Alaska Salmon Updates for This Year and Next
This is Alaska Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – One king salmon is worth more than a barrel of oil.
Salmon stakeholders are still crunching the numbers from the 2018 season, which up front has two distinctions: it ranks as one of the most valuable on record to fishermen at nearly $596 million, and at just over 114 million salmon, it’s one of the smallest harvests in 34 years.
A breakdown by the McDowell Group shows the sockeye harvest was the second most valuable in 26 years ...
To Read Full Story Login Below.