Fish and Game estimates the region’s catch in 2015 could hit 58 million pinks and is forecast to fall somewhere between 37 and 79 million humpies.
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Pinks salmon harvest better than expected in Southeast
Biologists predicted a harvest of about 22 million fish but fishermen were able to catch about 32 million.
Southeast seine fleet catching pinks, missing chums
This year’s pink salmon catch is only a fraction of last year’s record setting harvest of 89 million.
Hatchery chum salmon forecast close to 2013 levels
The first returns of hatchery chum salmon are showing up in fishing nets in Southeast Alaska this month.
Big inventory of Alaska pink salmon presents marketing challenge
The record setting pink salmon catch in Alaska last year has left seafood processing companies with several year’s worth of inventory of canned product, although not all of the pink salmon winds up in a can.
Positive outlook for SE commercial net fisheries
Traditional commercial net fisheries in Southeast Alaska will kick off the season Sunday.