Copper River Opens May 17 With Sockeye Run Near Average, but Big Improvement in Kings
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - May 7, 2018
The famed Copper River salmon season opens on Thursday, May 17 for a first period of just 12 hours -- from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
ADF&G manages the Copper River returns of salmon by ensuring that adequate escapement makes it up the river to spawn. Subsequent periods will be announced in-season.
The total run of Chinook salmon is estimated at 43,000 fish, close to the ...
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