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B.C. SALMON MAKE A COMEBACK
After the near-collapse of Canada's West Coast salmon stocks, the fish have returned in huge numbers. But, as Lynn Desjardins reports, it's a mixed blessing for British Columbia's commercial fishing industry.
Photo: A salmon fisherman shows of his fresh catch of a sockeye salmon as other fishermen line the shores of the Fraser River near Chilliwack, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. This years sockeye salmon run on the Fraser River is being estimated to 34 million fish, the largest run of its kind in nearly a hundred years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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