2017 Copper River Season Starts Tomorrow: Expect Fresh Sockeye But Few Chinook
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Peggy Parker - May 17, 2017
The Copper River salmon season starts tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. Alaska time, signaling the first large run of fresh sockeye in the world. The 2017 commercial harvest projections for sockeye salmon are 889,000 fish, low compared to
This is usually the best time to target chinook or king salmon, as their run peaks at the early part of the sockeye run.
But this year, biologists are forecasting a total run of only 29,000 chinook...
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