Togiak Herring Forecast Higher Than Last Year And Seiners Get Larger Share
ADF&G announced the returning Togiak herring biomass for next year as 217,548 tons, a 60% increase over the 2018 forecast of 136,756 tons. Next spring's forecast is about 131% of the last ten-year average.
The biomass number translates into a total harvest of 30,457 tons, of which 21,544 tons is alloted to seiners for their roe fishery.
At a 2018 Bristol Bay Board of Fish meeting, the allocation share in the Bristol Bay Herring Management Plan was changed from 70% purse seine ...
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