Copper River Coho Season Gets Off to Strong Start; Landings Could Exceed Preseason Forecast
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - August 19, 2016
After a lackluster pink season and less-than-expected sockeye catch in the Copper River, the Cordova gillnet fleet may have a silver lining for this year's salmon season. After an aerial survey of the Copper River district, the silver salmon season opened on Monday, August 15 with an estimated landing of 19,000 silvers, also called coho salmon, and 760 sockeye.
In the 24-hour opener, 206 deliveries were reported.
The 19,000 coho caught initially puts the run on track with the preseason estimate of 201,000 coho.
“If the run comes in as forecast, harvest could be over 45% higher than last year when 137,000 Copper River coho were caught,” said ADF&G biologist Steve Moffitt...
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