Category Archives: hatchery

Big Qualicum Hatchery

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Katherine

A look downstream at the Big Qualicum Hatchery

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Big Qualicum Hatchery

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Katherine

There are a good number of active and closed salmonid hatcheries on Vancouver Island. The closed ones are sad, and the one’s that remain may be threatened by budget cutbacks. On this day I stopped at the Big Qualicum Hatchery … Continue reading →

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Back to the hatchery – Headquarters Creek

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Katherine

I decided to head back to the Headquarters Creek hatchery to see what had changed since my last visit, almost exactly four years ago in January 2014. Of course, I picked a rainy day, not that I really had a … Continue reading →

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Fanny Bay Salmonid Enhancement Society

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Katherine

The Fanny Bay Salmonid Enhancement Society hatchery on Rosewell Creek is usually closed to the public, so I took advantage of an open house to visit the hatchery, and learn some more about our local rivers and salmon.

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Quinsam River hatchery

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Katherine

Upstream salmon gate at the Quinsam River hatchery

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Rosewell Creek restoration

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Katherine

Stream bed restoration and enhancement upstream of the Rosewell Creek hatchery

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Gartley Point Hatchery

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Katherine

Emerald Sea Farms Ltd’s  Gartley Point Hatchery produces geoduck seed for King Clam Geoduck. In the fall of 2010 the hatchery successfully planted its first crop of geoduck seed in coastal BC waters. Geoduck clams are the largest burrowing clam … Continue reading →

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Rosewell Creek – the bridge

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Katherine

Low August water flows provided an opportunity to take a look under the bridge leading to the Roswell Creek hatchery. Despite looking totally dry, there was water flowing about 100 metres upstream of the bridge.

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United Hatchery

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katherine

Marine Harvest’s United Hatchery on Berray Road

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Upper Puntledge Hatchery

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Katherine

Upper Puntedge Hatchery The Upper Puntledge Hatchery (spawning channel) was constructed in 1965 by BC Hydro as compensation for the loss of summer Chinook and steelhead spawning habitat and juvenile turbine mortality following expansion of the hydro facilities on the … Continue reading →

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