BETHEL, Alaska — Statistics from the Bethel Test Fishery show king salmon numbers this year are similar to 2012 and 2013 numbers that were minimized by a population crash.
Anglers caught about 10,000 kings in each of those years, and numbers indicate 2017 could see much of the same, KYUK-AM reported (http://bit.ly/2rYPtft ).
The state Department of Fish and Game shared the low numbers at a meeting on Wednesday in Bethel. But the standing-room only crowd was not surprised — they've known for a while something isn't right.
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