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December 2011

The Powell River Salmon Society would like to thank the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for its support in 2011. The RBC contributed to our salmon enhancement objectives at the local branch level as well as through the RBC Blue Water Program. We greatly appreciate the contributions to our program and understand the value of [...]

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Egg Picker

After the eggs have been shocked a machine is used to do the initial dead egg picking. All other dead egg picking is done manually and is carried out on a daily basis. This machine is known as a Jensorter and makes use of a photocell that can tell weather or not the egg is transparent [...]

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Egg Shocking

Hello Salmon Enhancement Community! I think some of you will find this short video link interesting. With the primary incubation process well under way now at the Mill Hatchery we have been shocking our egg production. A mechanical shock is provided during a procedure where we siphon the eggs into a bucket to break the [...]

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Another Busy Week at Lang Creek Counting Fence

Last week was another busy one at Lang Creek. The Chum in particular poured it on Friday and Saturday with totals now over 16 000! Our crew worked hard to capture another few Chinook of which the eggs were stripped and taken to our Mill Hatchery. With so many Chum returning and the water flows low, many of [...]

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Lang Sill

Here is a short clip of our new sill working at Lang Creek. http://www.youtube.com/user/prsalmon1#p/a/u/0/SrAsWXDQyYY  

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Lang Creek Update

Hello Salmon Enhancement Community. Just a quick update to let you all know that there has been a wave of Chinook come into Lang Creek over the last 24hrs. There is now over 1300 Chinook that have returned and 2300 Coho. Pink numbers are at 1400. Our crews have been working around the clock to insure the [...]

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Debris Removal

Yesterday we spent a few hours removing log debris to make sure our crew stays safe during the upcoming brood stock season. This debris came down the river and was resting just above our intake and spawning channel during floods last winter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz-zhiOUb_o&feature=mh_lolz&list=HL1314303830

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Fish Pumping

Moving out the last of our Coho  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC8NiP1BR2I

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Coho Releases Continue

Our head-water stocking of Coho for Lang Creek continued this morning with 25 000 fry being released in both Anderson and Blackwater Creeks. Here are a couple of short videos  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-noYWH5Bs  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFv9P-Gszi0

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Duck Lake Net Loft

The Powell River Salmon Society uses  net pens on  Duck Lake  to produce close to 600 000 Chinook annually. There are also net pens on Texada and at Willingdon Beach that are used for Chinook production in the marine environment. After the fish are released the nets are taken ashore and hung in a net loft. The nets are washed, dried [...]

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