Salmon hatcheries to track thousands of salmon as part of UBC research project on survival rates – Tri-Cities Dispatch

Salmon hatcheries to track thousands of salmon as part of UBC research project on survival rates – Tri-Cities Dispatch

Volunteers and DFO workers work together to pit tag salmon. photo supplied When Noons Creek Hatchery releases 6,000 coho salmon in the next couple of weeks, one third of them will be swimming with tracking devices called PIT (passive integrated transponder) tags under their skin. Last week, volunteers from both Noons Creek and Mossom Creek hatcheries, as well as Department of Fisheries and Oceans workers, got together to tag the cohort of salmon…