drone footage and checking out some potential jetty breach locations!!

This is a photo of 3 researchers collecting data from a fish net in an estuary. The sun is a bit low still and coming from the left.

Field work and a lonely juvenile coho

Fraser River / By / 2018-08-05

Starting our last week of field work for the Fraser Connectivity Project for this season with some beach seining and fyke netting in the blazing heat! Caught a lonely juvenile coho and a few Chinook this morning still using the estuary at the end of July as adult salmon begin to return!

A photo of a beach with a white plastic cylinder stuck in the sand, and with evergreen trees and mountains in the distance. It is sunny and looks midday.

Downloading water chemistry data today!

Fraser River / By / 2018-08-05

Today the Fraser Connectivity Project field work included downloading our water chemistry data! Thanks to this little data logger we have been able to record the salinity and temperature of the water in our project areas every five minutes since April!!

This is a photo of a man standing amid tall reeds in a marsh he is in the distance, and drinking from a water bottle. There is also a tall dead tree behind him and slightly left of center.

Fraser Connectivity Project in the heat

Fraser River / By / 2018-08-05

Today the Fraser Connectivity Project team is heading out in the heat conducting marsh vegetation surveys in our project and sampling areas! Thanks to Daniel Stewart and Ducks Unlimited-BC for training us last week, today we put our new skills to the test!  

Team enjoyed some cloudy weather for once today while purse seining on the sandflats of the Fraser estuary.

The Fraser Connectivity Project team enjoyed some cloudy weather for once today

Fraser River / By / 2018-07-23

The Fraser Connectivity Project team enjoyed some cloudy weather for once today while purse seining on the sandflats of the Fraser estuary. We don’t catch a lot of fish in these areas compared to the eelgrass and marsh which provide much better habitat for juvenile salmon, but it is still an important part of our …

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Dave holds up a Chinook fry from the Fraser river delta.

Another beauty day for sampling in the Fraser estuary

Fraser River / By / 2018-07-12

Another beauty day for sampling in the Fraser estuary! Here is a juvenile Chinook we captured in the eelgrass with deltaport in the background. Structures like the port causeway impact the natural migration pathways that juvenile salmon need to reach important habitats in the estuary. @jackhall437 @mistymacduffee @raincoastconservation

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