Alaska Salmon Harvests Enter Pivotal Week For Remainder of the Season
Having exceeded the Bristol Bay forecast for sockeye harvest, production in other regions of Alaska for sockeye has fallen far short. In the Copper River, only 41% of the pre-season forecast of sockeye has been harvested, with that run nearly over. But this week, statistical week 31 in salmon management parlance, is a pivotal week historically for pink salmon. Statewide, it is the week that starts the upward trajectory for higher production from seine-caught pink salmon.
In Alaska, salmon harvests and runs...
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