Skeena sockeye still lagging

The Area 4 Skeena sockeye fishery was not opened over the weekend or today. Basically, the run hasnt hit the escapement number that triggers allowing commercial fisheries. Wishful thinking would have thought this was some major application of the precautionary principle by DFO, but that's not really the case yet. Just plain old low sockeye numbers.

The last few days of Tyee sockeye numbers has continued to be lower than expected:
Date...........Daily...........Total To Date 2009
July 10: 20.09........... 239
July 11: 12.12.............251
July 12: 23.09............274

Compared to 2008, the numbers show just how far behind things are:
July 10: 40.26.............229
July 11: 57.34..............286
July 12: 100.68...........387
July 13: 126................514
July 14: 166...............680

Note, the large daily Index numbers on the 12-14th in 2008. So the sockeye can show up fast. The July 14, 2008 daily index number was the fifth highest ever recorded at Tyee.