AK 2022 Salmon Season Officially Starts on May 16
The season’s first sockeyes and Chinook salmon can be pulled from the Copper River starting at 7:00 am on Monday, May 16 during a 12-hour drift gillnet fishing period. Waters within the expanded Chinook salmon inside closure area will be CLOSED during this period, the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game announced on May 4.
The 2022 Copper River Chinook salmon forecast is for a total run of about 39,000 fish and a commercial harvest of 7,000 fish.
Total Copper River sockeye salmon...
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