[BCFSN] [IFS] Fwd: Pinks run news

[Jen McMullen]

I live right on the Tsolum and you can see the fry swimming around in the
shallow swimming hole. Water levels are an additional concern for the
survival of the salmon and the Tsolum is very low, but they seem to be
thriving! Incredibly, there were also salmon spawning in the nearby Milman
Creek, but it has dried up because of the drought, so those fish were lost.


Thanks, Jen



Jen McMullen
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI All,
>
> While we face some serious issues impacting our wild sockeye salmon, the
> forwarded message below holds promise for restoring numbers. It's good to
> appreciate good news!
>
> Thank you to Sharon Niscak, Secwepemc representative of Upper Island Women
> of Native Ancestry Society.
>
> Dawn Morrison,
>
> BC Food Systems Network
> Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
> C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
> Mobile: 778.879.5106
> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sharon Niscak <springwalk2 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:18 PM
> Subject: Pinks run news
> To: Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Dawn,
>
> Thought you would like a positive note:
>
> 2.  Good news:  The pinks are coming up the Tsolum in the thousands.  This
> is a remarkable success because 2 years ago the Tsolum River Society made a
> decision to not hatche the pinks in the hatchery, but to let them reproduce
> naturally in-stream.  So this is the first "native" generation of pinks
> since 1964.  Salmon speciate fairly rapidly.  If they can repeat this
> miracle for five generations then they may constitute a population specific
> to The Tsolum.  I attach some pictures from this morning for your pleasure.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Comox Valley,
>
> (this is from post of the president of Comox Valley Nature)
>
> Respectfully,
> Sharon
>
>
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