December 2005

December 25/2005: Boxing Day Derby Update
December 24/2005: Merry Christmas!
December 23/2005: KEEPS December Summary
December 22/2005: Local Man Convicted of Trafficking in Wildlife Meat (MOE)
December 22/2005: A Fish with Two Mouths? (JournalStar.com)
December 22/2005: Christmas Hours of Pacific Fishery Licence Unit (DFO)
December 21/2005: Funding Improves Oyster River Salmon Habitat (Comox Valley Record)
December 21/2005: Upper Pitt Finally Cleaned Up (Maple Ridge Times)
December 21/2005: "Call from a Coast" on "Nice Fish"
December 19/2005: Local groups get money for salmon enhancement (Tri-City News)
December 18/2005: Salmon returns worst in seven years (Tri-City News)
December 17/2005: The Fate of the Skeena Salmon and Steelhead
December 16/2005: More on SARA Listing of Interior Coho Salmon
December 14/2005: UBC Oyster River Farm Sold to Local Farmer
December 13/2005: Stryker Rods Christmas Sale!
December 12/2005: Farmed Salmon Sales Booming (MyTelus)
December 12/2005: Cowichan Basin Faces Water Crisis (Times Colonist)
December 12/2005: Send Us Your 2006 Event Information
December 11/2005: Float Fishing for Steelhead & Salmon Seminars
December 11/2005: Fraser River Jet Boat Clinic
December 11/2005: Giving Mother Nature a Needed Helping Hand (Whistler Question)
December 11/2005: Stream Protections Get a Boost (seattlepi.com)
December 10/2005: More on Proposed SARA Listing of Fraser River Interior Coho Salmon
December 10/2005: More on the Oyster River/UBC Farm Issue
December 02/2005: WWF prize to combat bycatch (WWF)
December 02/2005: Fraser River Charter Patrol Services - Call for Tender
December 02/2005: UBC Farm Sale Leaves Community Interests Hanging
December 02/2005: Lawsuit Challenging Salmon Policy Can Go Forward (The Olympian)
December 02/2005: Ladies Night at Reaction Fly and Tackle
December 01/2005: Advertise on BC Freshwater Fishing Regulation Synopsis
December 01/2005: Habitat Violation of the Month (Salmonopolis)
December 01/2005: New Study Questions Benefits of Eating Farmed Salmon (UAlbany

November 2005

November 29/2005: Conservation & Ecology News (Como Watershed Group)
November 29/2005: Join us for our last activity of 2005! (Como Watershed Group)
November 28/2005: Possible SARA Listing of Fraser River Interior Coho Salmon (DFO)
November 28/2005: Chilliwack River Creel Survey Result
November 28/2005: October/November Okanagan Watershed News
November 26/2005: Habitat JAM
November 25/2005: Petition of Rockfish Conservation Area Proposal
November 24/2005: Upcoming Meetings on National Marine Conservation Area Reserves
November 24/2005: Presentation on Closed Containment Salmon Farming
November 24/2005: 62nd Annual Boxing Day Steelhead Derby
November 23/2005: KEEPS Newsletter
November 22/2005: 2006 Salmon Outlook
November 18/2005: Tenderfoot Hatchery Chum Egg-Take
November 18/2005: Don't Forget to Vote Tomorrow!
November 17/2005: CKNW Herring Sale
November 17/2005: Beluga Ban Boosts Domestic Caviar Farming (Reuters)
November 16/2005: Carcass Recoveries on the Seymour River
November 16/2005: Canada's Salmon Fishery Target of Two Lawsuits (seattlepi.com)
November 14/2005: Upcoming Television Program
November 11/1005: Upcoming Fishery Lecture
November 04/2005: Fishing within Swiftsure Bank Closed Area Leads to Fine (DFO)
November 04/2005: Two Great Locations, One Incredible Show!
November 03/2005: Significant Tree Day In Saanich
November 02/2005: Conservation and Ecology News (Como Watershed Group)
November 02/2005: Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
November 01/2005: Amy and Navy Job Postings
November 01/2005: Cowichan River Coho and Chum Daily Quota Notice (DFO)

