Coho Smolt Release on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC

Kids from Glenwood Elementary, volunteers from the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Society, and DFO Community Advisor Maurice Coulter-Boisvert released coho smolts in Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby this morning. Great to have help from City of Burnaby staff, too!

A few shots of the fun:

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DFO CA Maurice

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Talking salmon life cycle

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Netting smolts in the transport tank

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City of Burnaby staff help fill baggies of fish for the kids

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Handing out baggies of fish

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Streamkeeper volunteers supervise releases

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A lovely coho smolt

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After the kids had to leave to get back to school, we released the rest of the salmon in the artificial spawning channel

Byrne Creek coho smolt release