May Marks Official Start of Alaska Salmon Season
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] - May 3, 2018
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – May means the start of salmon season.
May marks the official start of Alaska’s salmon season with the return of sockeyes and kings to the Copper River near Cordova. State managers will announce the first opener any day – usually mid-month. That will be followed by other salmon fisheries throughout the state.
Alaska’s 2018 salmon harvest is projected at just over 147 million fish, down 34 percent due to an expected shortfall of ...
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