AK’s salmon season is wrapping up with some fishing still underway.
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SE pink expectations lowered, AK sockeyes top forecast
Good catches of chums and pinks in major regions are pushing the pack.
AK salmon season passes the half-way mark
Sockeyes slowing down, pink catches could double at Southeast AK.
Low sockeye price at Bristol Bay stuns fishermen
Big carryovers of unsold fish from last year’s record sockeye haul are blamed for the price drop.
Halibut catches sluggish despite high prices; charter ops beached “to protect the resource”
AK communities get clipped to protect halibut stock while trawl bycatch increases, per IPHC.
Two of AK’s smallest, most lucrative fisheries set to open
Scallops range from SE AK to the Bering Sea; golden kings are the deepest crab fishery along the Aleutian Chain.
Copper River gets 3rd salmon opener on May 22
Starting prices for fishermen were down by more than a dollar from last year.
Alaskafish.news adds Bycatch Tracker links
Alaska Fish News is a ‘one stop shop’ to track AK fish catches. Now bycatch tallies have been added to the mix.
Togiak herring fishery is cancelled for 2023
No processors are interested in buying herring in 2023 and managers “do not expect this will change.”
Huge herring fisheries upcoming at Sitka, Kodiak, Togiak
AK herring goes to a single buyer. The bulk of the harvest is considered as
bycatch.