Mossom Creek hatchery in Port Moody nearing completion

Its almost finished and the fish are coming.

Thats the promise as one of the last major structural items on the Mossom Creek Hatchery rebuild was completed and the new hatchery equipment installed.

A green roof, provided by Architek Engineered Solutions for Living Buildings, was planted on a cold but sunny winter day two weeks ago. Plumbing and wiring for coho tubs, incubator trays and monitoring equipment is just about finished.

Now, volunteers are getting ready to accept coho and chum salmon fry in tanks and tubs they have been preparing for weeks.

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Project co-ordinator Pat Dennett, one of a bevy of volunteers working on the hatcherys resurrection, is fond of saying Were on schedule and on budget and he can continue to say those words as the fish hatchery, built with $1.15 million in community, business and government donations and in-kind services, gets ready to resume operations.

Within days, the first chum fry from the Alouette River and the first coho fry from Noons Creek are expected to arrive.

Then the work of caring for the fish begins.

Were pretty excited, Dennett told The Tri-City News during a tour of the facility.

Several months of planning and construction are coming to fruition but for retired educator and Mossom hatchery founder Ruth Foster, one of the biggest moments of the rebuild was the installation of the green roof.

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Mossom Creek hatchery in Port Moody nearing completion