Off-year for Alaska's pink run sends 2014 total salmon forecast down 47% from record 2013
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 10, 2014
Alaska's salmon run forecast and harvest projection is down considerably this year due to 2014 being the off year for the 2 year pink salmon cycle.
The 2014 total commercial salmon catch projection of 132.6 million, down about 47% from last year’s record haul of 283 million fish.
The 2014 forecast is expected to include 79,000 Chinook salmon in areas outside Southeast Alaska and Bristol Bay, 33.6 million sockeye, 4.4 million coho, 74.7 million pink, and 19.9 million chum salmon.
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