Warm water threatens what should be bumper year for Fraser River sockeye

[agentaqua]

14 million sockeye forecast to return to Canada's biggest salmon river — but number may be as low as 5 million
CBC News · Posted: Jul 18, 2018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fraser-river-sockeye-2018-forecast-1.4750305

 

[terrin]

Sounds a bit like they are coming up with an insurance scapegoat if the run doesn't materialize as expected. Blame the Warm water instead of the Fish Farms. Nice try but if you fly out over the Rockies to Calgary take a look at the snow pack and for reference here are some figures that seem to indicate fairly average conditions.http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/habitat/frw-rfo/reports-rapports/2018/2018-07-12/index-eng.html

 

[profisher]

Their predictions range from 5 to 25 million. They don't know.