With over 60,000 amazing aquatic creatures at the Vancouver Aquarium, what will you see today? Stop by and say hi to the adorable sea otters, or come see the mesmerizing jellyfish. Enjoy daily sea lion, otter and penguin experiences, as well as the free-roaming animals found in the popular Amazon gallery. And make sure to visit the Treasures of the BC Coast gallery to discover the unique and breath-taking animals that live in BC’s local waters, including ‘Ceph Rogen’, the Pacific Octopus. You can also immerse yourself in the 4D Experience Theatre, which combines the high-definition excitement of a 3D film with thrilling sensory effects! The Vancouver Aquarium is an Ocean Wise initiative, a non-profit society dedicated to the conservation of aquatic life. Your visit to the Aquarium directly contributes to its conservation, education and research programs. Find out for yourself why the Vancouver Aquarium is one of the world’s favourite aquariums!See more..
The Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre (NSMEC) is a unique collect and release aquarium located inside Gibsons Public Market in the seaside town of Gibsons, BC. The Sonntag Centre houses 30 exhibits displaying natural habitat and local marine fish and invertebrates from the waters of the Howe Sound. This includes interactive touch tanks and scavenger hunts! The animals are collected by our team of professional SCUBA divers. The animals are then housed in the Centre for 6-18 months, depending on the species, and released back to the ocean with help from the entire community. Displays are always changing, allowing the diversity of the marine life we have in the Howe Sound to shine. We host formal education programs with schools, run summer camps and bring in experts to deliver engaging presentations on ocean topics. Come visit us soon!See more..
Toboggan Creek fish hatchery is a small community based hatchery located near Smithers BC. We raise mainly Coho and Chinook salmon. Here is a generally what our year will look like and what you will see. We raise approx 100,000 salmon fry per year Late March April, May the ice is off generally off of our outside rearing ponds and you can view our larger fry before they make their journey to the ocean. All of our larger fry will generally leave by the end of May. June and July is generally a catch up on projects month and a time to get ready for adult egg and sperm collection. Chinook Broodstock (Adult Salmon used in hatchery breeding process) collection is generally the end of August. This year as in many years we will be collecting Chinook broodstock in the Upper Bulkley or The Little Bulkley in hopes that this stock will continue to spawn for many years to come. August, September, October, November will be our 27th consecutive year of running our data collection fence on Toboggan Creek. All fish entering Toboggan Creek will be counted and assessed as female, male and hatchery or wild. This data is extremely valuable to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in knowing River and Ocean survivals of Salmon and how many survive and return to spawn and carry on the species. It aids in setting commercial, sport and food fish limits as well as getting as better picture of the year to year eco system of our watersheds and oceans. This is an amazing time to visit the Hatchery, there are very large numbers of Coho in the creek all fighting for spots to lay their eggs. Coho Broodstock generally takes place in October right in Toboggan Creek. This stock is raised/enhanced for the purpose of our DFO fence data and has proved successful over the years. Decemeber, January and February we are still open but not much is going on. Our yearling fry will spend the winter outside in our rearing ponds under the ice, safe from predators. There are no small fish inside or large...See more..
We brought out of country visitors and relatives from out of town, and they were all very impresseed as were we. The guides were very imformative and it was wonderful to see the different stages of the life cycle of these amazing fish.See more..
