Late sockeye numbers ‘disturbingly low,’ monitoring group says

Pre-run estimate of 1.24 million dropped to 200,000 for entire Fraser River run

“The late South Thompson sockeye run has seen far fewer fish than expected, but the federal fisheries department says it’s still very preliminary with the final numbers not known until late December or January.

“In terms of the sockeye return, it’s much more disappointing than people were hoping to see this year,” said Greg Taylor, senior fisheries adviser for the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization that monitors wild salmon. MORE