PCSC activities benefit salmon and the community

October 28, 2021 1:30 am
At left: WDFW employees with the Sol Duc Hatchery, Bryce Hatt (left) and Jordan Ludchedi, net fish from the holding pond to be transported to the Tom Wells residence in Forks for filleting.
At left: WDFW employees with the Sol Duc Hatchery, Bryce Hatt (left) and Jordan Ludchedi, net fish from the holding pond to be transported to the Tom Wells residence in Forks for filleting.

The Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition (PCSC) group along with the WDFW recently took summer Coho salmon from the Sol Duc Hatchery holding ponds to be filleted by the Salmon Coalition volunteers for distribution to the Forks Food Bank and also used for enhancement programs on Forks area streams.

PCSC is a grassroots, nonprofit volunteer-based organization whose mission is to be actively involved in local volunteer-based habitat restoration in order to achieve a healthy salmon resource within our region.

Photos by Lonnie Archibald

Wayne Haag, President of the Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition, empties carcasses into a tote to be strewn along local streams to add important nutrients to the water especially for insects which young salmon smolts will feed on.

Wayne Haag, President of the Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition, empties carcasses into a tote to be strewn along local streams to add important nutrients to the water especially for insects which young salmon smolts will feed on.

Wayne Haag (center) hands fish fillets over to Glenn King and Terri Rasmussen with the Forks Food Bank. The Masons also received fish for their distribution as did several individual families. On this day 160 Coho were processed by PCSC volunteers.

Wayne Haag (center) hands fish fillets over to Glenn King and Terri Rasmussen with the Forks Food Bank. The Masons also received fish for their distribution as did several individual families. On this day 160 Coho were processed by PCSC volunteers.

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Wayne Haag (center) hands fish fillets over to Glenn King and Terri Rasmussen with the Forks Food Bank. The Masons also received fish for their distribution as did several individual families. On this day 160 Coho were processed by PCSC volunteers.