Fraser Sockeye Season Gearing Up; Landings of 1.3 Million Salmon So Far
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - August 17, 2018
The Fraser River sockeye season has netted landings of about 600,000 sockeye in the U.S. and 735,000 sockeye in Canada as of early this week. In Canada there have been three separate openings and an updated announcement on openings just this week, indicating a ramping up of a fishery that will peak in the coming few weeks.
This year’s return to the Fraser is estimated to be 14 million sockeye, within a wide range of possibilities. The return is made ...
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