Salmon Steward

The Ritchie Foundation 6 fall/winter 2014 psf.ca Thank you. Donations to the Pacific Salmon Foundation support projects that address salmon conservation, restoration and enhancement across the province. These individuals and organizations have made cumulative donations of $100,000 or more to the Foundation. Everyone for Salmon Honouring the people who donate their time and money to the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project The Salish Sea Marine Survival Project draws from the expertise and resources of a growing list of 40 partners from both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Many are providing in-kind support and matching funds to maximize the impact of cash donations to the project; in-kind support may include salaried staff to participate in studies, access to laboratories and vessels, use of specialized equipment, and professional collaborations. here's a spotlight on just a few of the supporters who are helping to double the impact of your donations. Tracking salmon wiTh acousTic TelemeTry Canada's ocean Tracking network will help defray more than $500,000 in costs through the loan of 35 new receivers that will be deployed in lower Johnstone Strait to enable the acoustic tracking of tagged juvenile salmon (Sockeye, Chinook, Coho and Steelhead). The Ocean Tracking Network will also provide funds for maintenance of these receivers. measuring The impacT of harbour seals Developing a new technology can be costly, but donors can thank the Vancouver aquarium and wildlife computers for alleviating almost $60,000 in costs. That's more than half the total budget for the first phase of the project. Based out of Redmond, Washington, Wildlife Computers specializes in electronic tagging technology for marine animals. Wildlife Computers donated engineering time, software and hardware for the new tracking technology. Donations from the Vancouver Aquarium included use of their in-house researchers, facilities and equipment. The next phase of the project will see almost $50,000 in new in-kind donations from Wildlife Computers and the Vancouver Aquarium. sTudying in-riVer behaViour of JuVenile salmon The bc conservation foundation and cowichan first nations are conducting snorkel surveys in the Cowichan River to learn how salmon use in-river habitats and where they can be found. BC Conservation Foundation and fisheries and oceans Canada are also assessing early marine survival through the use of PIT tags. The efforts are taking the form of three distinct projects. In-kind contributions to the project include equipment from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. BC Conservation Foundation and pacific salmon commission are partnering to double the impact of donations to the project through matching funds. ciTizen science program In-kind contributions for this program came from fisheries and oceans staff and retired staff including eddy carmack, Jane eert, mike dempsey and svein Vagle, all of whom volunteered time and expertise to develop the program. bob fraumeni, longtime Pacific Salmon Foundation supporter and president of finest at sea ocean products, will donate vessel time and operations to carry out oceanographic sampling. Left: Researchers use yellow acoustic receivers to track the movement of tagged fall Chinook. Photo courtesy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

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