Low water levels and warming waters worry Fraser River Panel salmon experts
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Canadian Press] - August 13, 2014 -
Vancouver, Warmer water and low river levels could threaten B.C.'s salmon during what's expected to be the largest sockeye run in many years.
The warnings come a day after the first commercial opening for gillnetters to catch the province's prized fish, with the next opportunity not expected until next Monday.
Fisheries representatives estimated on Tuesday that 1.8 million salmon will return to the Fraser River during the early summer sockeye run.
A meeting of the Fraser River Panel Tuesday estimated near 50 per cent of the run has already migrated from the ocean, essentially meeting pre-season forecasts. (Estimates for the late run salmon expected later this summer has been pegged at a return of 23 million fish.)
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