Fraser River salmon fishery close is to collapse

A House of Commons fisheries report has declared the Fraser River fishery close to collapse. The lucrative sockeye salmon fishery on B.C.'s Fraser River is on the verge of collapse as a result of low spawning numbers last year. This could mean an end to sockeye fishing on the river by 2008. The committee blasted Fisheries and Oceans Canada for failing to ensure conservation or implement recommendations in previous reports and says the disaster could have been avoided. And we would have hoped that this lesson has been learned.