"We've gone full circle," says Mossom Creek hatchery volunteer Pat Dennett as he hands a bucket of chum salmon fry to friends as they helped stock Schoolhouse Creek North in Port Moody.
On Wednesday, the volunteers released 70,000 chum fry into lower Mossom Creek, Suterbrook Creek and Schoolhouse Creek North.
The tiny, darting critters were raised from eggs at the Mossom Creek hatchery from salmon collected at Alouette River in the fall.
Dennett, vice-president of the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society, which operates Mossom Creek Hatchery, said placing the fry into the local creeks gave him a feeling of satisfaction after all the work of building a new hatchery after the original one burned down in 2013.
