Pre-season run size forecasts for Fraser River sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink (O. gorbuscha) salmon in 2017 .: Fs70-7/2017-016E-PDF

“The total 2017 forecast of Fraser Pink Salmon ranges from 4 million to 16 million at the 10% and 90% probability-levels, with a median (50% probability level) forecast of 8.7 million. This median forecast is below average (12.4 million). Fraser Pink Salmon forecasts are extremely uncertain given the shifts in enumeration methodology over time, particularly with regards to the recruitment data (changes in escapement and catch methods). Pink Salmon fry abundance in the 2013 brood year was 230 million, which was almost half of the long term average (441 million). This Science Response Report results from the Science Response Process of December 14, 2016 on the Pre-season abundance forecast for Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon returns in 2017. The 2017 forecast relies on methods of past CSAS processes and publications. To support the 2017 Fraser Sockeye forecast, an additional Science Response process occurred on January 17-18 to summarize data and information on fish condition and/or survival from the 2013 spawners and their offspring"--Context, p. 2.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canada. Ecosystems and Oceans Science.
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
Title Pre-season run size forecasts for Fraser River sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and pink (O. gorbuscha) salmon in 2017 .
Variant title Pre-season run size forecasts for Fraser River sockeye and pink salmon 2017
Series title Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Science response, 1919-3769 ; 2017/016, Pacific Region
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Prévisions d’avant-saison concernant le volume de la montaison du saumon rouge (Oncorhynchus nerka) et du saumon rose (O. gorbuscha) du fleuve Fraser en 2017.
Caption title.
"June 2017."
"This report is available from the Center for Science Advice, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada"--p. 61.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, 2017.
Description 61 p. : col. charts
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-7/2017-016E-PDF
Subject terms Fisheries resources
Salt water fish
Fishing area
Fisheries management
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