Cowichan River Hatchery

Quw'utsun Mustimuhw, Because of COVID-19 and the potential for it to spread quickly within our community, the Councillors and I have passed a 16-day Shelter in ...Place Order starting today January 6, 2021 (ending January 22). This order means you must remain at home unless you have an essential reason for going out such as getting food or medicine, attend work or school off-reserve, and limit shopping to 1 person if possible. Check points will be set-up to share information and enforce the order to keep our community safe. Please review the memo in this post or on website here: https://cowichantribes.com/download_file/2512/0 for more information. A link to the full order is also available below. Our teachings - our Snuw'uy'ulh - teach us to help one another and work together for the good of all. Right now, we must stay home, say "no" to gatherings or in-person contacts outside our households, and call 8-1-1 right away and get tested if showing any symptoms. We are also working hard to access doses of the vaccine for the community including our Sul'wheen and most vulnerable ones. We will continue to provide regular updates to the community. If you have questions or need support with self-isolation, transportation, getting to a testing site or anything else, please contact COVID-19 Community Navigators at 250-715-3339 or visit our website for more information www.cowichantribes.com/coronavirus-updates -Chief William Seymour #CowichanCovidSafe. Shelter in Place Order: https://cowichantribes.com/download_file/2511/0

Egg incubation practices

Greetings Cowichan Tribes Staff & Membership Please be informed that all Cowichan Tribes offices and essential services are closed today Monday, December 21, 9:...15 am - 4:30 pm due to the inclement weather. Christmas - essential services will resume Tuesday, December 22, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. If you have any questions or require further information please contact your direct supervisor. Thank you for your time and consideration. Derek Thompson A/General Manager Cowichan Tribes

NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Cowichan Tribes 2019-2020 online AGM on November 26, 2020. Please check-out this Video invitation from Chief Seymour and Acting General Manager Derek Thompson... https://vimeo.com/479047154/3b622070a0 REGISTRATION: https://cowichantribes.webex.com/cowichantri/onstage/g.php You will be asked for your membership info upon registration, including your status number. Once registered you will receive the link for the event. QUESTIONS: Because the meeting is online, we highly recommend that everyone email their questions ahead of time to [email protected] or by direct message to our Facebook page, (please specify 'questions for AGM'). You will need a cell phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection to participate. If you do not have access to the internet, please contact us and we will do our best to find a solution. We look forward to seeing you online! Huy tseep q'u

New public health orders in effect across BC and in all Quw’utsun communities until Dec 7. We will get through this if everyone does their part. la'lum'uthut - be careful. Learn more: https://gov.bc.ca/COVID19restrictions

Pacific Salmon Hatcheries in British Columbia DON D. MACKINLAY1, SUSAN LEHMANN, JOAN BATEMAN, AND ROBERTA COOK Pacific salmon hatcheries in British Columbia have been very successful in mitigating for low freshwater productivity (survival), whether caused by human activities or natural cycles. Hatcheries essentially act as superproductive freshwater ecosystems for one life history segment of a portion of a wild salmon stock, avoiding the three main sources of mortality: star...va- tion, predation, and disease. Considering that the assaults on freshwater salmon habitat can only increase with the continuing pressures of expanding human population along the coast and rivers of British Columbia, salmon hatcheries can play a pivotal role in maintaining substantial wild salmon populations in the future. http://www.prsalmon.org//MacKinlaySalmonHatcheriesinCanada