Wild Discovery at Mossom

While construction is underway at the Mossom Creek Hatchery site, there are ever present reminders of the amazing wildlife that this pristine watershed supports.  Construction crew, supervisors and hatchery volunteers encounter creatures on a daily basis.  Check out these wild finds the month of October 2014 A tiny wild visitor spotted by one of the construction […]

Salmon Return Oct 2014

Hatchery volunteer and resident photographer, Neil Laffra, filmed our first few salmon returning to Mossom Creek this past week. It’s an amazing site to see these mature adult Chum return to their home creek.  When volunteers did a creek walk, they counted 13 chum between the old cedar to above Ioco.  They’re back!

Mossom Creek hatchery rising in time for fish spawning

by  Diane Strandberg – The Tri-City News posted Oct 2, 2014 at 2:00 PM Mel Steemson, left, and Pat Dennett, volunteers with the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society get plumbing fixtures ready for the new Mossom Creek hatchery under construction in Port Moody. — Image Credit: DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS Somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean, thousands of chum […]