Alaska’s preliminary wild salmon forecast has reached 93 million fish, confirmed the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), but pink salmon catches have so far proved slow.
Through to 9 August, the total preliminary catch amounted to 51.6 million sockeye, 28.4 million pink, 11 million chum, 1.6 million coho, and 333,000 king salmon.
In a discussion paper, ADF&G highlighted that its forecast of 34 million pinks was below the 10-year average harvest of 38 million and that the warm sea …
