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Updated: August 30, 2010


Fraser sockeye: Too much bounty?

Vancouver Sun

The biggest Fraser River sockeye salmon run since 1913 is proving to be almost too big a bounty for British Columbia's fishery industry to handle.

With a total catch allotment of 7.5 million fish -- nearly four times what was expected this season -- fishermen are scrambling to maximize their haul, and that is stretching a shore industry that hasn't handled any Fraser River sockeye at all in the last three years.

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