by Admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Assessment and Monitoring, Featured Article
Uu-a-thluk technical staff are building on the success of Roger Dunlop’s Burman River sac?up (Chinook salmon that have reached freshwater) spawning escapement estimate project by expanding his assessment method into the Conuma and Tranquil Rivers, while continuing to...
by Admin | Oct 11, 2019 | Featured Article, Training and Education
Approximately two months, 9000 kilometres and 100 lectures later, Kadin Snook, Fisheries Manager for Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN), is now versed in the law of the sea thanks to a scholarship provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Capacity building...
by Admin | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured Article, Science Camp, Training and Education
From building bottle rockets to a live video chat with researchers at-sea, Uu-a-thluk’s 2019 science camp season was a memorable one. A total of 135 Nuu-chah-nulth children and youth attended seven camps aimed at inspiring scientific thought processes, and hopefully...
by Admin | Aug 26, 2019 | Assessment and Monitoring, Featured Article
T’aaq-wiihak and Uu-a-thluk, on behalf of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nations, are working with members of the recreational fishing sector to expand the collection of Clayoquot Sound suuhaa (Chinook salmon) biosamples at Wilf Rock. “We want at least 100 samples, that’s the...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2019 | Featured Article
Nuu-chah-nulth and Haida Nations are in the process of finalizing a promising new agreement that will see the Nations working together on critical objectives relating to the ocean. The draft agreement, which was signed by Nuu-chah-nulth Ha’wiih at the June 12-13...
by Admin | Jun 25, 2019 | Featured Article, Fishing Rights
With resourcefulness, perseverance and some elbow grease, the first prawn fishery is taking place despite a number of barriers to success. In June 2018, the five Nations involved in the Ahousaht et al court case (Ahousaht, Ehattesaht/Chinehkint, Hesquiaht,...
