Vancouver Island
largest man-made salmon spawn
ing bed, which two years ago
seemed to be a complete flop,
has suddenly become an unquali
fied success.
The bed. on Robertson Creek
near this Vancouver Island port,
went into operation in 1959. when
federal fisheries scientists planted
some 1,600,000 eggs.
The fish that made it to sea
were due back the fall of 1961.
But y Sept. 10, 1961. only five of
an anticipated 10,000 had shown
up. Most observers considered the
experiment a failure.
One of the few who still had
faith was Bob MacLaren, federal
biologist in charge of the experi
ment. More eggs were planted and
the scientists awaited the results.
The turnout last fall was a lot
better — 250 fish reached the beds
— but it was far from the num
ber needed to justify the $256,000
expenditure.
This year, however, the increase
in the return has been little short
of astronomical — 5,000 pink sal
mon are already in the Stamp
River, homing in on Robertston
Creek.
By the end of next week the
spawning bed should be filled to
capacity with nearly 7,000 pinks
of the humpback variety — one
pair of salmon for every square
yard of gravel.
Importance of the development
can be gauged by the fact it is the
completely new run of pink sal
mon in a river.
The success paves the way for
establishment of a new commer
cial fishery in Berkeley Sound on
the west coast of Vancouver Is
land.
The Roertson Creek project is
part of a Fisheries Department
master plan aimed at increasing
by perhaps five times the value
of Canada’s Pacific Coast fish
eries.
One byproduct may be the es
tablishment of off-year pink sal
mon runs in the Fraser River and
Juan De Fuca Strait regions. But
before such a large project is un
dertaken more studies will have
to be made.
Scientists hope the salmon now
entering the spawning grounds
will produce some 4,500,000 eggs.
Under the ideal conditions at the
Robertson Creek bed 90 per cent
of the eggs should survive to be
come fry.
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