October 2005

October 31/2005: Save the Coquitlam River on November 7th
October 30/2005: Upcoming Steelhead Summit
October 28/2005: Lower Mainland Lake Stocking Update
October 27/2005: Commercial Salmon Seine Fisherman Fined for not Brailing Catch (DFO)
October 27/2005: Seymour Salmonid Society Upcoming AGM
October 26/2005: Fall Edition of Stream Talk Now Available! (DFO, pdf file, 1.80mb)
October 26/2005: Help Habitat Fundraiser Secures 2006 Projects
October 26/2005: Fishery Act Violations Lead to $6,000 Fine (DFO)
October 25/2005: Indian River Chum Salmon Egg Takes
October 25/2005: Nootka Sound Coho Salmon Daily Quota Change (DFO)
October 24/2005: Another CN Derailment in the Cheakamus Canyon! (CBC)
October 23/2005: Upcoming Conference on Climate and Fisheries in Victoria
October 22/2005: Show Your Support in Protecting the Coquitlam River
October 18/2005: Learn about the Squamish River Estuary!
October 18/2005: Volunteers Needed for West Vancouver Spawner Surveys
October 18/2005: The Return of Chum Salmon to Spanish Bank
October 17/2005: Chilliwack Pink Salmon Egg Take Update
October 17/2005: Fraser Valley Fishing Trips update
October 11/2005: Fall Fishing Fair in Victoria, October 15th
October 10/2005: Como Watershed Group Fall Newsletter and Volunteer Opportunities
October 10/2005: Robson Creek Daylight Celebration
October 10/2005: Watch Boston Legal on October 11th
October 10/2005: Chilliwack Pink Salmon Egg Take update
October 10/2005: Seymour Broodstock Capture on October 11th
October 06/2005: Stave River Pink Salmon Opening (DFO)
October 06/2005: Thompson River Steelhead Opening
October 05/2005: Chilliwack Hatchery Open House
October 05/2005: What does a hatchery coho look like?
October 05/2005: Upcoming hatchery coho opening in non-tidal Fraser River (DFO)
October 05/2005: Upcoming hatchery coho opening in tidal Fraser River (DFO)
October 05/2005: Chilliwack Pink Salmon Egg Takes

September 2005

September 30/2005: Seymour Coho fry releases in Fish Habitat Projects
September 30/2005: Angling opening on the Squamish River and its tributaries (DFO)
September 30/2005: Coho angling opportunities on the Campbell River (DFO)
September 20/2005: Skeena Fish Farms on Hold
September 20/2005: DFO Funds Simon Fraser University Oceans Initiative (DFO)
September 19/2005: Indian River Pink Salmon Egg Take
September 14/2005: Region 3 Fraser River sockeye, chinook and pink fishing opportunities (DFO)
September 14/2005: Skeena River coho salmon retention (DFO)
September 14/2005: Lower Mainland Volunteer Opportunities
September 09/2005: Tidal Fraser sockeye boundary extension (DFO)
September 09/2005: Conuma River salmon fishing opportunities (DFO)
September 08/2005: PSF Stewardship Volunteer Bursary
September 08/2005: September is Salmon Month and BC Rivers Day!
September 08/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery Volunteer Update
September 06/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
September 06/2005: Southern BC sockeye retention update (DFO)
September 02/2005: Harrison River sockeye retention (DFO)
September 02/2005: Revised Region 2 Fraser River sockeye salmon retention (DFO)
September 02/2005: Sockeye Salmon Retention in Southern BC (DFO)
September 02/2005: Region 5 sockeye salmon retention (DFO)
September 02/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
September 02/2005: Bait ban on tidal Fraser starting September 6th (DFO)
September 02/2005: Community Salmon Program Grant Available
September 02/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery Volunteer Update
September 01/2005: Sockeye trips available at STS Guiding due to cancellation

