"We’re way, well below what we expect to be at this point,” said Jeremy Botz, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He says so far the entire commercial fleet has harvested around 6,000 sockeye, which is way below what the department anticipated
This catch in a Tatitlek herring net places a school of shiner surfperch about 700 km north of their normal range.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order Wednesday closing the personal-use and sport fishing for Copper River sockeye around Chitina until further notice. It goes into effect on Monday, June 18th.
Biologists blame the Blob of warm water in the Gulf of Alaska for poor sockeye returns that also led to the second lowest commercial harvest in 50 years.
Majority of the red salmon went up the middle of the Klutina River and tended to weigh a pound or less.
11-12-14 Late coho salmon run - Cordova, Alaska, USA
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