Fraser River Pink Salmon Returns Blow Past Forecast

October 3, 2023 Nelson Bennett , BIV.com

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.

No Commercial Openings for Fraser Sockeye

August 29, 2022 Nelson Bennett, BIV

B.C. commercial fishermen are now forced to resign themselves to the reality that they will be shut out of the Fraser River sockeye fishery for the fourth year in a row, and for some that means the end of the road.