quote:Originally posted by cuttlefish
Here's the 2009 Pink Salmon Stock Outlook from DFO. 2 means LOW, 3 means NEAR TARGET;
77. Area-11/13- Odd 2 / 3 2008 returns demonstrated another decline in escapements to virtually all systems monitored, a trend continuing from the 2006 low returns (a similar trend has been encountered in areas north of Johnstone Strait). Only systems in the southern portions of the area (Phillips River, Salmon River, Adam/Eve River and Amour de Cosmos, Quinsam River) demonstrated improvements over parental brood return in 2006. Odd year is typically an off-cycle year for most systems in the area. With current declining trends in the upper portion of the area the expectation for 2009 are to be low to near target abundance. Historically, the mainland inlets populations have been highly variable but expectations for 2009 are similar to what we projected in 2008.
Looks like they didn't get the pink salmon forecast right either. So, that's a good thing.