Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Watch from August 30 to Sept. 5, 2014

A recap of Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Items we found of interest from August 30 to Sept. 5, 2014

 

"Millions of sockeye salmon are set to return to the Adams River this fall, creating an incredible, colourful natural spectacle", according to the Canadian Tourism Commission

Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, September 2, 2014

 

Canada: When it comes to salmon farms and sea lice, everybody seems to claim expertise, but the latest criticism lacks credibility on two counts.

Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, Sept. 3, 2014

The latest finger-pointing about sea lice came from a Vancouver-based sport fishing charter operator. According to an article posted last week by Hayley Cooper, on the radio station NEWS1130:...The above quote caught the eye of Ian Roberts who works for the largest salmon farming company in BC. In an e-mail to the Aquatic Venture sport fishing charter company, he points out to Mr Hedert that the numbers of sea lice that he reports are actually lower than those found on sockeye salmon in areas far away from salmon farms. Mr Roberts makes reference to the NEWS1130 posting, and writes:

 

Graeme Wood / Richmond News, September 3, 2014

Commercial gillnet fishers were back on the Fraser River Tuesday, working a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift, catching as many sockeye salmon as they can fit on their boats. It was the fifth opening of the year for fishers. The fourth opening occurred last week. A sixth opening will happen on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. So far, as of Monday, an estimated 5.3 million fish have passed by Mission. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is now estimating a sockeye summer run of 8 million fish but has yet to offer up an estimate of the late summer run, which is expected to be the biggest. “Extremely high fractions of Fraser sockeye continue to emigrating via the Johnstone Strait route,”

Comox Valley Record,  by  Ralph Shaw - Comox Valley Record, Sep 3, 2014

For the past few weeks we have enjoyed recreational sockeye salmon fishing out of Browns Bay that has been bountiful by all standards.

 

Eel-like species has targeted large schools of Fraser River salmon in the past

By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun August 30, 2014

...“We’re alarmed at what we’re seeing,” he said in an interview Friday. “These are significant wounds that must adversely influence the sockeye’s probability to survive.” Lamprey are also being observed in the Strait of Georgia, including commission test fisheries. “They’ve pulled in sockeye with lampreys still attached,” confirmed Mike Lapointe, the commission’s chief biologist. “There’s obviously a body of them out there, and they’re taking advantage of this big group of fish.”

 

Brian Hutchinson | September 4, 2014

VANCOUVER — The return of the sockeye to B.C.’s Fraser River this time of year can sometimes mean money for fishermen and their families. It always means disagreement over how many fish should be taken for human consumption — even in years of extraordinary abundance, such as this one.

 

 

Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Watch – July 14 to July 18, 2014
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/pacific-northwest-wild-salmon-news-watch-%E2%80%93-july-14-july-18-2014

 

Pacific Northwest Wild Salmon News Watch – July 4 to July 11, 2014
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/pacific-northwest-wild-salmon-news-watch-%E2%80%93-july-4-july-11-2014