Fishery Notice

Category(s):

Yukon/TBR - Commercial Salmon
Yukon/TBR - Recreational Salmon
Yukon/TBR - Aboriginal

Subject:

FN1255-YUKON/TBR - Salmon - Stikine and Taku Rivers - 2018 Chinook Salmon Forecasts for the Stikine and Taku Rivers

Stikine River (drainage):

The 2018 forecast of large Stikine River Chinook salmon terminal run is 6,900 
with a 95% confidence interval of 1,500 to 12,500 fish. The Stikine River 
terminal run forecast, even with zero harvest, is below the lower bound of the 
escapement goal range of 14,000 to 28,000.

Taku River (drainage):

The 2018 forecast of large Taku River Chinook salmon terminal run is 4,700 with 
a 95% confidence interval of 2,200 to 7,200 fish. The Taku River terminal run 
forecast, even with zero harvest, is below the lower bound of the escapement 
goal range of 19,000 to 36,000.

For more information contact:

Bill Waugh, Fisheries and Oceans Canada - (867)393-6764

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1255
Sent December 1, 2017 at 1812

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