Salmon slipping by

At 10 a.m. today in Juneau, the House Special Committee on Fisheries will receive a presentation from the Department of Fish and Game on "foregone harvest of salmon."

In advance of the hearing, the department has provided the committee a report titled Salmon Escapements in Excess of Goals.

Let more Bristol Bay sockeye swim upriver?

State biologists are recommending somewhat higher sockeye salmon escapement goals for most river systems around Bristol Bay.

Check out the numbers on the second page of this Alaska Department of Fish and Game memo.

The matter will be up for discussion at the state Board of Fisheries meeting next month in Naknek.