New Donation Challenge! In the early days of the Sooke Chinook Enhancement Initiative, some of the whale watching community in Victoria were the first to step up with financial support from their conservation funds. One local prominent fishing charter was a bit embarrassed that his business wasn’t collecting a similar fee for salmon enhancement, given his business directly benefits from this important project. Since then, Rollie Rose from Sooke Salmon Charters, who also serves on the Board of Directors of SVIAC, collects $5 from each of his charter trips (as low as $1.25 per person on a 4 person trip) specifically to support the Sooke Chinook Enhancement Initiative. Rollie carries a laminated explanation of the project on his boat, and is happy to explain the value of this project to curious customers (in the short breaks between hookups, which are few and far between on his trips). This contribution results in hundreds of dollars in donations each year. Rollie challenges other fishing charter guides around Southern Island to do the same with their guests for the project, and other charters up and down the coast to do likewise to support other similar projects in their area. If not on a trip-by-trip basis, an annual donation to such projects is another great option. As heart, Rollie is a fisherman first and foremost, so he poses the same challenge to all fishermen and women of all ages, to support the fishery for generations to come.