10/19 Coho, jelly bloom, rhino auklets, Upper Bulkley River

Coho [NOAA Fisheries]

Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
Coho use coastal streams and tributaries, and are often present in small neighborhood streams. Coho can even be found in urban settings if their needs of cold, clean, year-round water are met. They spawn in small coastal streams and the tributaries of larger rivers. They prefer areas of mid-velocity water with small to medium sized gravels. Because they use small streams with limited space, they must use many such streams to successfully reproduce, which is why coho can be found in virtually every small coastal stream with a year-round flow. Coho have a very regular life history. They are deposited in the gravel as eggs in the fall, emerge from the gravel the next spring, and in their second spring go to sea, about 18 months after being deposited. Coho fry are usually found in the pools of small coastal streams and the tributaries of larger rivers. (WDFW)

Cinematographer documents stunning Vancouver Island jellyfish bloom: ‘It feels like you’re on another planet’
A Vancouver Island cinematographer took a deep dive into the waters off Brentwood Bay to get an up-close look at a massive moon jelly bloom, capturing the marine species on video for all to see. John Roney, a Parksville resident, submerged himself in Todd Inlet to capture the visually spectacular phenomenon. Ethan Moreau reports. (CHEK)

Whir! Chunk! Capture! The art of tagging rhinoceros auklets on Protection Island
Where do Protection Island's rhinoceros auklets go to find their food? Scientists hope GPS tags will offer new insight into the bird's still mysterious foraging behavior. Eric Wagner writes. (Salish Sea Currents Magazine)

After her farm flooded, this B.C. farmer went looking for solutions
An unlikely group from northwest B.C. is working together to restore the heavily impacted Upper Bulkley River to protect farmland from floods and bring balance back to a disrupted ecosystem. Matt Simmons reports. (The Narwhal)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  307 AM PDT Wed Oct 19 2022   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 4 ft  at 12 seconds building to 7 ft at 15 seconds in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  9 ft at 14 seconds.

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