Alaska Fishing Updates, August 2021
As always, lots of other fisheries are also going on across Alaska besides salmon.
Starting in Southeast, about 160 crabbers will wrap up a two-month Dungeness crab fishery that ends on August 15. Catches are reportedly going slower than last year’s near-record.
A sablefish fishery opens in Northern districts on August 15 for 73 shareholders with a catch of 1,137,867 pounds.
Southeast’s summer lingcod fishery has wrapped up with a catch of 136,500 pounds.
The spot shrimp fishery remains open in some regions through August 30 with a 400,000-pound harvest limit...
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