Thank you Ron McKinnon, Member of Parliament for Coquitlam - Port Coquitlam for taking time and interest in the Hoy - Scott Watershed Society. It was great to show you and some of your team around the Hoy Creek Fish Hatchery and rearing pond area.

On Wednesday, March 4, minister of parliament for Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, Ron McKinnon visited Hoy Creek salmon hatchery to learn about the work of the Hoy/Scott Watershed Society.

The tour was led by society president, Robbin Whachell and Fisheries & Oceans Canada community advisor Scott Ducharme reviewed the incubation room which now holds close to 15,000 coho salmon in stages from eyed-egg to alevins ready to soon swim-up to fry stage.

“Thank you Robbin, for giving me an amazing tour of the community hatchery! It was great to see all the Coho at different stages of incubation,” said MP McKinnon said on his social media page after the visit. “Hoy-Scott Watershed Society is a volunteer-run society committed to environmental stewardship of Hoy-Scott watershed.”

“The work done by Hoy-Scott Watershed Society helps make a sustainable future for our salmon population a reality while ensuring the protection of their natural habitat.”

Scott Ducharme of Fisheries & Oceans Canada shows MP McKinnon coho alevins in the incubation room of Hoy Creek Hatchery.

Left to right: President of Hoy/Scott Watershed Society, Robbin Whachell; Ron McKinnon, MP for Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, and Scott Ducharme, Community Advisor, Fisheries & Oceans Canada.