Fishery managers are forecasting another big harvest of pink salmon in Southeast Alaska next year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is estimating the region’s catch in 2015 could hit 58 million pinks and is forecast to fall somewhere between 37 and 79 million humpies.
Fish and Game expects Southeast’s pink catch next year will fall in the “excellent” category compared to historical numbers.
“You know if the harvest turns out to be in that range, that would be one of the top ten harvests in Southeast Alaska since statehood” said, Andy Piston, the department’s pink and chum salmon project leader for Southeast. “So we’re hoping for a strong return,”
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