Scully Creek Sockeye Fry Out-Migration
From early April to early June, LWSS technicians and volunteers conducted sockeye fry out migration monitoring on the Mid-Channel of Scully Creek, which flows into Lakelse Lake.
This program evaluates the success of the spawning gravels that were placed by DFO in 2008 to increase sockeye populations from the Lakelse Watershed.
2956 sockeye were counted over the two-month period during spring 2023. Many other species were also counted including Coho salmon, Pink salmon, and Cutthroat trout.
The mark-recapture study will give us an estimate on the total population of fry emerging from the placed gravels.
Interested in helping us count and identify the fish we catch?
