Sockeye

• Historic sockeye salmon run in the Shuswap for local Indigenous band

  The festival is run by the Adams River Salmon Society, but this year, a historic team effort is taking place. The Little Shuswap Lake Band is also collaborating with the society.

  Education

  Oct 14, 2022
  
• Osoyoos Lake sees historic sockeye salmon harvest

  “We've benefitted this year with what’s estimated to probably be closer to 60,000 sockeye. This will be the largest total run to the Okanagan in current history from 1938 onwards."

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2022
  
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• Spawning kokanee counted in Okanagan, numbers vary per lake: Ministry report

  The number of spawning kokanee in the main valley Okanagan lakes for fall of 2021 has been counted.

  Environment

  Nov 10, 2021
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• Climate change makes Okanagan dam ‘inadequate for managing future floods’

  'It is inadequate for managing future floods in its current state, given the increased volume and frequency of floods as a result of climate change.'

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2021
• 12,000 salmon have now cleared Big Bar landslide under their own power: officials

  An additional 44,000 fish have been flown over the obstruction by helicopter.

  Aug 28, 2019
• Here’s why the Fisheries department tweeted about Narwhals doing ‘it’ for Valentine’s Day

  It's not every day that you see an official Twitter account for a federal government tweet about animals doing 'it.'

  Politics

  Apr 1, 2019
• Salute to the Sockeye draws thousands to the Shuswap

  The Salute to the Sockeye Festival runs every four years during salmon spawning season. This year about one million salmon are expected to come through the Adams River.

  Environment

  Oct 10, 2018
• Access dispute at Okanagan Falls pits homeowner against Okanagan Nation Alliance

  An Okanagan Falls homeowner says members of the Okanagan Nation Alliance are trespassing on her land to access Okanagan River for fishing.

  Jul 14, 2016
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• Kokanee greeted with celebration in Peachland

  The Kokanee are spawning in Deep Creek at Peachland.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2015
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• Despite large sockeye forecasts, Feds wary of repeating 2009 blunder

  Five years after the collapse of the run that prompted a $26-million federal inquiry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is forecasting a massive summer return of sockeye salmon.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2014