April 6th (More) Fry Are Released!

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Every few days now our Fry are coming out of the Hatchery Tanks and swim to the outside Trough so we can transfer them to the Nile Creek channels and then they will naturally make it to the creek!

Salmon Fry Release!

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The past few weeks our fry have been coming out of their tanks and gathering in their final through so we can release them into the channels of the Nile Creek where they will eventually start their exciting and perilous journey to the ocean! Come …

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NILE CREEK HATCHERY AND PINK SALMON

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Nile Creek  hatchery was established about 25 years ago. It has been staffed by a group of dedicated volunteers since then. Our pink salmon come from Quinsam hatchery each fall. The annual egg take occurs in late September and we pick up about one million …

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2018: River Otters on the Nile

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  A pair of river otters were recently spotted on Nile Creek in the pools above the hatchery. Not good news for the coho fry who spent their first year in these pools! It appears this visit was short lived as I suspect the pair …

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Kelp Restoration Research Project

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Bull kelp project sites in central Strait of Georgia 2015
Bull kelp project sites in central Strait of Georgia 2015

This project is a collaboration of the Nile Creek Enhancement Society (NCES) and the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society (PW) to research methods for restoration of Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) in the trend towards warming waters in central Strait of Georgia.

In 2015, the project was included in Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Salish Sea Marine Survival Project (SSMSP). Our main research site, a culture grid at Maude Reef, Hornby Island, produced a large biomass (several thousand kilograms) of bull kelp that was studied by divers and extensively sampled for a wide range of environmental conditions.

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