June 15 , BC Restart, Travel BC

 

 June 15 . Travel is permitted throughout BC . 

The BC Restart Plan passed the threshold today for relaxing many Covid safety measures as planned. 

Here is a link to the BC Government press release with a chart for the earliest dates and safety protocols for each step .  The next Step is July 1 , which will include opening up to Canada-wide travel .  

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021PREM0041-001155  

 

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Covid calendar

  Planning for a fishing trip this summer means anticipating the future of Covid and the BC Provincial Health guidelines.

  Here is a link to the BC Restart Plan .  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/info/restart .  

 I'll dare to summarize it with some highlights, but please take a look yourself .  All the dates stated here are meant to be understood to mean at the earliest, if vaccination rates and lower infection rates improve as expected. 

 Step 1.  May 25 to June 15 .   Announced after the May long weekend.  Many outdoor activities and some indoor activities in small groups are allowed without masks, which aligns with our fishing activities .  However, travel between regions, even within BC, is not allowed . 

 Step 2.  June 15 to July 1 .  Recreational travel within BC allowed. 

 Step 3. July 1 to Sept 7 .  Canada wide travel . 

 Step 4 .  After Sept 7 .  Near normal .  

  Note that there is no mention of when international borders might open .  Also, there is no mention of  the possibility of lower restrictions for those people who are vaccinated. 

 Also, FYI, I have had my first vaccination May 1, four weeks ago, which gives a great degree of protection to you, and to me . And the anticipated date for my second vaccination is July 1. 

    

Website ;   www.gobrightfish.com 

     250 830 8680

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red algae at Desolation Sound

 

Micro-trolling for juvenile chinook research in Desolation Sound, there was very extensive red algae. 

The algae is on and near the surface with clear water underneath, and chinooks at some depth near the mouth of the sound .   It has been warm weather and this has come early this year. 

 

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Spring 2021

 I'm way behind in this Blog .  I hope to catch up and fill in .  

 

Sea Lion haul-out

 

Of course these photos are taken with a telephoto. There are regulations to keep well back and not disturb.  Notice the mix of Stellers and California Sea Lions.   The big male California Sea Lions have the dished faces and dark colour .  An invasive species, really.  

April views around Campbell River town

 

April micro-trolling

 Micro-fishing in research Project Bottleneck to sample and tag young chinook salmon, we sometimes catch herring in the mix, of about the same sizes .  

 

March scenes

 

March micro-trolling

  Continuing micro-trolling in a research project to sample and tag young chinooks in their first winter in the ocean.   Operation Bottleneck .  

   We also take notes and photos of preexisting injuries like bite marks and scale loss.  

 

more February

 

Sea Lions come for the herring

Sea lions come from far and wide when the herring come into shallow water to spawn, in late February of early March .   

The concave forehead and the dark colour identifies a California Sea Lion , an invasive species really .