Pacific Salmon Commission raises forecast for B.C. Fraser River pink salmon run

Pacific Salmon Commission raises forecast for B.C. Fraser River pink salmon run

By Dirk Meissner

Source: winnipegfreepress

8/17/2023

Credit: Jonathan Hayward

Pink salmon returns to British Columbia’s Fraser River are exceeding original forecasts, prompting disagreements about whether the potentially bumper season has anything to do with the closure of open-net salmon farms off Vancouver Island.

The Pacific Salmon Commission said it is increasing its projections of Fraser River pink salmon returns this summer to a possible high of 11.6 million, up from an estimate of between 6.1 million and 8.6 million fish.

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