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[AllseeingEye]

Yes I am well aware knowing several commerical fishermen both locally in Victoria and on the mainland. And I say - again - whether we're talking about commerical or sport fishing that anyone engaged in either should be well aware by now that environmental conditions are changing and they are changing fast. Salmon stocks everywhere are down generally, catastrophically so in many cases.

 

They are down because of changing climatic and marine conditions and because of ecosystem degradation largely due to human activities. This is not new nor should it be news to organizations like the PR Chamber. Its been ongoing and well documented for years, whether we're talking about steelhead or chinook or other salmonid populations that have literally crashed in the case of the Thompson River steelhead or the Fraser River where roughly half of its salmon populations are at risk due to overfishing and habitat loss. Chinook are also under duress from the repeated accidental introduction of salmon from hatcheries into wild populations. In freshwater specifically, the salmon are also impacted by the construction of dams and degradation of habitat due to human activities including poor logging practices.

 

Given all of the above if you continue to be a "one trick pony" town that has done little or nothing to mitigate these factors by making yourself less dependent on an industry that is clearly struggling with an uncertain future at best - frankly - I don't have a lot of sympathy for you. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Yes I am well aware knowing several commerical fishermen both locally in Victoria and on the mainland. And I say - again - whether we're talking about commerical or sport fishing that anyone engaged in either should be well aware by now that environmental conditions are changing and they are changing fast. Salmon stocks everywhere are down generally, catastrophically so in many cases.

 

 

 

 

The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of sockeye in decades.

 

Mitch Dudoward has worked in the salmon industry for more than 40 years, and says fishing on the Skeena River in northwest B.C. has never been better.

 

“This is the best season I can recall in my lifetime with the numbers we are catching,” said Dudoward, who recently completed a big sockeye haul aboard his gillnetter Irenda.

 

Bob Chamberlin, chairman of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance, meanwhile said that thousands of pink salmon are in Central Coast rivers after years of minimal returns.

 

 

https://www.aptnnews...-to-b-c-waters/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 March 2024 - 03:39 AM.

[AllseeingEye]

 

The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of sockeye in decades.

 

Mitch Dudoward has worked in the salmon industry for more than 40 years, and says fishing on the Skeena River in northwest B.C. has never been better.

 

“This is the best season I can recall in my lifetime with the numbers we are catching,” said Dudoward, who recently completed a big sockeye haul aboard his gillnetter Irenda.

 

Bob Chamberlin, chairman of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance, meanwhile said that thousands of pink salmon are in Central Coast rivers after years of minimal returns.

 

 

https://www.aptnnews...-to-b-c-waters/

 

 

Pink and sockeye are not Chinook and therefore aren't really germaine to a conversation about increasing the Orca's feeding range since Chinook are their prime source of food.

 

The pink salmon cycle is well known especially to any serious rec fisherman and regardless of the fact their numbers have been excellent the last two times we went specifically for them, that does not mitigate nor remotely change the fact Chinook are in trouble for all the reasons I mentioned above. Just because the planet is warming overall does not mean occasionally we won't see a cold winter or get snow: in both examples the overall long term trends are pretty clear. In the case of salmonids downward population pressures from all sources have a very real impact and therefore need to be managed to the best of our ability. We ignore them at our peril.

[Mike K.]

It doesn’t matter what we do, when foreign trawlers off our coast can do whatever they want.

All we do, is hurt our own people, erode our own jobs and destroy communities under the guise we’ll solve problems that are far more complex than we admit.

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 March 2024 - 06:14 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The B.C. government has approved a project to replace the Port Renfrew Elementary School and provided almost $12 million.

 

This funding comes from the province’s seismic mitigation program, which assesses the risk of damage to a building in the event of an earthquake, and provides funds to replace or upgrade high-risk buildings.

 

“I’m proud that we are continuing to invest in the seismic safety of our students. These upgrades will ensure students in Port Renfrew are safer in school,” Rachna Singh, minister of education and child care said in a news release.

