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Charter Guides Supporting Salmon
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...
Fundraising for Chinook Enhancement
SVIAC is actively fundraising to support next year's Sooke Chinook Enhancement Initiative. Did you know that since 2017, more than 4,130,000 juvenile Chinook salmon have been successfully raised and released into the Sooke Basin. Over 500,000 have been...
Minister Murray … “Time’s Up!”
THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION – FOR FAR TOO LONG SOUTHERN BC SALMON ANGLERS HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO ABUNDANT HATCHERY CHINOOK SALMON FROM APRIL UNTIL AUGUST. Since former Fisheries Minister Wilkinson implemented a Chinook non-retention regulation in 2019 that spans from...
STOP ADDITIONAL SRKW SALMON FISHING CLOSURES
WE STRONGLY REQUEST YOU TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION WITH A GOAL OF STOPPING GOVERNMENT UNNECESSARILY TAKING AWAY MORE OF YOUR SALMON FISHING Yes, they are back with another round of proposals to take away more fishing opportunities from average tax-paying Canadian salmon...
SVIAC SEEKS MINISTER’S URGENT ASSISTANCE …
At the end of September, response letters from DFO (Fisheries Minister Jordan and Pacific RDG Rebecca Reid) have emerged that, in our opinion, are a clear indication of just how little our current federal government in Ottawa feel about the Public Salmon Fishery in...
FRASER CHINOOK AND SELECTIVE MARKED FISHING
In the past two years the Public Fishery has been fighting for its very survival, a struggle that is only worsened in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. Certain Fraser River Chinook salmon, especially those stream-type fish that spend 18 months in the river rearing from...