Elsewhere, herring is canned, smoked, filleted, brined – in AK, it’s mostly valued only for the eggs at $0.12/lb. The bulk of the catch is discarded.
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Herring
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.