There’s no shortage of Alaska pink salmon out there, but a series of market influences may prevent prices from receding as the state’s 2011 season wraps up.
This year’s harvest is projected to churn out 134 million pinks, which would be an increase of nearly 30 million fish over last year and among the top four catches on record (the record is 161 million fish set in 2005). The fishery got off to a quick start, hauling in more than 27 million fish through the last week of July.
But as Ju…
