Prince William Sound Commercial Salmon Harvest Exceeds 12M

Daily updates on the Prince William Sound in-season harvest estimates from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game boosted the total commercial salmon harvest total to over 12 million fish as of July 24.

Upwards of 8 million humpies, 2.8 million chums, 1.2 million sockeyes, nearly 8,000 kings and nearly 4,000 cohos have been delivered to processors.

The Coghill drift gillnet fishery continued to lead with deliveries that include 1,796,680 chums, 184,179 sockeyes, 79,080 humpies, 846 cohos and 467 Chinooks.

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