Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project

By Allen Smith, Board Chairman & Volunteer Coordinator

Although this is the relatively slow part of our yearly fish culture activities, we have some noteworthy accomplishments to mention and our volunteers¹ activities will be increasing substantially as we proceed
through the fall and into winter time this year as noted below:

• June 29, 2002: Trained five new volunteers in fish care at MBSTP¹s fish rearing facility.
• July 5,6, & 7, 2002: Conducted the 8th annual Big Fish Derby fundraiser.
• October 2002: Fin clip & transfer approx. 3,000 fingerlings to our satellite rearing facility in Santa Cruz County.
• November 9, 2002: 25th Annual Albacore Feed fund raiser at the Recreation Center, 11261 Crane Street, Castroville, CA
• November 16, 2002: Fin clip total of approx. 50,000 coho salmon & steelhead. Please call Allen Smith if you can help at 831-458-3095 or 831-722-4753.
• December 7, 2002: Fin clip a total of approx. 50,000 steelhead. Please call Allen Smith if you can help at 831-458-3095 or 831-722-4753.
• December 2002: Weather & mother nature permitting, begin obtaining adult coho & steelhead for our spawning program.

We are a volunteer based organization and as such we typically go through periods of turnover and drop out for any number of reasons. To those of you interested in continuing to support us with your volunteer efforts, please talk to others about us, and what we do. Perhaps you will inspire some special people to join us in our salmonid population restoration and preservation mission. I send our deepest thanks to all of you great volunteers!

Anyone interested in being trained to work with us in occasional fish Care activities and some of our other Project activities, please contact me, Al Smith, at 831-722-4753, 831-458-3095, E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or send a note to my attention at MBSTP, P.O. Box 417, Davenport, CA 95017.

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