Alaska’s 2017 Copper River salmon season opened last week with chefs and restaurateurs from all over the United States showing the customary eager anticipation, and the first fish to market commanding very high prices.
Local media covering the first fresh Copper River king salmon of the season to arrive in Seattle via Alaska Airlines reported very high prices for the fish – in excess of USD 60 (EUR 53.73) per pound, with fillets initially commanding USD 75 (EUR 67.16) per p…
