wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Anyone get their hands on the 28 page report yet?
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/...n/outlook-perspective/2018-summ-somm-eng.html
There are ninety-one (91) Outlook Units considered, meaning 91 different groupings of salmon that each return to a different place to lay eggs and reproduce. They are put into groupings so they can be properly categorized. Nine of these units didn’t have enough data to indicate how many salmon might return, so eighty-two (82) units were assigned a category. Of those units:
Sockeye 2018 Outlook
Chinook 2018 Outlook
Coho 2018 Outlook
Pink 2018 Outlook
Chum 2018 Outlook
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/...n/outlook-perspective/2018-summ-somm-eng.html
There are ninety-one (91) Outlook Units considered, meaning 91 different groupings of salmon that each return to a different place to lay eggs and reproduce. They are put into groupings so they can be properly categorized. Nine of these units didn’t have enough data to indicate how many salmon might return, so eighty-two (82) units were assigned a category. Of those units:
- twenty-eight (28) are expected to be at, or above the amount necessary for a healthy population
- thirty (30) are expected to be near, or below what is considered necessary for a healthy population
- the remaining twenty-four (24) have a mixed outlook
- overall, the outlook for salmon in 2018 has decreased slightly from last year
- thirteen (13) Outlook Units improved in category:
- sockeye: Early Summer – North Thompson, South Thompson, Lower Fraser; Summer – Quesnel; Fall – South Thompson, Lower Fraser; WCVI – Somass; Haida Gwaii;
- chinook: Johnstone Strait (mainland inlets); Georgia Strait Fall (large hatchery ops);
- coho: no change
- pink: Areas 7 – 10 (odd & even);
- chum: Fraser River; Yukon River
- fifteen (15) Outlook Units declined in category:
- sockeye: Summer – Harrison; Babine Lake – Enhanced; Skeena – Wild; Nass;
- chinook: Nass; Skeena; Alsek;
- coho: Mid and Upper Fraser; Thompson; Area 3;
- pink: Georgia Strait – West (odd & even), East (odd & even); North Coast Areas 3 – 6 (odd & even); Haida Gwaii (even);
- chum: Coastal Areas 5 & 6
Sockeye 2018 Outlook
- 31 Outlook Units (29 OUs shown here)
- 215 CUs
- Fraser: below average returns for many OUs; summer run dominant year
- Somass: average returns
- Skeena: poor brood year returns
- Nass: below average to average returns expected
Chinook 2018 Outlook
- 21 Outlook Units (18 shown here)
- 74 CUs
- Northern BC: average to variable status; some declines over prior status
- Southern BC: returns expected to remain low in the Fraser; mixed elsewhere
Coho 2018 Outlook
- 19 Outlook Units (16 OUs shown here)
- 43 CUs
- Northern BC: uncertain but directed harvest expected
- Southern BC: remain low; restrictions for all fisheries
Pink 2018 Outlook
- 9 Outlook Units (7 OUs shown here)
- 31 CUs
- Northern BC: good returns in some areas; directed harvests expected
- Southern BC: minimal Fraser return expected, some others abundant
Chum 2018 Outlook
- 11 Outlook Units (8 OUs shown here)
- 37 CUs
- Northern BC: uncertainty and continued poor returns expected
- Southern BC: some fisheries expected; many groups abundant