Squamish Streamkeepers Give False Creek Herring a Boost

[Dogbreath]

Outstanding work by some very dedicated folks.

VIDEO: False Creek Herring Rescue

Squamish Streamkeepers volunteers wrapped creosote pilings with plastic coverings

A group of volunteers with the Squamish Streamkeepers Society set out to wrap creosote pilings with plastic coverings to promote herring spawning in False Creek. On January 17, approximately 25 volunteers headed down to the docks at Fisherman’s Wharf armed with tools and rain gear to install the coverings.
They did this in the wake of a successful herring run rehabilitation in Squamish Harbour and a trial last year in False Creek. The society hopes to rebuild the herring run in False Creek that had previously been decimated by the pollution of industry in the last hundred years. Twenty million herring hatched on wrapped pilings last year and double that are expected this year.

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[Oly1]

Yes outstanding work for sure. It's great to see innovations like this. It would be nice to see more of this done now that it seems to be working. It should be done all over the coast and Vancouver Island. It would bring an unbelievable number of herring to the local waters.

How would someone get a hold of the special material to wrap some pilings in their local area I wonder. Maybe the would be more local groups interested in doing this type of herring recovery.