The Salmon's Journey
Every year, Coho salmon find their way back into the Shawnigan Creek.
Today, there is a concrete fish trap beside the falls that the Coho can swim into. Inside the trap, there are other cages that they are put into to protect them from otters and poachers.
They are then passed up to the troughs above on the second floor where a group of people will place them in a transfer metal tank.
The Coho are hauled up the bank on a rail system.
The fish are then counted and transferred to specially designed tank and trailers for transport upstream above the falls.
With care, the fish are then put in another small through which a new tube was installed. The fish go down the tube into the water where they can continue spawning cycle.
Brood Stock
The environmental science 12 classes from Shawnigan Lake School worked together to net the fish and transfer them into a trailer to bring to the hatchery. All of this was done under the careful supervision and permission of the DFO and the volunteers involved in the Mill Bay Conservation Society. Big thank you to Ken Gray who coordinated the catch and transfer of brood stock.
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