Alaska’s preliminary wild salmon forecast has reached 104 million fish, confirmed the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), but pink salmon catches have so far proved slow with some stakeholders suggesting 2016 could deliver the worst harvest in four decades.
Through to 26 August, the total preliminary catch amounted to 52.5 million sockeye, 36.3 million pink, 13 million chum, 2.5 million coho, and 373,000 king salmon.
Pinks are Alaska’s highest volume salmon fishery, but this year th…
