The Nisga’a Fisheries and Wildlife Department (NFWD) just reopened its Sockeye food fishery yesterday after they had to close it due to low returns on the Nass River watershed.
Since the start of the closure on July 12, above-average numbers of Sockeye have gone above Gitwinksihlkw and made their way into spawning areas. The Sockeye fishery was initially scheduled to reopen on July 27 for a trial period.
The Chinook salmon fishery will remain closed for the rest of the season, but Nass chum, Coho and pink salmon will stay open. According to a NFWD media release, there is no fishing is allowed above the Grease Harbour in order to reduce incidental catches of Chinook and still setting of nets is also not allowed.
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