Thursday's season opener at the Copper River produced an estimated catch of 155,000 sockeye salmon and 1,100 Chinook, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports.
"This compares to an anticipated harvest of 32,000 sockeye and 2,100 Chinook salmon for this period," the department says.
Deckboss hasn't heard a thing about prices. Anybody?
The Copper River District will open at 7 a.m. Monday for another 12-hour period.
Kings $6.50
ReplyDeleteSockeyes $4.05
Oops, there goes escapement!
ReplyDeleteIt's great, $100.00 a fish or $30.00 a lb.
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Be everyone knows best where the real money is, box up ther fraud, from out west in a copper river box?
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Escapement goals were met by the sonar. coastal troll kings off washington, are selling for $25 per lb in Los Angeles. Halibut is going for 23 per lb in washington and copper river sockeye are selling for 21.95 per lb on the kitsap peninsula. The price will setlle out as the season progresses
ReplyDeleteOnly rich people can afford those high seafood prices.
ReplyDeleteWealth never disappears, it only shifts around.
ReplyDeleteI especially favor the oh-so-fat early sockeye run that battles its way up trecherous Mountain Slough, having to leap the foreboding Eyak outlet falls to seek out their Middle Arm spawning grounds. I can't imagine the fat reserves they must require for that three mile migration! Truly inspiring sizzle that's being sold!
ReplyDeleteWhat percentage of these early fish are hatchery fish? Didn't the board cut back on some early fishing inside? Wasn't the thought to get the Chinook into the river? Well, where are the Chinook? Last I heard that in spite of the rosy picture painted by the dept. the chinooks are not arriving in most places. SE Alaska Taku had very few caught by the comm fleet and the contest in Juneau produced none. If we keep up the good management we will soon not need as many employees in the dept, and the board will have far less resource to protect. Some protection so far, huh?
ReplyDeleteWelcome all wild sockeye lovers,
ReplyDeleteCostco has very nice Sockeye H&G for $8.99 lb and Fillets for $12.99 I can't believe that they don't have a sale's person promoting the product. I would do it for free.
Then you see the shoppers looking at the farmed raised crap, I just had to say something! Some were like thanking me and some just thought I was crazy. Gotta go catch some now! Buy some for Memorial weekend and enjoy your freedom. <')----<