US EditionSockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River in numbers not seen in a decade
Sockeye salmon returns to the Fraser River are more than triple initial projections with over 49,000 fish caught in a two-day test fishery, prompting calls to reopen commercial fishing.
- This year, the Johnstone Strait test fishery recorded high Fraser River sockeye returns, levels not seen since 2019, according to reports.
- The DFO said the large salmon return this year would not have occurred without efforts at the Big Bar landslide, and stakeholders credit these efforts.
- Kershaw noted, `returns could be double the latest projections`, and Bob Chamberlin said, `It's an incredibly welcome bump in the salmon returns this year.`
- First Nations can harvest in Fraser River fisheries, and limited sockeye fishing will resume in Johnstone Strait this weekend, while the DFO urges the federal fisheries minister to open the river for commercial fishing.
- Given this is the first brood since 2021 after the Big Bar landslide was cleared, Kershaw noted, `We need as many of those fish to get to the river and spawn so we can see even greater returns in four years' time.
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