Copper River Opens May 22 with Projected Catch More Than Twice the 10-Year Average
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The opening of the Copper River salmon season signals the start of another salmon year in Alaska. This year, the Copper River will open on May 22, a week later than historical tradition, with a much higher sockeye run than in recent years, which justifies a commercial harvest forecast of 1.92 million fish in the Copper River alone. That prediction is 2.3 times the 10-year (2015–2024) average of 824,000 fish.
Copper River Chinook salmon, which has been decreasing for many years across most...
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