Represent salmon
Show your support out there in the world with quirky Quadra Salmon merchandise – Quadra Salmon bumper stickers, T-shirts, salmon prayer flags, and even fishing lure “hoochie” earrings. (If you have fantastic fun photos of any of the above, please reach out and let us know :)
At the moment QISES gear is only to be found at the local Quadra farmer’s markets, (nearly) every Saturday during the summer by the Credit Union, 10am-2pm. Contact us via email (quadrasalmon@gmail.com), Facebook page, or by phone 285-2787. We also MAY be looking for a new Tshirt design in the coming year, so please reach out if you a) have GREAT art for one, b) want shirts before the old design goes, c) want a new kinda T-shirt!
(Heads up – Quadra Salmon volunteers are not the most online group of people – it is all volunteer time and we try to dedicate much more of that to stream work than computer work, so please be patient and allow a few days or so for responses to online reach-outs, and please feel free to try again! If you want to help with any aspect of markets, web presence, or you’d like to be a venue for some QISES merch, please reach out!)
Our “hoochie” salmon lure earrings are a whimsical creation sold to benefit Quadra Salmon. Proceeds go towards our local stream stewardship projects, after nominal materials cost.
Each pair is unique and hand-crafted from materials salvaged, donated and purchased from local shops – all hoochies from local fishing shops or donated by local fishermen! Often with marine features like pearls or seashells, or simply unique beads, the “hoochies” are somehow both elegant, humerous, and yes – practical! We’ve heard great stories of islanders using them for real lures again when needed.
Best perk? Unsolicited fishing tips and tales. I love hearing the fishing stories these generate!
Suggested donation is $20-25. Can order custom pairs within reason (eg. name some favourite colours!). Sold at Quadra’s summer Farmer’s Market but contact us during off-season as they can be mailed for gifts etc. Please allow for a volunteer time frame! (Note you can trim most pairs shorter, so we often leave them long. But we make them from a variety of lures.)
Land & Watershed Acknowledgement
Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society was formed with concern for Quadra Island’s wild salmon and the intention to support their populations and habitats. Salmon have been central to the ecosystem of this island for millennia, nourishing the forests, animals and humans who have made their homes here. Wild salmon stocks thrived up and down the Pacific coast before European colonization, and Quadra Island itself is traditional and unceded First Nations territory.
QISES respectfully honours the traditional heritage of land and water relationships of the Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ (Laich-Kwil-Tach) first nations: the We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, and Kwiakah First Nations, and the central importance of the wild salmon to traditional life here. We also acknowledge our Coast Salish neighbours, the Xwemalhkwu and K’omoks Nations, who have close connections to these lands, waters, and fishes. QISES was founded to rehabilitate salmon populations which have been greatly diminished by destructive colonization practices, which have displaced peoples, habitat, and other living creatures. We hope to contribute to a better future with our focus on helping perpetuate generations of wild salmon to come.
Donations are gratefully accepted
Help to cover the cost of materials for stream monitoring,
maintenance, and our many restoration projects.
About
The focus of QISES is monitoring, maintaining, and enhancing Quadra Island watersheds, fish and fish habitat, and promoting public education about wild salmon and their habitat
Contact
EMAIL:
quadrasalmon@gmail.com
MAILING ADDRESS:
Box 413, Quathiaski Cove, BC V0P 1N0
FACEBOOK:
Quadra Salmon Eco-Centre
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