August 2005

August 31/2005: Region 3 Fraser River chinook, sockeye and pink salmon retention (DFO)
August 31/2005: Region 2 Fraser River sockeye salmon retention (DFO)
August 31/2005: Vedder River pink salmon retention (DFO)
August 30/2005: More Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
August 30/2005: Chinook retention opening for Nicomekl and Serptentine River (DFO)
August 30/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery volunteering update
August 30/2005: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
August 30/2005: Island 22 September Long Weekend
August 26/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 26/2005: Kanaka Creek volunteer opportunities
August 25/2005: Victoria Rod Building Weekend
August 25/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 25/2005: Non-tidal Fraser River Pink Salmon Retention (DFO)
August 25/2005: Harrison River Pink Salmon Retention (DFO)
August 24/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 22/2005: Stolen trailer and boat from North Delta
August 19/2005: Wilson Slough Cleanup
August 19/2005: Correction to Squamish River regulations (DFO)
August 19/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 17/2005: Pacific Salmon Foundation announces partnership with CN
August 16/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 16/2005: 2005 BiteMe Fishing Derby
August 15/2005: Seymour River Volunteer Opportunities
August 15/2005: Non-retention of Pinks and Chinooks in Upper Howe Sound (DFO)
August 12/2005: CN Train Removed from the River (The Globe and Mail)
August 12/2005: Angling Closures for Squamish River, Cheakamus River and Mamquam River (DFO)
August 12/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 12/2005: Spill Cleanup 'could take... years' (Whistler Question)
August 10/2005: Ruling in Cheam Injunction Application
August 09/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 08/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery Volunteer Updates
August 07/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 07/2005: Chilliwack River Habitat Restoration Updates
August 06/2005: Volunteers needed for Cheakamus River Disaster!
August 06/2005: Cheam Prohibits Fraser River Angling Access
August 05/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
August 05/2005: Chemical spills in Cheakamus River kills fish
August 05/2005: Recreational sockeye retention in Area 11, 12, 111 (DFO)
August 05/2005: Skeena River, Babine Lake, Pinkut Creek and Fulton River sockeye daily limit (DFO)
August 04/2005: DFO and First Nations Multi-year Drift and Set Net Study
August 02/2005: Thompson River chinook salmon opportunity (DFO)

July 2005

July 31/2005: New photo gallery installed
July 29/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 29/2005: Southern BC Recreational Sockeye Fishing Information (DFO)
July 29/2005: Region 6 Coho Salmon Regulation Changes (DFO)
July 29/2005: Bute Inlet Coho Salmon Opening (DFO)
July 26/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 25/2005: Nootka Sound Regulation Changes (DFO)
July 24/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery Volunteer Update
July 22/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 22/2005: Fraser River White Sturgeon Conservation Plan
July 20/2005: Adipose clipped Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon
July 19/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 19/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery Volunteering Updates
July 15/2005: Non retention of chinook at Esperanza Inlet, West Coast of Vancouver Island (DFO)
July 15/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 15/2005: Cowichan River Splash
July 13/2005: Regan announces coastwide salmon fishing opportunities in 2005
July 13/2005: Clayoquot Sound and Offshore Coho Regulation Changes (DFO)
July 13/2005: Capilano River Weirs Information
July 13/2005: Nootka Sound, Esperanza Inlet and Offshore Coho Regulation Changes (DFO)
July 13/2005: Bottom Trawling is destroying B.C.’s Coral Forests and Sponge Reefs
July 13/2005: Barkley Sound, Alberni Inlet and Offshore Regulation Changes (DFO)
July 12/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 12/2005: Squamish River regulations for 2005 (DFO)
July 12/2005: Steelhead Review by BC Conservation Foundation
July 11/2005: Alberni Inlet finfish closure (DFO)
July 11/2005: Lake Washington sockeye fishery unlikely this year as salmon co-managers downsize forecast
July 08/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release (Pacific Salmon Commission)
July 07/2005: Land owner convicted of destruction of fish habitat in Langley (DFO)
July 07/2005: DFO Releases Pacific Region state of the ocean report (DFO)
July 06/2005: Kanaka Creek Updates
July 06/2005: Job Posting: WaterWise Door-to-Door Representatives
July 04/2005: Proposed Changes in Kootenay Regulations
July 04/2005: World Rivers Day Announced
July 01/2005: Chinook size limit change on Sunshine Coast (DFO)
July 01/2005: Happy Canada Days!

