Some Alaska Fisheries Had a Record-Setting Year for Wild Salmon. But No One Wanted to Gut All Those Fish.
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [New Food Economy] by Sarah Gibson September 8, 2017
At the outset of the salmon season, fisherman Everett Thompson was looking forward to a banner year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game had estimated that 41 million wild sockeye salmon would come to Bristol Bay, an eastern nook of the Bering Sea formed by the Alaskan Peninsula. Ultimately, 59 million salmon returned—the most since 1980—leading to record hauls in parts of the region, which contributes 40 percent of the world’s annual ...
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