Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Watch from Sept. 15 to Sept. 20, 2014

A recap of Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Items we found of interest from Sept. 15 to Sept. 20, 2014

 

 Fraser River's sockeye salmon run size uncertain, but ‘great’

Mark Hume, VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail,  Sep. 16 2014

The Fraser River’s sockeye run is being hailed as exceptional by fisheries experts even though there is considerable doubt about how many millions of salmon remain at sea and how many of those fish should be caught. “I would call it a great run,” Jennifer Nener, area director for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), said Tuesday as seine boats were given a three-day opening to scoop up late-arriving sockeye off the mouth of the Fraser.

Fish delay entering Fraser River, but warmer water not harming spawning

Stanley Tromp / Vancouver Courier, September 18, 2014

The sockeye salmon run is booming this month, and Vancouverites have a rare chance to see it in action. The prized fish are returning en masse to the Fraser River after three years in open water. In early August, the river’s recreational, commercial and aboriginal fisheries opened up, and hundreds of boats of all shapes and sizes sought after the costly delicacy in a modern gold rush near Steveston. The “all-citizen fishery” is open to reefnets until Sept. 20.

by  Jeff Nagel - Surrey North Delta Leader, Sep 13, 2014a

A quirk of nature has handed B.C. commercial fishermen a huge catch of sockeye salmon this summer, while leaving their American counterparts almost empty handed.

Maple Ridge Times, September 13, 2014

A Sept. 12 report on the Whistler-Pemberton area from Pemberton Fish Finder, www.pembertonfishfinder.com:

Birkenhead River: Sockeye salmon are entering the Birkenhead River in staggering numbers now. The run was about two weeks late from last year. Chinook salmon are now spawning and should not be disturbed. There are tons of beautiful rainbow trout, bull trout and Dolly Varden with the odd summer-run steelhead caught

A whole lotta sockeye returning to Fulton River near Granisle. Thanks Simon Ratcliffe #listenerslens @bcalmanac    pic.twitter.com/0J8xRqNupC

Reference Link: The September 18, 2014 Fraser River Panel Regulatory Announcement is now available on the Pacific Salmon Commission website at:

Steve Kidd - Penticton Western News, Sep 18, 2014

This Saturday marks the end of a long journey for the Okanagan Nation Alliance, particularly the Penticton Indian Band. The new k] cpә’lk’ stim’ Salmon Hatchery, on the Penticton Indian Band, will be officially opened on Sept. 20 at 1 p.m., ready for 2014 Broodstock season.

Commercial catch running about double last year

Chinook Observer, Sept. 16, 2014

COLUMBIA RIVER — On the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s website, cameras at Bonneville Dam show salmon on the move, each shot updated every few seconds as they make their way through the dam’s fish ladder

Associated Press, Posted: Friday, Sep. 12, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore. Hundreds of thousands of salmon are making their way from the ocean up the Columbia River this month, a windfall for salmon eaters, and for tribal and recreational fishermen in the Pacific Northwest.

 

ADN, Craig Medred, September 14, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Watch – July 14 to July 18, 2014
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Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Watch – July 4 to July 11, 2014
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