Lots of prawns and sardines, few hake, hoping for sockeye

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Prawns: British Columbia's shrimp-by-trap (prawn) fishery closed July 14 after opening May 7. Laurie Convey, shellfish management biologist for DFO in Nanaimo, said prawns were plentiful for fishermen this year. "It's fair to say, by all reports, thatit has been quite a good season," she said. "We conduct samplings, and there were high abundances of prawns in a number of areas. Some areas were better than in recent years." Landings in 2007 were at a record high of 6.1 million pounds but dropped to 5.2 million pounds in 2008.