Town Hall follow-up: video re: Recreational Salmon Fisheries Under Threat

After the Feb 27th town hall meeting in Langford, at the suggestion of Gary Cooper (Gary Cooper Fishing Diary), Tom Davis produced a video using a voice over with the power-point presentation that was shown at the Four Points by Sheraton public fisheries meeting. We thought this would be a great way to get the message, that we delivered to the over 300 attendees, to a much broader audience.

The linked video, “Recreational Salmon Fisheries Under Threat”, is intended to inform anglers and others of the plight that BC’s valuable rec Chinook fisheries are facing. In addition, it presents solutions that the public fishing community believes are valid and that more than meet the rec fisheries’ share of conservation burdens for Upper Fraser River Chinook and SRKWs.

Please share this with your organizations, family and friends and ask them for your support so that we can speed the recovery of Upper Fraser Chinook, assist the SRKWs and sustain recreational fisheries in vital southern BC fishing regions.

Thanks to both Gary Cooper and Tom Davis for this video message.

2nd Victoria Herring Symposium: April 5

We received some news from Jim Shortreed, our local advocate for herring conservation:

With the generous support of the Capital Regional District the 2nd Victoria Herring symposium is ON. The venue is the Gorge Waterway Pavilion, the evening of April 5. This is an evening of local knowledge of herring being shared. Call me for tickets [Jim Shortreed 250 937 9475].

Setting Branches to attract Spawning Herring

This year everyone is getting organized to set hemlock branches at Fisherman’s Wharf, Causeway, Victoria International Marina, Banfield Marina, and Pearson International School at Pedder Bay. The Songhees First Nation is setting branches near Fisgard Light, that’s where the herring spawned in 2022. Its a fun project and easy to volunteer for. Call me to volunteer, it’s fun and easy, you collect all sorts of sealife. Call me if you need your hemlock pruned, we’ll take all hemlock.
Feb 27 2024 email from Jim Shortreed

Herring spawn on Douglas Fir branches, Departure Bay

For background, please see our earlier post regarding the establishment of the Herring Conservation and Restoration Society.