• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
Carrier Sekani logo

Carrier Sekani Tribal Council

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council brings together seven member nations to unify our voices and strengthen our inherent indigenous rights, title, and interests in our territories.

  • Negotiations
  • Services
    • Fisheries
    • Language and Culture
    • Mining
    • Oil & Gas
    • Library and Archives
  • News
  • Events
  • About
    • History of the CSTC
    • Previous Tribal Chiefs
    • Staff
    • Members
    • Annual General Assemblies

Watershed Talk Newsletter 2018 Fraser Salmon Update V.XV, #7

August 21, 2018

Catch and passage for Fraser sockeye is nearly 50/50 to date (2,479,700 catch and 2,301,800 past Mission). The Early Summer in-season information has changed substantially since last week, increasing to track near the p50 abundance with a median run-timing later than forecast. The later run-timing estimate is likely the reason for the lower tracking of in-season abundance in Early Summers observed over the last two weeks. Summers are also looking stronger, now tracking near the p50 forecast with a potential to be higher than forecast. Once we see some of the larger marine test fishery catches observed in-river, the uncertainty from the marine test fisheries will be clarified.

Canadian catch in commercial fisheries is around 1.4 million fish, predominantly in the Area B purse seine (728,300) and Area E gillnet (444,900) fisheries. For First Nations, FSC fisheries have been ongoing throughout the marine approach and in-river, and a few EO fisheries have been occurring in the Lower Fraser. Recreational fisheries in the marine approach and in-river recreational fishery catch is only reported after multiple weeks of fishing and is currently unavailable.

By: Aidan Fisher, FRAFS Biologist

Click on the link below to read more of the newsletter:
http://darac.sg-host.com/wp-content/uploads/20180817_FRAFS_Watershed_Talk.pdf

Filed Under: News

Suite 200 - 1460 6th Avenue
Prince George, BC
V2L 3N2

Phone (250) 562-6279
Fax (250) 562-8206
info@carriersekani.ca

Facebook