June 2005

May 2005

May 31/2005: Public sees value in Enhancement and Hatcheries
May 30/2005: World Oceans Day at Crescent Beach
May 24/2005: Third Annual Como Lake Festival
May 19/2005: Rivershed Society of BC AGM
May 19/2005: Okanagan Nation Fry Release May 20
May 18/2005: Pacific Salmon Foundation Open House
May 18/2005: Correction of "Adult Chinook" definition in Freshwater Salmon Supplement (DFO)
May 18/2005: 2004 Stryker Flyfishing Rods on Sale!
May 16/2005: Booth Creek/Hope Slough/McLennan Creek/Silverdale Creek Regulations
May 15/2005: Conservation and Ecology News (Como Watershed Group)
May 13/2005: DFO to Conduct a Major Survey of the Financial Performance of the Pacific Commercial Fisheries
May 13/2005: Sockeye daily quota reduction in Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet (DFO)
May 12/2005: 24 hour opening and closure toll free phone line available outside the Lower Mainland
May 12/2005: Shrimp trawl fisherman convicted for retaining prawns (DFO)
May 11/2005: If not now, when? If not us, who?
May 10/2005: Okanagan River Chinook Recommended for Endangered Species Listing
May 10/2005: Up to 5 percent of farmed salmon deformed (Yahoo!)
May 09/2005: Regan presents 2005 recreational fisheries awards to five recipients (DFO)
May 09/2005: Ditch eel regulation reminder (DFO)
May 05/2005: Fingerling Festival
May 04/2005: Vancouver resident convicted for breaching conditions of trawl licence (DFO)
May 04/2005: Seymour River Steelhead Smolt Release
May 04/2005: Eulachon test fishery result
May 03/2005: Capilano River chinook year-round opening
May 02/2005: Sturgeon Caught in Cultus Lake, Chilliwack!
May 02/2005: New BC Family Fishing Weekend Website

April 2005

April 29/2005: Fisheries Patrols Launched in the North Pacific
April 27/2005: Scientists call for fishing limits to protect tuna (Yahoo!)
April 27/2005: Fraser River chinook opening (DFO)
April 23/2005: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities at the Seymour Fish Hatchery
April 21/2005: Maplewood Creek Chum Release, Help Needed
April 21/2005: Chum drops
April 21/2005: Oceola Fish & Game Club Award Presentation
April 21/2005: The 13th Annual World Ocean Day
April 20/2005: Job Position at Seymour Salmon Hatchery
April 20/2005: Seymour River Steelhead Snorkel Count
April 19/2005: Masset Resident Fined $9,600 for Illegal Sablefish Harvest (DFO)
April 19/2005: Just for the Halibut Derby
April 19/2005: DFO Lays out Response to Salmon Crisis (The Progress)
April 18/2005: Upcoming Community Fisheries Workshop
April 18/2005: Commercial Salmon Gill Net Fisherman Fined for Retaining Prohibited Species (DFO)
April 18/2005: This Week's Conservation & Ecology News (Como Watershed Group)
April 15/2005: 2005/2006 Groundfish Trawl Fishing Plan Approved (DFO)
April 14/2005: Reagan announces plan of action to reform Pacific fisheries (DFO)
April 14/2005: New stocking at Sardis Pond
April 14/2005: Berry's Free Fishing Seminars
April 13/2005: Wild Salmon Policy Multi-Interest Dialogue Forum
April 13/2005: Cast and Blast
April 07/2005: DFO minister receives report on 2004 Fraser River fishery
April 07/2005: Recreational Fish Banking - Trading of Fish (DFO)
April 07/2005: Recreational Lingcod Openings (DFO)
April 05/2005: World Rivers Day Initiative
April 04/2005: Living Sustainably in B.C.'s Salmon Forests
April 04/2005: Commercial Fisher Convicted of Fishing for Salmon with Illegal GillNet (DFO)
April 04/2005: Fraser River returns to BC's Endangered Rivers List (pdf file)
April 03/2005: Eulachon Test Fishery (DFO)