 

 

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[Victoria Watcher]

Some weekend low tides coming up for you early risers.

[Victoria Watcher]

^ And some low tides in late July too.

[Victoria Watcher]

Next weekend is a great time to hit up Botanical Beach or Botany Bay:

 

 

https://www.tide-for...ia/tides/latest

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 July 2024 - 08:30 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Port Renfrew's Avatar Grove closure drags on with no end in sight

 

 

 

When Dan Quigley's grandchildren ask him when they can visit Avatar Grove again, he's at a loss for words.

 

"I've been taking them there since it opened," said Quigley, a long-time resident of a summer property in Port Renfrew. "They used to say, 'Papa can we go see the granddaddy trees?' Now, when they ask when can we go and why it's still closed, I have no answer, nobody does."

 

Avatar Grove and recreational site was temporarily closed by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (RSTBC) in 2022, and trail maintenance has been disallowed since 2018 because the RSTBC had determined that safety and sustainability concerns must be addressed before reopening public access. In 2020, the RSTBC commissioned a Sustainable Forest Management Plan and Trail Redesign Plan to identify issues, provide solutions, and address safety and sustainability concerns.

 

"Although I have never seen the Sustainable Forest Management Plan, I have heard it noted concerns about impacts from the high volume of recreational users and the need for a more robust trail system at Avatar," Quigley stated in a recent letter to various entities at RSTBC, Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Al Wickheim, Langford-Juan de Fuca MLA Ravi Parmar, and BC Premier David Eby.

 

"I understand that after the Sustainable Forest Management Plan was completed, an initial trail redesign plan was also prepared for Avatar Grove," Quigley noted. "However, RSTBC has now decided that a further comprehensive plan would be required because of geotechnical and hydrological concerns and so that accurate cost estimates can be made for the site before any new construction work can proceed."

 

 

 

https://www.vicnews....s-along-7449203

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 July 2024 - 01:08 PM.

[Nparker]

Need to keep public parks closed to the public to protect them for the public. 

[Victoria Watcher]

 

Some low tides next week, for early-risers.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 October 2024 - 11:04 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Part of Highway 14 closed due to washout; rainfall warnings continue

 

 

 

Rainfall warnings remain in place for much of Vancouver Island on Sunday, while Highway 14 between Port Renfrew and Jordan River remained closed due to a washout.

 

 

https://www.timescol...or-wind-9680587

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 October 2024 - 12:57 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

https://www.tide-for...ia/tides/latest

 

 

 

 

Some nice low tides coming up.

 

Sunday March 30 - 8:13am - 0.7

Monday March 31 - 8:59am - 0.6

Tuesday April 1 - 9:47am - 0.6

Wednesday April 2 - 10:42am - 0.7

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 March 2025 - 10:39 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Last day for low tides.  For a while.

 

End of the month has some good ones.

 

 

Tuesday, April 26th at 8:46am, REAL low.

 

https://www.tide-for...ia/tides/latest

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 April 2025 - 02:41 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

LOWEST tides of the year coming up.

 

 

https://www.tide-for...ia/tides/latest

[Victoria Watcher]

Be there or be square.

[Victoria Watcher]

Get ready for a tidal rollercoaster – Greater Victoria is about to see its lowest tide of the year, followed by some of its highest, all in a matter of hours.

The tides around the region are set to swing dramatically at the end of May, driven by a rare and powerful alignment of lunar and solar forces.

According to the Canadian Hydrographic Service, water levels are expected to dip to –0.22

https://www.vicnews....warning-7995558

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 May 2025 - 07:09 AM.

[Bambam]

Tides under normal conditions are pretty wild at the estuary of the San Juan river which we fish often, especially in the early fall for coho. At low tide you can walk well out onto the river basin below and especially above the bridge. Just to wade out up to your waist you can get about halfway across the river, or more. At high tide though that's a no-go for sure.