Fraser River sockeye salmon returns among highest recorded
By Kari Neumeyer • Aug 31st, 2010 • Category: Lead Story, News ReleasesTreaty 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 San Juan Islands on NWIFC’s Flickr…

