Great News for BC Fish Stocks !

“On Tuesday, the Pacific Salmon Commission dramatically revised its forecast for the Fraser River sockeye return this year. That would make this year’s run the strongest on the river since 1913. The bounty is especially welcome after a disastrous 2009 season when a little more than one million salmon made their way back to the river. In July, the commission had estimated the run – the peak of a four-year cycle – would number about 11 million. The new forecast cleared the way for the 32-hour commercial fishery on the river starting at noon on Wednesday. It will be followed with an aboriginal fishery this coming weekend. The unexpected bounty not only caught officials off guard but is testing the mettle of a once mighty industry…”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/huge-fraser-river-sockeye-bounty-catches-everyone-off-guard/article1685772/