Fraser River to See Record-Breaking Run of Pink Salmon
British Columbia’s Fraser River is on track to see a massive run of pink salmon this year, possibly the greatest since recordkeeping began.
Around August and September, some 27 million pinks will be swimming upstream, almost doubling the last run’s numbers, according to Fisheries and Oceans scientist Kaitlyn Dionne.
Flying over the Barrière River, a tributary of the Fraser, Ms. Dionne said last year’s run looked “like a carpet of pink salmon from one end of the river to the other.”
While this surge of fish will be largely welcomed...
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