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Students release salmon fry
Elementary school pupils help put fish back into Lang Creek
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March 6 may have been a Thursday on the calendar, but at Powell River Salmon Society’s Lang Creek facility, it was Fry Day. During the sunny morning, qathet School District students were bused to the salmon centre to release chum salmon into the creek, so the fish could begin the open water lifecycle. Salmon Society manager Shane Dobler said eight classes from local schools travelled to Lang Creek. He said the original plan was for six; it was expanded to eight, and unfortunately, the salmon society had to cap it. Students were able to see the salmon fry close up in a holding vessel, where salmon society employees netted the fish and put them in cups so the students could release the fish creek-side. Dobler said the salmon release was a couple of weeks ahead of schedule because of the warmer winter. “We had that one cold snap early in the new year, but water temperatures were warmer, so we have fish hatching out sooner, and therefore being released a little sooner,” said Dobler. “We still have lots of fish at the hatchery. This was just a small group of fish brought out for the classes to see.” Dobler said by the end of March, the rest of the chum will be released. He said there are more than 700,000 of them. In April, some chinook will be released into the headwaters, as well as from the hatchery itself at Duck Lake, extending into early May. »2 WATERFRONT
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HELPING LIFE CYCLE: qathet School District students were bused out to Powell River Salmon Society’s Lang Creek facility for what is known as Fry Day, which involves children releasing fry back into the waters in which salmon spawned. PAUL GALINSKI PHOTO
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