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An official with Department of Fisheries and Oceans said Friday it supports teaching young Skeetchestn Indian Band members fishing on the Deadman River. But the federal department takes issue with characterizations that it is not consulting with the band or taking action to conserve Pacific salmon stocks that return to the Deadman River to spawn. Skeetchestn band said this week it is ending a self-imposed moratorium on fishing the small Deadman River, which drains into the Thompson River west o...

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 Theres no more salmon fishery. I s...