Copper River salmon are a hot item on restaurant menus from Anchorage to Seattle in early summer, and at seafood counters too, with a word to the wise to always get them while you can.
One of Anchorage's most popular retail seafood markets was sold out by June 11 of all its Copper River salmon and had a waiting list of customers eager to buy sockeye and king salmon expected to arrive June 12 from the fourth commercial opener of the Copper River salmon fishery.
Copper River Seafoods, with ready access to the harvest from the fishery's first 24-hour commercial opener of the season, which ended on the morning of June 11,was online promoting 5 pounds packages of fresh Copper River king fillets for starting at $199, 10 pounds starting at $349, or 20 pounds starting at $654, plus 10 pounds of fresh Copper River sockeye fillets starting at $339, all with next day shipping charges via UPS included.
In Seattle, Pike Place Fish Market urged customers online to call on the availability of Copper River kings and sockeye, both whole and filleted. The popular store had other fresh whole wild king salmon to sell at $17.99 a pound, plus fresh wild king fillets for $27.99 a pound, whole wild sockeyes at $74.95 each or $22.99 a pound.
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