The Nisga'a Fisheries conducted their Tag Recovery Draws on July 5, 2012.

The three winners of $250.00 each are:

Sam Nisyok-Chinook tag#22524 from 2011
Walter Nisyok-Coho tag#30135 from 2010
Bruce Azak-Sockeye ag#55613 from 2010

The draws were conducted during the Inland Fishery (IS), on July 5, 2012 by Sim'oogit K'eexkw (Herb Morven) and Richared Alexander, at the Nisga'a Fisheries office in Gitlaxt'aamix. The method used was a random number generator that did the selection of the winners.

According to a spokeperson from Nisga'a Fisheries "these draws are conducted this time of year during the "IS"fishery to encourage tag recovery returns from fishers", "which will give us (Nisga'a Fisheries) more accurate population estimates of salmon run". "The number of entries (tags) for each species were: Chinook-181, Sockeye-1509, and Coho/Chum/Stelhead-57."