Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education Centre becomes the first fish hatchery in Canada and first site in Port Moody B.C. to achieve top accessibility rating

Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education Centre becomes the first fish hatchery in Canada and first site in Port Moody B.C. to achieve top accessibility rating (This meedia release is from the Rick Hansen Foundation website) Port Moody hatchery receives Gold Rating through the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification(TM) program • Mossom Creek Hatchery is the […]

Water Quality Monitoring at Mossom

Thanks to a generous donation from the Mattson Family, in honour of Jim Mattson, water quality testing and monitoring of Mossom Creek has taken place every Salmon Sunday since October 13, 2019.  We also started monitoring North Schoolhouse Creek in early December and are excited about the addition of a new water quality station at […]

Salmon news for the new year

A small group from Mossom went up to Squamish in September to assist in a Pink salmon egg take. Pink salmon spawn once every two years, and this is the year. Our portion of the eggs was determined to be 50,000 and these eggs remained in Squamish until they became eyed in December, at which […]

2017 highlights to ring in the new year!

 2017 was an amazing year for the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhanement Society and our many Awesome Mossom Creek Hatchery volunteers!  Thanks to all those that have supported us throughout the year.  (photos and captions generously compiled by Ruth Foster) Neil Laffra, our hatchery manager and vice-president is awarded the 2016 City of Port Moody Environmental […]

100,000 Hungry Little Fish

Thanks to Cecily Baptiste and Neil Laffra for putting this article together.   Mossom Creek Hatchery released over 100,000 fry this spring: – 31,000 Pinks were released in February – 76,600 Chum were released in April – 3,500 Coho will be released in May       Numerous volunteers participate in the “egg takes” when […]

Pinks Graduate

Another milestone has been reached since the reconstruction of Mossom Creek Hatchery.  The first set of eggs, raised in the new facility, have graduated to the ‘Capilano’ troughs where they will spend another week or so before being released into the estuary.   This batch (some 34,000 Pinks) have been in the incubation room since […]

Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society hatches a new education centre

For Immediate Release                                                        Port Moody, BC – May 20, 2015 Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society hatches a new education centre After 17 months of planning and construction, the newly built Mossom Creek Hatchery & Education Centre, is set to open its doors this week. A fire in December 2013 completely destroyed the hatchery building and […]

MOSSOM CREEK HATCHERY: Lafarge plays major role in rebuilding Port Moody hatchery

by  Diane Strandberg – The Tri-City News posted Aug 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM Mossom Creek Hatchery 2.0 started taking shape in Port Moody this summer when Lafarge Canada began building forms and pouring concrete to get the hatchery building up and running in time for the fall salmon spawning season. Above, on the team are (front) volunteer project […]

Summer construction start eyed for new Mossom hatchery

by  Diane Strandberg – The Tri-City News posted May 21, 2014 at 9:00 AM— updated May 21, 2014 at 2:44 PM The people who are working to replaced the burned Mossom Creek Hatchery face a race against time as they still need $150,000 to build the facility in time for the salmon spawning season. The Port Moody hatchery, which has been an important […]

Progress! Port Moody delivers temporary trailer to Mossom Hatchery.

Progress! Today the City of Port Moody delivered a construction trailer to Mossom Creek so that we will have a temporary headquarters. What a wonderful way to assist us! On Sunday a core group of volunteers attended a very productive visioning meeting to determine what our needs and wants are as we consider the rebuilding […]