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FISH COUNTS
MOSQUITO CREEK

Upstream access is permanently blocked at the Windsor culvert. There are no plans to change it.

  • Annual Salmon Spawner Survey ---- main stream
    Mosquito Creek Stewardship Society
    1995 - 2000
    Voluntary
    The Spawner Survey was conducted by volunteers during the Coho run from October to December. Volunteers were trained in Survey methodology.
    Mosquito Creek, Thain Creek - ongoing

  • Salmon Spawner Survey ---- main stream
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Stock Assessment Branch
    1998
    Voluntary
    This Spawner Survey was conducted during the Coho run from October to December 1998.
    Mosquito Creek, Thain Creek

Steelhead - Marine and Spawning Phases
Illustration Courtesy of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  • Fry Survey - Fell Channel ---- tributary
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    2003
    Voluntary
    The Fell Channel was constructed in the fall of 1999. The fry survey was done to estimate fish population.
    Mosquito Creek

  • Fry Survey - Griffin Channel ---- tributary
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    2000
    Voluntary
    The Griffin Channel was constructed in the summer of 1998. Spawning coho were observed in the Fall of 1998 and 1999 and cutthroat in the Spring of 1999. The fry survey was done to estimate fish distribution and density.
    Fry trapping, using the mark/recapture method, was conducted with the help of volunteers on February 26 and March 4, 2000.
    Mosquito Creek

  • Fry Survey ---- main stream
    Mosquito Creek Stewardship Society
    1998
    Voluntary
    Fry trapping was conducted by volunteers in 1998, under permits from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and BC-MELP.
    Mosquito Creek

  • Fry Survey - West Bank ---- back channel
    City of North Vancouver
    1997 - 2002
    Mitigation
    Fry trapping was conducted quarterly, as required by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and BC-MELP.
    Mosquito Creek

  • Fry Survey - East Bank ---- back channel
    City of North Vancouver and BC - Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    1996 - 2002
    Mitigation
    Fry trapping was conducted quarterly, as required by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and BC-MELP, for a period of five years following project completion.
    Mosquito Creek