DFO thinks timing of BC tailings spill reduced risk to returning Fraser River sockeye
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times Colonist] - August 14, 2014 -
The fisheries department says the timing of the Mount Polley tailings pond breach in central B.C. likely reduced any potential negative impact on returning salmon stocks.
Department of Fisheries and Oceans area director Jennifer Nener said the sockeye returning to the Fraser River during the annual migration now underway aren't expected to reach the area affected by the spill for a couple more weeks.
Department staff will monitor salmon as they enter the Quesnel water system, but Nener said she expects that the millions of cubic metres of water and silt that washed into the water system when the dam broke last week will have had time to settle.
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