Dunbar Residents Association News and Events

Hi Wild Sockeye Salmon Lovers :

It is easy now to watch the first of the season Fraser Sockeye ect. approach or enter the two marine entrances, by going into the computer web sites of D. F. O and the Pacific Salmon Commission Test Fishing info . The test fisheries daily catches for the P. S. C. are located by clicking on Area 20 Gillnet and Seine caches from Juan De Fuca Straight near Port San Juan and Area 12 and 13 Gillnet, Seine.Test catches for Area 12 Round Island , near Port Hardy .The Blinkhorn Peninsular in the upper Johnston Straight and Camp Point in the lower Johnston Straight, seine Test fishing start for both, but starting a little later in July for Area 13, upper or northern entrance to Johnston Straight . The numbers of Sockeye caught and killed by test gillnetting in Area 20, especially in late June and early July, indicates numbers of Early Stuart Lake Sockeye and Early Summer Runs of Sockeye coming home to the Fraser this year.

The P. S. C. test fishing continues , with a catch, count and release of Sockeye ect at 2 Reef Net sites around Lumi Island in Washington State . The two P. S. C.Gillnet test sites in the Fraser are Cottonwood near Dease Island Park in Delta and Whonnock in Langley, both are catch and kill monitoring gillnet test sites . Fish Wheels,a catch Tag and release method of monitoring salmon migration, have been used in the Fraser near Mission B. C. in the past , if funding is available .D. F. O.also has seasonal Salmon gillnet monitoring at Albion on the Fraser also

The monitoring of the Fraser River 2009 sockeye migration has begun with the Early Stuart Lake Sockeye so far entering Area 20 in very small numbers and we can only cross our fingers that the run is tracking a little late as the fish move in from the deep Pacific ocean to find their first smells of their home, hundreds and hundreds of miles away up the Nechaco River north of Prince George . I wish them all the luck in this watery world, for they need it to make it home to where they were born ! Its great to take the time and watch them try to come home, avoiding all the man made pit falls that humans still place upon them.

Please email me with all your questions ect. , for I have watch this wonderful great historic migration every day and every year for all of my fishing life . Let the once greatest Canadian Sockeye migration to the Fraser River begin again and wish them luck! !

Terry Slack

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We’re pleased to announce the availability of the June edition of the Dunbar Newsletter.

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Wednesday, July 8, 8:00 PM:Composting & Green Clean Seminar, Dunbar Community Centre, Instructors: Mike McKee and Caitlyn Black

• Tired of all the clutter in your home? Want to get rid of unwanted stuff? Not sure where to start/who to call?
• Our Green Clean seminar focuses on how to de-clutter your home and yard in an environmentally friendly manner.
• We provide information on how to dispose of your unwanted clutter through charities and various recycling organisations as well as tips on effective composting.
• Free — to register please call Dunbar Community Centre, 604-222-6060.

Saturday, July 18, 10: AM: Composting & Green Clean Seminar, Dunbar Community Centre, Instructors: Mike McKee and Caitlyn Black

• Tired of all the clutter in your home? Want to get rid of unwanted stuff? Not sure where to start/who to call?
• Our Green Clean seminar focuses on how to de-clutter your home and yard in an environmentally friendly manner.
• We provide information on how to dispose of your unwanted clutter through charities and various recycling organisations as well as tips on effective composting.
• Free — to register please call Dunbar Community Centre, 604-222-6060.

• To consider amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law.
• At the Council meeting on June 16, 2009, Council referred laneway housing to Public Hearing on July 21.
• At the Public Hearing, Council will hear from the public and make a decision on laneway housing.
• If approved, the rezoning would amend the RS-1 and RS-5 (Single-Family) District Schedules to allow laneway housing in these single family areas.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LANEWAY HOUSING:

• Report to Council on Implementation of Laneway Housing

• Council’s approved motions (see pages 12-14)

Here are the MINUTES from the April 16, 2009 meeting of the Dunbar  Community Advisory Committee.

The next CAC meeting is scheduled for September 17, 2009, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, Dunbar Community Centre.

For more information on this project (architectural drawings, operational management plan, CAC terms of reference, project programs, etc.), please visit the Coast Mental Health website What’s Next web page (scroll down the page to find Dunbar Apartments information).