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
June 30/2005: Saving
Cultus sockeye at what price? (Chilliwack Times)
June 30/2005: Adult Coho Enumeration Volunteering
at Seymour
June 30/2005: Fraser River Panel News Release
June 29/2005: Barkley
Sound and Alberni Inlet sockeye salmon daily quota (DFO)
June 29/2005: Atnarko
River chinook salmon opening (DFO)
June 29/2005: Kildala
River monthly quota for chinook salmon (DFO)
June 20/2005: Anglers' dialogue process
with First Nations
June 16/2005: DFO
Moves Ahead with Reform to Pacific Fisheries (DFO)
June 16/2005: BC
Ministry fined by DFO (DFO)
June 15/2005: Lafarge Lake Trout Fishing Day
June 15/2005: Pikeminnow Derby at Cultus Lake
June 13/2005: Conservation
and Ecology News (Como Watershed Group)
June 12/2005: Upper Seymour Watershed Coho Releases
June 10/2005: DFO
releases final result of 2004 sea lice research program | 2003-2005
result (DFO)
June 08/2005: Fisheries
Act Violations Lead to $35,000 Fine (DFO)
June 08/2005: New website latest tool in protecting
BCs marine environment
June 08/2005: Rockfish
Conservation Areas Implemented (DFO)
June 08/2005: Jobs available at STS Guiding
Service
June 08/2005: Bush
seeks expansion of offshore fish farms
June 07/2005: BC
Biologist launches private prosecution over fish farm sea lice (canada.com)
June 07/2005: Volunteers needed for Rice Lake
Fishing Day
June 07/2005: Cultus Lake Sturgeon Identified
June 06/2005: Rockfish
Conservation Areas Implemented (DFO)
June 06/2005: Lingcod
Daily Quota changed in some areas (DFO)
June 06/2005: Nimpkish
River Mouth Recreational Crab Fishery Quota Varied (DFO)
June 02/2005: West
Coast of Vancouver Island Recreational Coho Opportunities (DFO)
June 02/2005: Coho
Opportunities in Johnstone Strait, Strait of Georgia and Juan de Fuca (DFO)
June 02/2005: Chinook
Non-retention Areas in the Strait of Georgia (DFO)
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)
December 2004
December 26/2004: Complete
Boxing Day Derby Result
December 24/2004: Merry Christmas from FWR!
December 18/2004: Consultations
to begin on Wild Salmon Policy
December 15/2004: Seymour Salmon Hatchery
volunteer update |