Pacific Salmon Commission raises forecast for B.C. Fraser River pink salmon run | |
By Dirk Meissner |
Source: winnipegfreepress |
8/17/2023 |
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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. |
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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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