Despite "Extremely Large" Biomass, Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Harvest Will be <20,000 Tons
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has set the guideline harvest level (GHL) for the 2021 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery at 33,304 tons of mature herring but "based on input from processors involved with the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery, it is expected that the commercial harvest in 2021 will not exceed 20,000 tons," the department said in a statement yesterday.
"The size of the forecasted 2021 age-5 herring cohort is unusually large and is more uncertain ...
To Read Full Story Login Below.