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Similar to chinook, native fisheries of sockeye can be separated into those conducted by Upper Fraser River Bands and those conducted by Lower Fraser River Bands. As with the chinook fishery, there is both a food fishery as well as a pilot sales fishery. Only the Lower Fraser River bands have negotiated a pilot sales agreement for sockeye. The Lower Fraser River native fishery accounts for the largest portion of sockeye harvested by Native fisheries in the Fraser River. Information for sockeye fisheries is summarized weekly by Bridget Ennevor, however, it is expected that Native harvests of sockeye in 1996 will be far reduced from harvests in past years due to the expected small returns of Fraser River sockeye. As with chinook, commercial harvests of sockeye conducted by Lower Fraser bands are censused, however, few (if any) sockeye are expected to be harvested by Lower Fraser River bands for commercial purposes in 1996. Food fisheries are monitored by survey methodology, however, some escapement estimation projects (typically counting facilities such as fish fences) offer opportunities for bands to practice terminal harvests of sockeye and provide census (complete count) type information |
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Native fishers can obtain a pre-recorded message of Upper Fraser River fishing times by phone at: (604) 256-7187. |
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Native fishers can obtain a
pre-recorded message of Upper Fraser River fishing times
by phone at: (604) 256-7187.
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FRASER
RIVER ABORIGINAL FISHERIES SECRETARIAT
Communications -- FRAFS Communications Secretary
Copyright
1996-1999.
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