ANALYSIS: Copper River Sockeye Opens with Typical Price Spike and Slower Start to Volume

The wild salmon season is officially underway with the opening of Copper River on Thursday, May 22. Initial sockeye landings were modest, with ADF&G reporting 27,368 fish on opening day. However, harvests accelerated by Memorial Day Monday, with an additional 52,728 sockeye landed, bringing the cumulative total to just over 80,000, as recently reported by Peggy Parker of SeafoodNews.
Over the holiday weekend, offers and sales for 4–6 lb. H&G sockeye were notably, yet typically, elevated, averaging approximately...
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