Goldstream Volunteer Salmonid Enhancement Association

06/15/2026

06/15/2026

What is this fish?
A - Bull Trout
B - Sculpin
C - Burbot

Answer in comments 🐟🐟🐟

06/01/2026

On Saturday May 30, 2026, the GVSEA’s Saturday crew released the last of Goldstream Hatchery’s Coho smolts. Hatchery volunteers reared over 160,000 Coho from brood year 2024, including 103,000 smolts released in the past few weeks.

Overseeing the transfer and waving goodbye to the final Coho release were Wendy Lane, Ben Eardley, Bill McMillan, Gladys Schreiner, Antoine Heberrt-Breton, Andrew Young, Reece Hasanen, Jewel Hasanen, and Greg Burgess. Kudos to all of the dedicated volunteers of the GVSEA who manage the daily hatchery operations.

Special thank you to photo and video contributors Don Lowen, Andrew Young, and

05/29/2026

With and just around the corner, it is the perfect time to show how essential clean, clear, cold water is to our juvenile coho being released. It is their whole world 🌎.

As pacific salmon are an anadromous species (born in freshwater, migrate to the ocean to mature, and return to freshwater to reproduce) they rely on high water quality for spawning, incubation and their early life cycle.

Thank you to for this video

05/24/2026

Salmon are amazing creatures and biologists continue to study their fascinating and complex lifecycle.

05/22/2026

It’s a long journey from egg to smolt with many steps in between to ensure happy and healthy Coho.

Goldstream Volunteer Salmonid Enhancement Association teams work tirelessly each spring to send the eager youngsters into the Goldstream River. The journey for the smolts continues with their travels into estuarial waters where they will start to transition their body chemistry from freshwater to saltwater for their next stage in the ocean.

05/18/2026

If you were a Coho Smolt, this is what your exciting new world would look like in the Goldstream River after having been released by GVSEA volunteers, partners and visitors.

Thank you to Tom Bird for these amazing pictures.

05/17/2026

Today volunteers and visitors helped release 5,658 Coho smolts into their new wild home in the Goldstream River.