‘Huge Disaster:’ Historically Weak Pink Salmon Runs Strain Alaska’s Seine Fishermen
Skippers in Prince William Sound and Kodiak say this year’s harvest is one of the worst they’ve seen.
Expectations were low this year for the pink salmon runs that power Prince William Sound’s commercial fishing industry.
But no one expected them to be as bad as they’ve been.
With just a few weeks left in the season, the sound’s seine fleet has harvested just one-fourth the number of pinks that it would have caught by now in a typical year.
The small runs have forced managers to...
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