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

Table E-5 Annual WCVI estimates of the recreational fishery harvest of sockeye for1985-2009. The catch of Fraser sockeye each year was estimated as 50%of the August and September catch for Area 23B plus all the sockeyecatch from other WCVI Statistical Areas.PeriodMonitoredWCVI Statistical Areas Reporting Sockeye Catch23 123 24 124 25 125 Year126 27 127TotalSockeyeCaughtAugust-September 1Area 23 Area 23BSockeye SockeyeCatch CatchEstimatedFraserSockeyeCaught1985 Aug - Sep 2,797 2,797 2,797 286 1431986 Aug - Sep 21 21 21 2 11987 Jul-Sep 23,228 23,228 11,440 1,169 5851988 Aug - Sep 374 374 374 38 191989 Jul-Sep 794 794 750 77 381990 Jul-Sep 14,430 14,430 9,353 956 4781991 Jul-Sep 81,647 81,647 22,781 2,328 1,1641992 Jul-Sep 112,638 112,638 29,339 2,998 1,4991993 Jun - Sep 107,407 107,407 30,636 3,131 1,5651994 Jun - Aug 31,299 31,299 7,733 790 3951995 Jun - Aug 5,694 5,694 7 7 41996 Jun - Sep 33,464 7 33,471 1,366 18 161997 Jun - Sep 37,335 16 37,351 9,763 393 2131998 Jun - Sep 57,952 57,952 11,079 1,756 8781999 Jun - Sep 1,407 1,407 56 102 512000 Jun - Sep 24,314 1 24,315 na na na2001 Jun - Sep 38,866 40 1 38,907 3,078 315 1982002 Jun - Sep 55,575 142 55,717 1,656 169 2272003 Jun - Sep 53,627 43 17 2 7 53,696 5,233 535 3362004 Jun - Sep 79,244 7 23 6 6 79,286 4,677 478 2812005 Jun - Sep 30,256 76 13 - 38 - 30,383 3,128 320 2872006 Jun - Sep 26,863 366 15 358 23 24 5 27,654 1,645 168 8752007 Jul - Aug - 14 33 9 2 58 45 5 602008 Jul - Aug 16 18 4 4 42 21 2 272009 Jun - Sep 57,837 28 31 22 3 57,921 4,795 490 329Averages1995-99 27,170 12 27,175 4,454 455 232All Years 35,083 82 14 53 18 14 6 3 2 35,140 6,741 689 4031the ratio of Area 23B:Area 23 estimates of sockeye catch for 1995-99 were used to derive Area 23B estimates for other years.E-9