Monday December 31, 2018 ~ WEST SHORE
by West Shore Voice News
“The complex task of restoring salmon abundance and bringing the benefit from our fisheries resources back to BC simply cannot be done without a whole-citizen effort.”
That’s the mainstay of ‘Options for a Made-in-BC Wild Salmon Strategy’ as prepared by the BC Wild Salmon Advisory Council and submitted to the BC Government in September 2018.
Juan de Fuca Electoral Area (JDFEA) Director Mike Hicks who was instrumental in generating the strategy encourages people with an interest in this topic to attend, from 6 to 8 pm.
“The policy talks of many things including a Provincial commitment to salmon enhancement and restoration,” says Hicks.
>> [File Photo – West Shore Voice News – Oct 2016]: Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society volunteers net up salmon in the Sooke River for relocation to the Jack Brooks Hatchery. The hatchery raises and releases thousands of natural salmon into local spawning streams from where they migrate to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and then to the open Pacific Ocean. The fish return to spawn in local waters, thus ensuring the survival wild Pacific salmon. http://www.sookesalmonenhancement.com/