We are seining for Chinook for tagging. The tags are visual, not radio. They are
plastic line, threaded through the dorsal fin and knotted. Each tag has an ID number.
After spawning, people will search Phillips spawning tributaries for tagged "morts".
The data will tell fish biologists something. I'm not sure what.
We captured thirteen chinook, up to 44", and about nine coho.
DFO - Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans
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Launching the jet boat
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Volunteers
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Barry Peters
Community Advisor, DFO
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Preparing the seine
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Hauling the net
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Andrew Taylor, fish biologist, with a big chinook
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Punching a DNA sample from the gill plate
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Barry with a huge coho
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Another big coho
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Peter G with a cutthroat
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Doug McCorkindale, fish biologist, recording gender, length, tag number
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Martha with the DNA sample tubes
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Gill plate punch sample
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Threading a tag - the green line
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Knotting the tag
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Wow! What a fish.
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Andrew took ten scale samples from each chinnok.
He lays them on his finger,
then transfers them to a sample book
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Doug and Rupert measuring
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Andrew taking scale samples
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A scale sample book, 10 scales per fish
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Kayla McCorkindale with the master data sheet
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DNA sample vials
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Reloading the seine
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Ready for another set
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The enhancement cabin. Someone is
here to shoo away grizzleys while
brood stock are in the lake net pens.
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In the pool by the cut bank we are
going to set a hand seine.
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Passenger ferry
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Readying the seine
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Setting the seine
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We got one fish. We didn't get skunked.
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Walking out
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Barry fulfilling his duties as community advisor
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Enhancement cabin
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End of day