| The Sockeye have returned
They main body passed Rupert area in late July, and now are heading upstream |
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| The Sockeye have returned
They main body passed Rupert area in late July, and now are heading upstream |
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Above graph comes from daily updated site; but the scale is better on older graph (right) showing how quickly the winter runoff slows in July-August |
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| See DFO test fishery results for daily updates |  |
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Seines are getting
more time on the river than gillnets because of their capability to fish
more selectively.
(these numbers computed from DFO data which gives boat count and average catch)
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I compute the seines have caught about 1 million sockeye; to August 5th the test fishery predicts about 2.3 million fish have gone up river. That works aout to about 4 million sockeye so far totaling commercial and "escapement" .
| Gillnet catches peaked on July 17th and ended on 21st. Up to 588 boats were catching about 1.07 million Sockeye. |  |
For daily flow or height
readings from Usk see this site; can toggle between types of measurements; and
review any 28 day interval using the database engine on site. (But the scale
looks more relevant to Fraser than Skeena)
http://www.weatheroffice.com/water/StnChart.asp?stnID=08EF001
Daily catch stats are provided by North Coast DFO in PDF format
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/northfm/commercl/default.htm
Author Larry ----08/10/00
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