Gillard Pass Salmon Hatchery, Sonora Island
The job this day is to load Chinook fry into large buckets that are
flown by helicopter to several ocean and lake locations and dumped.
The copter made ten trips to transfer all the fry.

090523_0078p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Pilot Rito arriving with buckets	090523_0079p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Buckets, Martha, Rose	090523_0080p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Buckets
090523_0086p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Sam Anderson, center	090523_0087p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Greg filling bucket	090523_0089p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Martha
090523_0090p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 A netful of fry going into bucket	090523_0093p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Bucket rigged for takeoff	090523_0094p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Up, up and away
090523_0096p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Fry headed off	090523_0098p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Sam filling anothr bucket	090523_0100p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 There are five rearing tanks
090523_0106p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Dumping fry into bucket	090523_0107p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Sam's Diva	090523_0117p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Sam and Martha dumpster diving
090523_0176p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Just a few fry left in this tank	090523_0180p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Grampa Pete	090523_0182p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Empty bucket returning
090523_0190p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 All fry gone, preparing buckets for leaving	090523_0191p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Buckets leaving	090523_0193p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Innes Pass - a beautiful place
090523_0195p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Innes Pass	090523_0196p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Innes Pass	090523_0198p.jpg Sonora Island, BC - 2009 Innes Pass