by Admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Assessment and Monitoring, Featured Article, Fishing Rights, Training and Education
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) is in the early stages of working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) on an expanded demonstration fishery in Muchalaht Inlet. The fishery will target Gold and Burman River Chinook salmon in late summer, and...
by Admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Featured Article, Fishing Rights, Tomorrow's Leaders, Training and Education
Central Region Biologist Jared Dick’s love for science began during a class lesson in middle school. “We were talking about how the earth’s warming up, and I found it really scary but interesting,” he said. After high school his grandparents suggested he go to...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Featured Article, Training and Education
Ocean foods have nourished and sustained Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations for millennia, yet today many challenges exist for those who want to access Nuu-chah-nulth foods and exercise their Aboriginal rights to those foods. The traditional foods that our ancestors enjoyed...
by Admin | Oct 10, 2017 | Featured Article, Science Camp, Training and Education
Searching tidal pools for marine creatures, whale watching, crabbing, fishing, and a fish dissection are just a few of the activities that 135 Uu-a-thluk science campers ages eight to 12 years of age participated in this summer. Uu-a-thluk Science Camps expose...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2017 | Featured Article, Tomorrow's Leaders, Training and Education
Coleton (Cole) Gomez-Leishman joins Uu-a-thluk this summer until the fall in his new role as a fisheries technician. Cole started with Uu-a-thluk two years ago as a fisheries intern in Uu-a-thluk’s Tommorrow’s Leaders program where he began to explore post-secondary...
by Admin | Jun 12, 2017 | Featured Article, Tomorrow's Leaders, Training and Education
Apcin hulth (Ahmber Barbosa) I was born into the Hesquiaht First Nation, and grew up learning our dances, songs, and customs. As a child my great grandparents, Yutl nauk and Tuupuat (Simon and Julia Lucas) would take me and my aunts to stay with them in Hot Springs...
