ADF&G Forecasts Massive Pink Run in PWS, Modest Sockeye Return for Copper River
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - April 11, 2017
The forecasted harvest for Prince William Sound pink salmon this year is 58.92 million, the largest on record.
The Copper River sockeye harvest is a more modest 889,000 fish, with an additional 1.2 million sockeyes forecasted as harvest from Prince William Sound, mostly from the Main Bay facility.
If the 2017 natural stock pink salmon total run forecast is realized it would be the second largest natural run on record...
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