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Non-profit Coastal Research Station Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia Operated in the unceded territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw linktr.ee/salmoncoast
A little dockside TLC for our @hakai.org Light Trap!
After nearly a full season in the water, this ingenious-looking device has also become home to barnacles, seaweed, and a few mystery critters along the way.
Learn more about the project here: sentinels.hakai.org/approaches/l...
Fall is here, and so is our latest newsletter! Field updates, station renovations, and community highlights from one of our busiest seasons yet!
Click the link in our bio to read more!
More photos shot by one of our incredible volunteers, Sam Goldreich, while out in the field collecting fish samples for our Fish Forever project!
In partnership with the Trace Lab at Trent University, we’re working to understand PFAS, or 'forever chemicals,' in the Broughton Archipelago.
Salmon Coast is working with Trent U’s Trace Lab to support community-led PFAS monitoring, “forever chemicals” used in many household items. We’re collecting fish samples across the Broughton Archipelago to track contamination in culturally and ecologically important species.
05.08.2025 21:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We’ve been making the most of summer’s low tides to access our temperature logger sites throughout the Broughton Archipelago as part of ongoing kelp monitoring fieldwork.
As a bonus, we get a front-row seat to the incredible coastal biodiversity that reveals itself at low tide!
Dream team in action! Collecting data from one of 21 temperature logger sites as part of a broader collective effort to monitor and understand kelp dynamics in the Broughton Archipelago, a region historically under-studied for kelp.
01.07.2025 16:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Leila in action! She’s surveying a wild juvenile salmon for sea lice.
Salmon Coast monitors for two species of lice: Lepeophtheirus salmonis, which require salmon to complete their life cycle, and Caligus clemensi, a generalist found on herring, stickleback, and other fish species.
Did you know we have a greenhouse at the station?
Living off-grid means access to fresh produce can be a logistical challenge but dark leafy greens like kale and chard thrive in the coastal summer climate and often end up in our communal dinners, which we share every evening!
The latest from the coast is here! Dive into our spring newsletter for updates on fieldwork, research highlights, and community stories of life off grid at the station. Link in bio!
23.05.2025 15:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🦀💡A new season of light trap monitoring is underway, and we’re proud to be joining a network of monitoring stations across the Salish Sea for the first time as a supporter of the Hakai Institute’s Sentinels of Change initiative—officially launched for the season on April 15th! @hakai.org
16.04.2025 23:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last week was an exciting one at the station! We had the pleasure of hosting folks from all over Vancouver Island, Clayoquot Sound, and the Discovery Islands, as well as new staff members on the Salmon Coast team, for a few days of practical Sea Lice Monitoring training!
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