The pre-season forecast for this year’s Fraser River sockeye returns — 1.6 million – turns out to have been pretty much spot-on. The big surprise this year was pink salmon.
The pre-season forecast for Fraser River pink salmon was 6.1 million, but as of Wednesday, the tally was 10.3 million, according to the Pacific Salmon Commission.
To the scientists who have been studying Pacific salmon abundance, however, it’s not that surprising that sockeye continue to do so poorly when pink salmon are doing so well.
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