Fishery Notice

The Fraser River Panel met for the final in-season meeting on Thursday, 
September 25, 2014 to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser sockeye 
runs and review the status of migration conditions in the Fraser River 
watershed.
	
The migration of sockeye past the Mission hydroacoustics site has continued to 
be strong over the last several days with approximately 2.7 million sockeye 
estimated to have passed in the last seven days. In river test fisheries 
catches have been variable in recent days.

Recent stock identification analyses indicated Fraser sockeye contributions of 
approximately 13% Summer run and 87% Late run from the Whonnock test fishery 
with Harrison sockeye comprising 12 of the 13% of the Summer run fish.

The estimated upriver migration of sockeye past Mission through September 24th 
is  9,492,400 fish in total of which 227,900 are estimated to be Early Stuart 
sockeye, 1,204,500 Early Summer run, 4,029,800 Summer run and 4,030,200 Late 
Run.

At today's meeting, the Fraser River Panel adopted an increase to the run size 
of summer run sockeye to 8.1 million up from 7.9 million.  The panel made no 
changes to the run size for Early Summers or lates or to the management 
adjustments for any of the run timing groups.  Fish condition has been good in 
recent Fraser River fisheries and observations in the rivers and lakes in the 
interior.

First Nations FSC fisheries targeting Fraser sockeye are complete in most 
areas.  Fishers are requested to check updated times and restrictions for their 
local area. 

The Area H troll commercial sockeye ITQ fishery open in Area 29 will close on 
Saturday September 27th. Details will be announced in a separate notice.

The Area B seine commercial sockeye ITQ fishery in Area 29 will close on 
Saturday, September 27th. Details will be announced in a separate fishery 
notice.

Retention of sockeye in Marine and Lower Fraser River recreational fisheries 
continues.  Refer to fishery notices FN0720 and FN0721 for details.



FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jennifer Nener 604-666-6478

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1057
Sent September 25, 2014 at 1545

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