Saturday, September 29, 2012
Western Headworks Canal (WHC), Calgary
Trout Unlimited Canada invites volunteers of all ages to join us for our 2012 Fish Rescue. This project provides an excellent "hands-on" activity for individuals, families, youth groups and community groups.
Numerous irrigation diversion structures exist on many river systems and on-stream reservoirs in southern Alberta. However, most of these structures do not have operable fish exclusion devices to keep both sport fish and non-sport species from entering the canals.
Wild sportfish that enter irrigation canals are generally lost to the fishery because existing canal structures prevent fish from returning to the river system. TUC staff and volunteers use electro-fishing and netting to capture as many fish as possible from six different canals in southern Alberta fed by the Bow, Highwood, Belly, Waterton, and Oldman rivers. The fish are all identified and counted and returned to the appropriate river where they can complete their life cycle.
Please visit the Newsroom section of the TUC website for additional information including maps to the various Fish Rescue locations.
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