Upper Cook Inlet’s Commercial Herring, Smelt Fisheries Pay Big Bucks to Fishermen
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] - April 23, 2018
Two commercial fisheries open each spring at Upper Cook Inlet that attract little notice and few participants, but each pays big bucks to fishermen.
The first is a food and bait herring fishery that runs from April 20 through the end of May. The 150 ton catch quota is small compared to most of Alaska’s other herring fisheries, but the payout is far higher than all others.
“They get $1.00 to $1.50 a pound ...
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