Salmon Return in Massive Numbers
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Interesting read as to how fish can rebound in number:
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/sockeye-surprise-salmon-rebound-in-massive-numbers/19626241
This part was interesting to me:
In the Fraser, an estimated 34.5 million sockeye surged their way to the place of their birth in order to spawn, a level not seen since 1913. Fishermen, frustrated by three paltry seasons, were given the green light, and more than 10 million sockeye were caught before the Canadian government halted further fishing.
The commercial fishermen harvested nearly a third of the salmon that were estimated to return to the river – and the fishermen were mad when the season got cut off at that point!!! They probably took more salmon in one season than had returned to the river altogether for the last three years combined!
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