The Fraser River Panel met Tuesday, August 15, to receive an update on the migration of Fraser
River sockeye and pink salmon and review the status of migration conditions in the Fraser River
watershed. It is currently estimated that 567,100 and 16,200 sockeye and pink salmon, respectively,
have passed the Mission hydroacoustics site. The Panel adopted an in-season run size of 8,575,000
pink salmon with an associated Area 20 timing of August 18.
Pink In-season Update
August 15, 2023
Current Trends
• Continue to see unprecedented high catches in marine test fisheries
• Low abundances of pinks observed in the river to-date
• Added cumulative CPUE as another piece of evidence that the run is exceeding the pre-season p75 (8.6M)