Numbers Continue to Grow on Port Moller Test Fishery, Bristol Bay C+E, and AK Salmon Landings
It’s the day before the Fourth of July and the numbers keep going up. Forecasters with Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game are looking for indications of a plateau or beginning of a decrease in catches in the test fishery, 150 miles seaward of Bristol Bay, or in the catch or escapement (C + E = total run) in the Bay itself, and are seeing none.
What they are seeing is increasing numbers of fish being caught furthest offshore in the Port...
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