FAIRBANKS—There's been a late season surge in red salmon swimming into the Copper River, but don't get out your dip net just yet.
Initial analysis shows that a larger-than-expected percentage of the fish are from the Gulkana Hatchery on the Richardson Highway and won't contribute to the wild stock escapement total, said area biologist Mark Somerville at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game office in Glennallen.
There aren't immediate plans to reopen the personal use fishery at Chitina.
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