March 2005

March 28/2005: License Renewal Reminder
March 28/2005: Como Creek Planting
March 27/2005: South Coast Steelhead Coalition Meeting
March 23/2005: DFO Announces 2005 Sea Lice Research Plan in the Broughton Archipelago
March 23/2005: Strahl calls on DFO to act on new Fraser River Salmon Fishery Report
March 22/2005: Committee Releases Report on Missing Salmon
March 21/2005: Fish Habitat Planting
March 21/2005: Committee Set to Unveil Report on Missing Salmon
March 17/2005: U.N.: Half of world's fish stocks 'fully exploited' (MSNBC)
March 16/2005: Outlook for 2005 Salmon Fishing Season (DFO)
March 16/2005: Detailed 2005 Salmon Season Overview (DFO)
March 16/2005: Chilliwack River Chinook Fishing Closure (DFO)
March 13/2005: Eulachon Fishery Closure (DFO)
March 09/2005: Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Feasibility Study
March 08/2005: West Vancouver Streamkeeper Public Meeting
March 08/2005: Riparian Area Regulation
March 08/2005: Proposal Writing/Funding Application Workshop

February 2005

February 28/2005: Como Creek Tree Planting
February 23/2005: Seymour Steelhead Snorkel Count
February 16/2005: Last Call for Input into Proposed Rockfish Conservation Areas (DFO)
February 14/2005: Upcoming CRAC Meeting
February 08/2005: The boat show is back on! (canada.com)
February 08/2005: Fraser Valley Boat & Sportsmen's Show seminar information
February 08/2005: Strike sinks Vancouver Boat Show (canada.com)
February 07/2005: Wild Salmon Policy [SEHAB] Invitation to community
February 07/2005: SARA & Fraser White Sturgeon
February 06/2005: KEEPS January Summary of Acitivities
February 06/2005: Oceola Fish & Game Club Annual Banquet
February 05/2005: Environmental/Fisheries Extension Courses
February 04/2005: FOC Financial Info of Recreational Fishery Revenues
February 03/2005: Community Salmon Program
February 02/2005: Southeastern Vancouver Island Trout and Bass Survey

January 2005

January 31/2005: Wild Salmon Policy Consultation Deadline Nears!
January 30/2005: Message from President of Seymour Salmonid Society
January 29/2005: 23rd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
January 28/2005: Salmon Troller Fined $2,500 (DFO)
January 28/2005: Scientists Seek Funds for Sea Lice Research (SFU)
January 27/2005: Summary of First Session of William's Enquiry
January 27/2005: Lower Fraser Sturgeon Monitoring Summary 2004
January 26/2005: Gibbs Moves to New Manufacturing Premises
January 26/2005: Canadian Water Resources Conference
January 26/2005: Albion Test Fishery Sturgeon Catch Report
January 25/2005: Non-tidal Pitt River Bait Ban (DFO)
January 24/2005: Williams Enquiry in Chilliwack
January 23/2005: Heavy rainfall causes rivers to rise fast, anglers beware.
January 19/2005: Changes in 2005-2007 Sport Fishing Guide
January 18/2005: Thresholds in Habitat Supply: A Review of the Literature
January 18/2005: Fraser Valley Salmon Society January Newsletter
January 16/2005: University seeks science-based answer (Campbell River Mirror)
January 16/2005: B.C. Supreme Court supports decision to let fishermen off the hook (Campbell River Mirror)
January 16/2005: Cheam Poachers Never Showed Up in Court
January 15/2005: Tourist Resort Fined $20,000 for Habitat Damage (DFO)
January 14/2005: Tolmie Slide Update (CRAC)
January 14/2005: Restaurant Fined for the Illegal Purchase and Resale of Uninspected Fish (DFO)
January 14/2005: Sportfishing Lodge Fined $22,500 for Pollution Offence (DFO)
January 14/2005: 2004 Post-season Southern Salmon Fishery Review (DFO)
January 13/2005: Como Lake Festival Volunteer Meeting (Como Watershed Group)
January 13/2005: FOC's Community Dialogue Session Report (DFO)
January 12/2005: STS Guiding Service's Single Seat Sales
January 10/2005: Conservation & Ecology News, Week of January 9th (Como Watershed Group)
January 07/2005: Tolmie Slide update! (CRAC)
January 06/2005: Danger below Tolmie Clay Slide (CRAC)
January 05/2005: Seymour Salmon Hatchery volunteer update (Seymour Salmonid Society)

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