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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Scott on January 27, 2009, 07:34:41 AM

Title: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: Scott on January 27, 2009, 07:34:41 AM

Hey, I am new to FWR and am wondering if anyone knows a website where I can figure out how big the run of hatchery steel is in the canyon?

Title: Re: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: Rodney on January 27, 2009, 11:13:01 AM

Steelhead stocking on the Chehalis River, or any fish stockings in British Columbia can be checked on this website:

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/fidq/stockedSpeciesSelect.do

Simply type in Chehalis River in the "Gazetted Name/Alias" field and you will get all the result.

The Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery is responsible for the hatchery steelhead program. If there are further questions, you can also phone the hatchery at (604) 504-4716.

Title: Re: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: Scott on January 27, 2009, 12:08:01 PM

Thanks for the info

Title: Re: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: quincy on January 27, 2009, 04:15:11 PM

that website is fatastic

Title: Re: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: quincy on January 27, 2009, 04:16:53 PM

oops FANTASTIC  :-[

Title: Re: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: Dr. Backlash on January 27, 2009, 05:18:51 PM

Great website link Rod!  I was wondering if there might be a similar website that indicates the number of fish that have returned to the hatheries on the lower mainland rivers or throughout the province? each year or year to date?

Title: Re: Hatchery steel in the Chehalis canyon?
Post by: Rodney on January 27, 2009, 09:45:06 PM

Quote from: iliketofish on January 27, 2009, 05:18:51 PM

Great website link Rod!  I was wondering if there might be a similar website that indicates the number of fish that have returned to the hatheries on the lower mainland rivers or throughout the province? each year or year to date?

Adult stock assessment is much more complicated than hatchery steelhead smolt data collecting for obvious reasons. Depending on which streams, they are done mostly carried out by volunteers and funding constraint limits how extensive it could be done. Here are some websites for more information:

adult stock assessment information (http://www.bccf.com/steelhead/stock-assessment.htm#ad-txt)

2004 region 2 stock assessment (http://www.bccf.com/steelhead/stock-assessment-reports-r2.htm)