The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has tallied the numbers on this year's commercial salmon season, and they are impressive.
Powered by a record pink salmon harvest of 219 million fish, this year's harvest ranks as the second most valuable on record. At $691.1 million, 2013 is only exceeded by the 1988 harvest value of $724 million. In addition to setting a record for pink salmon, the total number of salmon harvested also set a new record at 272 million fish.
Read much more here. And here's a chart with figures by region.
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1988 was the only year pink salmon was $1 per lb
I'm not sayin' this wasn't a good year for the humpy seiners, but for the love of god, don't compare the 1980's to 2013 without the CPI adjustment.
And sockeyes were 3.50
Chums were 1.25-1.50
Farmed salmon had less than 50% of world supply in 1988
And more relevant, perhaps, Russia was still behind the iron curtain and had not cut off 2/3 of our pink salmon markets
Actually we only got .91 in 88 from the majors
But Blakey and some cash buyers were over a buck, as you correctly shared
Bobbyt
The Department should not be putting out Estimated prices for the fishing areas, this is not accurate data and it gives a false fish price because many area are given price adjustments throughout the fishing season. I see by the recent data sheet, that many areas the price listed is not reflecting these in season price adjustments; therefore Fish and Game should either wait until they have all information before publishing or do nothing at all
What is the chum price in Puget Sound this fall?
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