John Stark has the story in the Bellingham Herald:
The Fraser River sockeye salmon runs, the biggest local moneymaker for commercial fishing in good years, appear to have collapsed again in 2009.
Although some hope remains that the fish may still arrive late in large enough numbers to permit a commercial fishery, the chances of that appear to be fading, said Merle Jefferson, natural resources director for Lummi Nation.
“There’s going to be no fishery unless there’s a miracle, unless they’re real, real late,” Jefferson said.
