SE Alaska's salmon haul edges out PWS this year while state's halibut season wraps up (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] October 29, 2014
Fishermen in Southeast Alaska hauled in the most salmon of any other region this summer –narrowly edging Prince William Sound by just 404,000 fish. The numbers are preliminary, but state figures show that the Panhandle produced a catch of just over 49 million salmon and just under that at the Sound. Notably, nearly 44 million of the Prince William Sound salmon were pinks.
Bristol Bay ranked third in terms of salmon totals at nearly 31 million fish – all but two million of the fish were sockeyes – the reigning salmon catch in the state!
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