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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: norm_2 on July 09, 2011, 08:20:33 AM

Title: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: norm_2 on July 09, 2011, 08:20:33 AM

I understand very few coho are required by the hatchery.  Can anybody confirm what happens to the other 99%?

Title: Re: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: bkk on July 09, 2011, 08:27:08 AM

A good portion of the return is moved to the upper watershed to spawn naturally and the rest that are not used for broodstock are given to the natives on a contract.

Title: Re: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: Stratocaster on July 09, 2011, 02:08:50 PM

A small number of the excess is given to schools for biology classes and the rest goes to the first nations

Title: Re: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: Driller on July 11, 2011, 10:47:52 PM

i don't disagree with the biology part.

Title: Re: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: clarki on July 13, 2011, 12:52:12 PM

I just read today that Metro Vancouver spend $500K to transport 38K coho to above the lake 

Title: Re: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: bigblue on July 13, 2011, 10:23:10 PM

Quote from: clarki on July 13, 2011, 12:52:12 PM

I just read today that Metro Vancouver spend $500K to transport 38K coho to above the lake 

That is interesting.
I wonder what happened to all the off spring of those 38,000 coho transported above the dam?
This spring I hardly saw any wild coho caught.

Title: Re: What do they do with the extra coho at the Capilano hatchery?
Post by: clarki on July 13, 2011, 10:30:15 PM

Quote from: bigblue on July 13, 2011, 10:23:10 PM

That is interesting.
I wonder what happened to all the off spring of those 38,000 coho transported above the dam?
This spring I hardly saw any wild coho caught.

Going from memory, I recall the article saying that they capture the fry/smolts at the dam and release them below it to save them launching off the spillway. Article was in the newspaper "24 Hours" whcih is not known for its journalism, however I have no reason to doubt the facts of this piece.