Fraser River Sockeye Fisheries and Fisheries Management - Cohen ...

Table 25 Comparison of post-season escapement targets and observed spawningescapement for Fraser sockeye by run-timing group for 2003-2006. Countsare in 1000s of fish.Total Escapement Diff (Obs.-Target)Run Target 1 Observed 2 No. %2003 Post-seasonEarly Stuart 30 29 13 -16 -55%Early Summer 549 207 194 -13 -6%Summer 2820 1130 1002 -128 -11%Birkenhead 471 132 324 192 145%Late 1018 525 446 -79 -15%Total 4888 2023 1979 -44 -2%2004 Post-seasonEarly Stuart 137 90 9 -81 -90%Early Summer 1240 434 150 -284 -65%Summer 2381 1424 273 -1151 -81%Birkenhead 157 94 63 -31 -33%Late 267 227 28 -199 -88%Total 4182 2269 523 -1746 -77%2005 Post-seasonEarly Stuart 220 171 99 -72 -42%Early Summer 622 322 225 -97 -30%Summer 5400 3375 2455 -920 -27%Birkenhead 164 103 59 -44 -43%Late 629 535 471 -64 -12%Total 7035 4506 3309 -1197 -27%2006 Post-seasonEarly Stuart 56 54 36 -18 -33%Early Summer 1820 728 392 -336 -46%Summer 2522 1948 815 -1133 -58%Birkenhead 635 254 290 36 14%Late 7934 3174 3129 -45 -1%Total 12967 6158 4662 -1496 -24%4-year AverageEarly Stuart 111 86 39 -47 -54%Early Summer 1058 423 240 -183 -43%Summer 3281 1969 1136 -833 -42%Birkenhead 357 146 184 38 26%Late 2462 1115 1019 -97 -9%Total 7268 3739 2618 -1121 -30%1 Target escapements calculated by applying DFO's escepement plan to the post-seasonrun-size estimate2 DFO's spawning escapement estimate.105