A spawning sockeye salmon makes its way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park in this file photo.
Anglers planning to catch salmon in local waters this weekend are happily leaving their fishing poles at home after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced a fishing ban on all salmon species until further notice.
"Good," said Mo Bradley of the Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association on hearing the news. "The DFO says 'There's no more salmon fishery.' I say OK. They're closing it for one reason and that's to enhance the population later."
On Wednesday, the DFO announced that recreation fishing for salmon is prohibited until further notice in Kamloops Lake and the Thompson River from the outlet with Kamloops Lake downstream to the confluence with the Fraser River.