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Page 6 : | THE REVIEW : . Wednesday, June 13, 1973 |

VESSEL IN LOCAL WATERS ON SALMON RESEARCH PROJECT |

Saanich Peninsula boaters and:
fishermen maybe surprised. to
.see a fishing vessel - netting
“salmon: near Ganges Island this —

year from. June to November.
The Fisheries Service boat RD
104 is studying the life of juvenile
‘salmon in Georgia Strait.
After they migrate from. the
streams to the sea, young salmon
feed in shallow. water close to
shore. Boh Armstrong, skipper of
the RD 104 searches for them
with a depth sounder at several
test locations in the Strait of
Georgia. With a- purse net he
traps both salmon and herring.
The crew measures a sample of
_ the catch, takes. scale and
- $tomach specimens, then returns
*. the catch to the watar.
~The RD -104. is looking. par-
“ticularly. for “coho. and chinook
(springs) which lack the adipose
- fin (the. small fleshy fin on the
back near the - tail). Adipose-
clipped springs and coho carry a
small wire tag buried in the nose.
They are hatchery bred fish from
the Big Qualicum and Capilano
facilities or from U.S. hatcheries
in Puget Sound.» ~ fishermen.
Beginning. next’. year the | Thepurpose of the RD 104 is to
Fisheries Service hopes to nose- fill in our knowledge of the
tag natural..stream. stocks in salmon’s life between ‘the hat-
addition. to hatchery salmon. Jf chery and the fisherman. ‘It is in:
the RD 104 proves useful in in- early ocean life of the. salmon
vestigating the early movements. that the highest mortality rate
. of hatchery fish, the purse -cccurs, yet it is here that least is
. -seining: program may. “be” ex-. -known about causes of mortality.
panded. Next year the Fisheries The RD 104 is a 28 foot gillnet
“Service would sample both style vessel. It will work in water’ §
 matural and hatchery bred lessthan 10 fathoms deep, using a
:~ salmon in many-near shore and ~ net. 100: fathoms in: length and. 8
-o estuary: locations throughout fathoms in depth. Minimum and
Georgia Strait. - we _ Maximum mesh sizes are % inch
2° The.-work’ of. the: RD 104 is. and. 1: inch. respectively. It, will
~ closely. related ‘to that ofthe work at. each’ the following
' Georgia. Strait. Head Recovery locations. every six weeks:
Program, ‘which. asks sport and -Kulleet: Bay,. Ganges Harbour,
- commercial fishermen ‘to watch ~ Nanoose Bay, Deep Bay, Burrard
ack the adipose ~ Inlet.’

2 finj-and ‘to ‘turn: in the. -heads: of Besides” "sampling: ‘marked
these fish. The tags buried in the juvenile salmon, Mr. Armstrong
«heads will. let. the Fisheries‘: will - be: studying. the: diet. inter-

“Service. establish the benefit: of relationships of herring and.
our hatcheries to: Georgia Strait -_young salmon id fae

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