Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Returns Among Highest Recorded
August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 31 -- The Washington state Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission issued the following news release:
Treaty tribes in western Washington are having a bountiful Fraser River sockeye fishery this season, with at least three times the number of fish returning as expected. More than 30 million sockeye are estimated to return to the Fraser River in British Columbia this year - the highest run size recorded since 1913.
View photos of the fishery in the . . .
Treaty tribes in western Washington are having a bountiful Fraser River sockeye fishery this season, with at least three times the number of fish returning as expected. More than 30 million sockeye are estimated to return to the Fraser River in British Columbia this year - the highest run size recorded since 1913.
View photos of the fishery in the . . .