August 23, 2007
Life Source
As of August 6...197,526 sockeye have entered the Fraser River
17,900 sockeye have been caught in fisheries
964,278 sockeye were forecast to have entered the
river by now
6,247,000 sockeye were forecast to return to the
Fraser River
Update: The Fraser sockeye count as of August 12th:
470,200 sockeye have entered the river
35,000 sockeye have been caught in fisheries
6,247,000 sockeye were forecast to return
1,601,000 sockeye are now expected to return (worst return in more than 40 years; likely one of top 5 worst returns ever)
Numbers taken from Jeffery Young, David Suzuki Foundation aquatic biologist.