The Tsilhqot’in National Government led Salmon Task Force reports they’ve seen a dramatic increase in sockeye passage past the slide on the Chilcotin River.
From near-real time data counts at the Hanceville Sonar, the Task Force reported on Saturday (September 7) 940 sockeye salmon were counted past the slide, approximately 7 times higher than the average daily passage in the previous week.
They saw another dramatic increase on Sunday (September 8) with total sockeye passage of 5,211, forty times higher than the average daily passage the previous week.
The Salmon Task Force stated since they detected passage back on August 24, the total is now 7,352.
They also reported environmental conditions are anticipated to be stable in coming weeks, during what would be Chilko sockeye’s typical peak spawning period.
In response to the Chilcotin River slide that happened July 30, the TNG rapidly formed a technical tripartite Emergency Salmon Task Force to assess the impacts on the Tsilhqot’in bound salmon populations.
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