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nOVeMber 21
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S a L M O n S PaW n i n g S e a S O n
Salmon numbers up & down this year Rough autumn for streamkeepers who monitor returns Diane StranDberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Justine Cook wraps a tree with lights as part of the crew setting up for the city of Coquitlam’s hugely popular Lights at Lafarge in Town Centre Park. More than 400,000 LED lights are being used in this year’s display, which opens Nov. 30 and runs to Jan. 19. For more photos, see page 17. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Coquitlam River coho salmon are returning to their spawning grounds in greater numbers than other species. But that good news raises questions about what happened to the chum, chinook, pink and sockeye salmon, whose numbers are down. “Mother Nature isn’t just picking on us,” said Norm Fletcher, co-ordinator of the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club’s Grist Goesen Memorial Hatchery, who said salmon numbers are down and no one knows exactly why. Fisheries and Oceans Canada won’t provide salmon
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numbers until December but Fletcher said it appears coho are having a “medium to strong” year, enabling volunteers to capture a number of females for eggs to raise in the hatchery. “It’s looking better and better as things go on,” said Fletcher, who noted volunteers will continue to monitor the run through December and will likely collect a few more female salmon to “ripen” in tanks. Still, he said it’s “small consolation” to have a good coho return when the other salmon species aren’t plentiful and all contribute to the health of the river. “The decomposing carcasses all go to build the system and the Coquitlam River is one of the richest stream environments in the Lower Mainland, if not the richest.” see
POOR SOCKEYE, page 17
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