The English River fish count in Postville has started their operations.
Todd Broomfield is the Director of Renewable Resources with the Nunatsiavut Government.
He says the counting fence was delayed with installing the vents because the river level was quite high, and they had to wait until the water level to drop to put the fence in.
But on July 15 the counting fence was installed at the English River Fish count.
Broomfield says normally they would be operating the fence in the first week of July but due to the ongoing rain and with the spring, the snow run off and the snow and rain combined are keeping the water level high in the river.
He says they have 6 crew members employed at the 15 minute boat ride which is east of Postville.
The English River Fish Count is in operated 7 days a week for 17 weeks.
Broomfield says the latest information they received was from yesterday July 28, 2019.
They counted 10 small salmon, 2 large salmon, 5 small char, 42 large char and 1 Brooke trout.
The char is returning to the rivers, basically every fish that enters the trap at the counting fence is counted by crew and released to the river.
The English fish count now has been in operation now since 1999.