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(AK) Laine Welch: Fishery managers foresee decrease in pinks driving salmon harvest drop
http://www.adn.com/2014/04/13/3423154/laine-welch-fishery-managers-foresee.html?sp=/99/171/Laine Welch: Fishery managers foresee decrease in pinks driving salmon harvest drop
By Laine Welch
Fisheries
April 13, 2014
Alaska's total salmon catch for 2014 is projected to be down by 47 percent from last year's record 283 million fish. State fishery managers are calling for an all-species harvest of just under 133 million salmon this year.
A pink catch of 95 million drove the record last year, and it is pinks that will bring down the numbers this summer. Pink salmon run in even/odd-year cycles. This year the catch is pegged at about 75 million, a 67 percent decrease from last summer's 226 million humpy haul.
Other projected catches for this year call for a 14 percent increase in sockeyes, to nearly 34 million; 4.4 million coho salmon and nearly 20 million chums. For kings, a catch of 79,000 is projected in areas outside of Southeast and Bristol Bay.
Along with the salmon forecasts, the annual report released last week by the state Commercial Fisheries Division also provides recaps of the 2013 season for every Alaska region. (All values are dock prices and will increase when post-season sales bonuses and other adjustments are made.)