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Steelhead Fishing in Chapman Creek

March 4, 2016

Steelhead are now running in Chapman Creek. The Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society enhances Chapman Creek every year by collecting steelhead broadstock to assist inaugmenting stocks Quick Facts: Scientific name: Oncorhynchus mykiss. Steelhead were at one time considered a trout species but have been discovered by biologists to be more closely related to Pacific salmon than other trout. The fresh water variant of steelhead is known as rainbow trout. Unlike most other Pacific salmon, some steelhead individuals live to spawn more…

Pump Installation Save the Salmon Fundraiser

February 10, 2016

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Hatchery Work

The Sunshine Coast Salmon Enhancement Society needs your assistance towards the purchase and installation of a submersible pump to help keep our juvenile coho alive during water shortages as experienced in the summer of 2015. The summer of 2015 saw the lowest water levels and highest temperatures in Chapman Creek. Our hatchery coho survived when we rented a pump to use well water to supplement low creek water levels and to cool high ambient creek temperatures. In winter, warmer cleaner well water will also…

Lets hear it for the Chapman Creek Fin Clipping Volunteers

November 13, 2015

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Community

Lets hear it for the Chapman Creek Fin Clipping volunteers! On Thursday November 12 over 25 volunteers braved torrential downpours and gale force winds to fin clip Chapman Creek coho salmon which were spawned in the Fall of 2014. On Friday November 13 an additional 20 volunteers helped to complete clipping 45,000 juvenile Coho salmon. Every year the Chapman Creek Hatchery clips coho Salmon so that the Fishers on Chapman Creek can identify a hatchery marked fish. Marking coho…

Canadian Tire Supports the Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society Pink Salmon Program

November 8, 2015

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Community

The Sunshine coast Salmonid Enhancement Society has been enhancing Chapman Creek with pink, coho and chinook salmon for 25 years. Historically there was no pink salmon or a chinook run in Chapman Creek. Every two years Chapman Creek pink salmon stocks are augmented from Quinsam Hatchery stocks. This year Canadian Tire generously donated transport, manpower and $300 for the return ferry trip from Campbell River to collect pink salmon eggs that were spawned…

FISHING RE-OPENS IN CHAPMAN CREEK!

September 13, 2015

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News

On Sep 11 2015, DFO re-opens Chapman Creek for fishing. With Chapman Lake practically full and rain forecast fishing re-opens in Chapman Creek. The daily limit of salmon in Chapman Creek is changed to the following: Chinook salmon – four (4) per day, only 2 over 50 cm. Coho salmon – four (4) per day, hatchery marked only, only 2 over 35 cm. Pink salmon – four (4) per day. The open portion of Chapman Creek is located upstream of the tidal…

WATER CRISIS AT CHAPMAN CREEK HATCHERY

August 23, 2015

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News

Water Crisis at Chapman Creek Hatchery We have a water crisis at the Chapman Creek hatchery.11:30 Sunday Aug 23. The Chapman Creek hatchery intake pond has just about dried up. In July the SCRD during communications with water stakeholders suggested that the hatchery move some rocks and put a siphon up the creek to ensure water flows to our intake pond. The SCRD communicated that they were going to further reduce flows to the bare minimum to further conserve water. Hatchery staff constructed…

Stage 4 Water Restrictions Wont Stop Pink Salmon

August 20, 2015

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News

Stage 4 Water Restrictions Won’t Stop Pink Salmon Pink Salmon are making their way up Chapman Creek oblivious to the stage 4 water restrictions which will come into effect on Thursday Aug 13. This morning Pink Salmon in Davis Bay started to come up Chapman Creek to spawn. The Sunshine Coast Regional District has announced that stage 4 water restrictions will come into effect on Thursday Aug 13th 2015 Under Stage 4 restrictions on the Sunshine Coast, virtually all outdoor watering is…

2017 Chapman Creek Coho Salmon Run Protected by The Chapman Creek Hatchery

July 31, 2015

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Fish, News

Coho Salmon Run Protected by The Chapman Creek Hatchery The Chapman Creek Hatchery is a flow through facility. The Hatchery is only diverting 26 litres of water per second for just 300 metres which then flows back into Chapman Creek. We are keeping 54,000 juvenile Coho Salmon spawned in the fall of 2014 alive by using well water infused with oxygen. The low water levels are attributed to the SCRD reducing the flows for Chapman Creek in order to ensure water sustainability for the…

Critical Low Water Levels Threaten Wild Salmon Survival

July 31, 2015

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News

Wild Salmon Survival Threatened in Chapman Creek Due to Low Water Flows Low Water Levels Threaten Wild Salmon Survival in Chapman Creek. With the majority of rivers in region two experiencing low water level flows and Salmon fishing stopped to preserve Salmon stocks, the Chapman Creek does not have to be one of the statistics for high wild Salmon mortality. Chapman Creek is designated as a sensitive stream under the Fish Protection Act Due to the low water flows and…

No Salmon Fishing Permitted in Chapman Creek

July 30, 2015

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News

No Salmon Fishing Permitted in Chapman Creek due to low water flows Water levels in many systems throughout the Lower Mainland and other regions within the Province are now extremely low Water levels in many systems throughout the Lower Mainland and other regions within the Province are now extremely low and river temperatures in many cases are reaching lethal limits for fish. Effective July 22, 2015 at 00:01 hours until further notice, all non-tidal rivers, streams and sloughs in management…