On July 17, members of the Lake Cowichan First Nation, including operations manager Aaron Hamilton, Kristen Hamilton, and Vincent McDougall, participated in a fry salvage from Meades Creek at the Meades Creek road bridge, with Bob Crandall, president of the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society.
These three volunteers received membership with the CLSES. The society provided them with pole seine nets (made in the traditional First Nations design), portable air supply bubbler, a scientific thermometer, aquaculture license copy, activity placards and pails.
“With this equipment, and the training experienced today (these volunteers) are now prepared to fry salvage Meades Creek this season and (will be able to) document the same,” says Crandall.
A number of coho salmon fry were successfully rescued from drying pools and were released into the Meades Creek main flow channel.
CLSES and Lake Cowichan First Nation have several projects planned for local creeks over the summer.
