Sitka's preliminary 2015 sac roe herring harvest cut in half based on low numbers of young fish
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Cordova Times] November 25, 2014
A preliminary guideline harvest level for the 2015 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery has been set at 8,712 tons, half of tonnage for the 2014 forecast, based on very low numbers of age-3 recruit herring in 2014.
The forecast from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Nov. 21 was based on a 19.7 percent harvest rate of a forecast mature biomass of 44,237 tons.
Last December, state fisheries biologists announced a preliminary guideline harvest level for the 2014 fisher of 17,592 tons, based on a 20 percent harvest rate of a forecast biomass of 87,958 tons...
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