Caution sounded on Fraser sockeye run, as catches lower than expected this week
SEAFOODNEWS.COM Aug 29, 2014
Mixed signals regarding the building Fraser River run this week caused some disruption in the fresh sockeye market.
Early in the week, a lower than anticipated catch led to canceling a purse seine opening- which brings a lot of volume to processors.
Yet the gillnet fishery also had its first 24 hour opening in five years on Tuesday, followed by another 12 hour opening on Wednesday. The DFO said the 24 hour opening was because the early summer run sockeye have all passed through the mouth of the Fraser River.
The Fraser River Panel also revised downward...
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