Sad BC Fraser River Salmon Season Ending

This year's Fraser River sockeye salmon run in British Columbia has been drastically downgraded, ruling out any further sport or commercial fishing.

Only aboriginal fisheries for food, social or ceremonial purposes will still proceed and the bands that depend on salmon will get just a fraction of what they had been promised.

"It's a pretty sombre mood," Mike Lapointe, chief biologist for the Pacific Salmon Commission, said after the group met Friday. "I think we're ready to call the season to a halt."

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