Author: Jane Skrypnek

The Port Coquitlam watershed society hypothesizes low rainfall levels allow toxins to build up A Port Coquitlam salmon hatchery lost at least 2,500 fish last month after it said an unknown pollutant entered its facility through a local creek. Longtime Hyde Creek Watershed Society volunteer Jean Peachman said one of its members checks in on the facility every day. Two weeks ago, one of those volunteers arrived to find the creek a strange blue color. When they looked into the hatchery troughs, where the creek feeds, they saw hundreds of salmon floating on their bellies with their mouths agape. “It’s…