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Chinook fishery winds down



The chinook run continues with gillnet fisheries concluding this past weekend.

More than 125,000 chinook were forcast, allowing for a strong commercial and recreational fishery.

96,000 springs were landed this season, with Somass First Nations taking almost half of the allowable catch, and recreational anglers almost a quarter.

More than 36,000 chinook have made it past the Stamp Falls counters heading towards the Robertson Creek hatchery, which requires 21,000 fish for their annual egg-take and incubation program.

15,000 coho have also gone through the counters

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