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Area 23 and Somass River ESCAPEMENT ESTIMATES Table 1. Cumulative 2020 Somass escapement of all five Pacific salmon species to 29 September. Species Stamp falls escapement Sproat river escapement* 7-day range in daily counts Total Escapement target† Chinook 27,717 40 3–3,192 27,757 21,000 jack 1,626 25 1–96 1,651 – Coho 10,034 2,943 22–468 12,976 – jack 1,881 994 4–54 2,874 – Chum 5 1 0 6 – Pink 3 2 0 5 – Sockeye 108,959 129,369 0–18 238,328 250,000 jack 31,007 39,949 0–18 70,956 – *Counts for Sproat Lake are up to 25 September and have been interpolated for the 26–29 September. †Based on the most current run size estimate. CHINOOK TOTAL RUN SIZE On 30 September, Tsu-ma-uss First Nations took 447 Chinook in an economic opportunity fishery, bringing the 2020 total catch of Area 23 Chinook up to 89,569. Table 2. Total accounting for Area 23 Chinook in 2020. Total catch 89,596 Adult escapement 27,717 Lower river estimate 6,900 (5,000–12,000) Inlet abundance estimate No data available Total 124,213 (122,313–129,313)