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Mel Sheng, retired Section Head of Salmon Enhancement Programs Operations for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, explains the difficulties of salmon enhancement and climate change during a talk at the Maritime Heritage Centre in Campbell River March 16. At right is former Quinsam Hatchery Manager Dave Ewart.

Blooming algae! Scientists try to capitalize on conditions changing due to climate

With climate change as its new customer, the Salish Sea Restaurant has…

Mel Sheng, retired Section Head of Salmon Enhancement Programs Operations for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, explains the difficulties of salmon enhancement and climate change during a talk at the Maritime Heritage Centre in Campbell River March 16. At right is former Quinsam Hatchery Manager Dave Ewart.
The next generation of the 2016 chinook run on the Campbell River would have been lost if not for the Quinsam Hatchery.

Quinsam Hatchery proves to be money in the bank after 2016 flooding

The old saying about you can “take it to the bank” became…

The next generation of the 2016 chinook run on the Campbell River would have been lost if not for the Quinsam Hatchery.
Jessie Blake holds up a lunker rainbow trout from Reginald Lake just west of Campbell River. A four-year fertilization program has dramatically increased the size of fish in the lake. The program is also being applied to other lakes all around Vancouver Island.

Growing bigger Island trout

After four years, the proof is in the pulling. Pulling, that is,…

Jessie Blake holds up a lunker rainbow trout from Reginald Lake just west of Campbell River. A four-year fertilization program has dramatically increased the size of fish in the lake. The program is also being applied to other lakes all around Vancouver Island.
Greenways Land Trust’s new office manager Lydia Stratemann, left, and Alanna Vachon, Community Engagement Coordinator, take a break from a move into their new office to check out the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek.

The grass is greener for Greenways Land Trust

Greenways Land Trust is moving to greener pastures.The Campbell River environmental organization…

Greenways Land Trust’s new office manager Lydia Stratemann, left, and Alanna Vachon, Community Engagement Coordinator, take a break from a move into their new office to check out the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek.
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Shoot out at the Cameron corral

ED. NOTE: The Mirror is pleased to welcome to our pages, the…

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These were some of the first chinooks into the Quinsam Hatchery in 2016. Each individual salmon will now be traced through new DNA technology that could help rebuild the Campbell River chinook run.

Cooking up a recipe for larger fish

Genetic program at Quinsam Hatchery links chinook offspring to specific parents

These were some of the first chinooks into the Quinsam Hatchery in 2016. Each individual salmon will now be traced through new DNA technology that could help rebuild the Campbell River chinook run.