Figure 5. Catch of Pacific salmon in British Columbia from 1920 to 1995. The decline in recent years probably is related to ocean conditions. The 1996 catch should be one of the lowest in the time series in part because of the ocean conditions and in part because of the cyclic nature of pink and sockeye salmon. 1997 catches are expected to be higher, which will mean that the decline shown in the figure will not be as great.
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