For Prince William Sound, deliveries climb above 2.3 million fish
Statewide salmon catches delivered to processors rose from 4.7 million to 7.6 million fish from June 21 through June 27, according to preliminary commercial...
Hatchery harvests looking weak
Commercial salmon harvests in Prince William Sound rose to a preliminary season total of 15,134,000 fish through Aug. 9, up from 13,752,000 salmon through...
PWS salmon harvest at 16.8 million fish
Commercial salmon harvests in Prince William Sound rose by another 1.7 million fish, bringing the catch to a total of 16.8 million salmon, including...
PWS silver harvest reaches 70,000 fish
Silver salmon harvests in Prince William Sound rose to 70,000 fish through Aug. 23, and the humpy harvest reached 12 million fish, boosting the...
Salmon Update: Harvest continues as season nears end
It’s not over until it’s over, and the salmon harvest continues in Prince William Sound, growing by some 18,000 humpies from the four area...
Longer season yields lower Copper River salmon harvest
Through the end of July, the commercial salmon fishery in the Copper River District was open 96 hours more than the recent 10-year average,...
Salmon harvests down 15 million fish
New reviews of Alaska’s 2016 commercial salmon season confirm that it was a rough year for the industry, with the overall harvest of 112.6...
Increased commercial harvest anticipated in 2017
State fisheries biologists are projecting a statewide salmon catch of 204 million fish for 2017, including average size commercial harvests of 41 million sockeyes...
Weak run of kings could impact sockeye harvests
Forecasts of a very weak run of Chinook salmon have commercial harvesters worried that they will lose a lot of Copper River sockeyes to...
Fish Factor: Salmon season opener coming up quick
Alaska’s salmon season officially gets underway in less than one week!The first fishery for sockeye and king salmon is set for May 18 at...
