Sockeye salmon return to the Fraser River
With an estimated 25-million sockeye expected, this year's Fraser River run could be the strongest on the river since 1913. The bounty is especially welcome after a disastrous 2009 season when a little more than one million salmon made their way back to the river. A 32-hour commercial fishery on the river started at noon on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. It will be followed with an aboriginal fishery over the weekend of August 28/29.
Fishermen stand at the mouth of the Capilano River fishing for salmon in West Vancouver, British Columbia August 25, 2010.ANDY CLARK
Commercial fishing boats head out on the Fraser River from Steveston Harbour in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday August 25, 2010.DARRYL DYCK
A sockeye salmon is caught in a commercial fishing boat's net on the mouth of the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday August 25, 2010.DARRYL DYCK
Fishermen at the mouth of the Capilano River fish for salmon in West Vancouver, British Columbia August 25, 2010.ANDY CLARK
A pair of sea otters eat a salmon at dawn in Esquimalt, British Columbia on Vancouver Island August 13, 2010. The pair caught the fish in nearby waters and then devoured their catch on a small dock.ANDY CLARK