Good: Sitka herring; Poor: Stikine and Taku king salmon

摘要

Huge Sitka herring forecast: Seiners in the Sitka Sound sac roe year, opening a few days earlier even than the herring fishery have enjoyed large quotas in recent years, and the famed Copper River fishery. streak will continue. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a preliminary guideline harvest level of 18,866 tons. That's a 30 percent increase from last year. State biologists said they planned to announce the final GHL in mid-February after conducting a winter test fishery.