Sitka Sound Herring Fishery Open Twice Last Weekend, Grounded Tug Secured, Sheen Monitored
The Sitka sac roe herring fishery opened twice over the weekend, Saturday for 90 minutes and Sunday for eight hours. The brief opening on March 26 resulted in a harvest of 450 tons. Sunday’s harvest will be announced in the next Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) update.
The guideline harvest limit (GHL) this year is 45,164 tons, based on a 20% harvest rate of a forecast of 225,820 tons of mature herring biomass. This is the largest stock size and GHL ...
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