Yukon River Dip-Net Commercial Fishery Landings So Far Double Last Year's
SEAFOODNEWS.COM By Peggy Parker - June 23, 2016
Higher than expected landings of Yukon River chum salmon are being caught by commercial dip-nets, done by hand over the side of the boat, to protect the iconic Chinook salmon from being harmed. Even with the less efficient dip nets, the catch is more than double what it was last year at this time.
Chinook salmon runs in the Yukon have been at severely low levels for years. Sport and even subsistence catch has been prohibited in recent years.
To date, the Lower Yukon River total catch (both district 1 and 2) is 145,892 chum salmon and 0 chinook salmon.
ADF&G’s weekly update for the area, which lags by about a week current catch levels, describes earlier landings of “beach seine and dip net commercial harvest in District 1 is 50,570 summer chum salmon...
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