23 Aug
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High hopes for Fraser River sockeye dashed by precipitous returns

According to revised estimates of the Pacific Salmon Commission, “this year’s returns of Fraser River sockeye salmon are falling drastically short of pre-season forecasts”.

“To see the Fraser River runs decline so precipitously by comparison ‘is very disturbing,'” says Greg Taylor, a fisheries adviser for the Watershed Watch Salmon Society.

Read the full article from Times Colonist.