AK’s salmon season is wrapping up with some fishing still underway.

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AK’s salmon season is wrapping up with some fishing still underway.
Good catches of chums and pinks in major regions are pushing the pack.
Sockeyes slowing down, pink catches could double at Southeast AK.
Big carryovers of unsold fish from last year’s record sockeye haul are blamed for the price drop.
AK communities get clipped to protect halibut stock while trawl bycatch increases, per IPHC.
Scallops range from SE AK to the Bering Sea; golden kings are the deepest crab fishery along the Aleutian Chain.
Starting prices for fishermen were down by more than a dollar from last year.
Alaska Fish News is a ‘one stop shop’ to track AK fish catches. Now bycatch tallies have been added to the mix.
No processors are interested in buying herring in 2023 and managers “do not expect this will change.”
AK herring goes to a single buyer. The bulk of the harvest is considered as
bycatch.