A person painting a yellow fish on the roadway

Yellow Fish Program

Get involved

Arrange to pick up your free marking kit and start painting.

Sign up and choose
a catch basin to mark

Help us paint yellow fish symbols next to catch basins to raise awareness about protecting our waterways.

When you participate, you help remind everyone that what enters these drains can affect local wildlife, including fish and ducks.

What's happeningJoin our Yellow Fish kickoff event on June 22, 2025

Celebrate the start of summer and the launch of our Yellow Fish painting program. 

Paint a yellow fish on local catch basins and learn how the program helps protect our waterways.

  • Cost: Free
  • Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025
  • Time: 2pm to 4 pm
  • Location: Joe Wai Room, Vancouver City Hall, 453 W 12th Avenue

Light refreshments will be provided. 

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