Yukon River's chinook run into Canada is strongest seen in five years
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Whitehorse Daily Star] by Chuck Tobin - August 14, 2014
The strongest run of Yukon River chinook salmon in five years is showing up in its tributaries.
The Teslin River sonar estimated a return of 9,916 in all of last year, and just 3,400 in 2012, its first year of operation.
So far this summer, the sonar is registering 13,099 chinook as of Tuesday, with an estimated 662 passing by yesterday alone.
Resource manager Mary-Ellen Jarvis of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said this morning a rough estimate indicates about 70 per cent of the salmon run is by the Teslin sonar, with another 30 per cent still to come...
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