Salmon Update: PWS season’s catch nears 56 million fish
Prince William Sound drift gillnetters headed out for a 60-hour harvest period on Monday, Sept. 23, on the heels of a 60-hour period on Sept. 16 that brought in 16,100 coho salmon in 166 deliveries reported.
Humpy catch ends, coho opener wait for rain
“We still haven’t gotten a lot of rain, so we’re tracking behind in escapement and the (coho) commercial harvest is below anticipated,” said Jeremy Botz, gillnet area management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Cordova.
Rainfall offers relief as PWS humpy harvest climbs to 46M+
Long sought rain and cooling weather over the past week helped boost the Prince William Sound pink salmon harvest to 46,290,000 fish, and the area’s overall salmon catch to 54,525,000 fish.
Salmon Harvest Update: Warm weather, drought delay humpy harvest
Unseasonably warm water and drought conditions in streams
are putting a damper on pink salmon harvests in Prince William Sound, where the
year-to-date catch on Tuesday,...
No commercial opener for Copper River salmon fishery
Faced with a sonar count that is the ninth lowest on record since 1978, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the Copper...
PWS silver salmon harvest reaches 475,000
Commercial harvest of silver salmon in Prince William Sound have reached 475,000 fish, edging close to the 2016 catch of 484,000 cohos, but still...
Salmon Update: Coho harvests mounting in Copper, Bering rivers
Harvests of coho salmon in Prince William Sound are growing, with preliminary data compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game showing a...
PWS humpy harvest up to 47.5 M
A strong late run of pink salmon has boosted the harvest in Prince William Sound to 47.5 million fish, and while the catch is...
PWS pink salmon harvest is shy about 15 million fish
With just a week or two left until season’s end, the common property harvest of pink salmon in Prince William Sound stood at around...
Wild pink salmon harvest coming in as forecast
A Prince William Sound wild pink salmon forecast in a harvest range of 12,764,000 to 26,530,000, with a best estimate of 19,647,000 fish appears...
