Friday, April 1, 2011

First Sitka herring opener produces small catch

The first opener of the season for the Sitka sac roe herring fishery lasted four hours 40 minutes and produced a rather small catch of 1,435 tons.

The quota for this season is 19,490 tons.

Here's the press release from the Department of Fish and Game.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's the price? Curious to see if Japan's tragedy is having an effect on what's being paid.

Anonymous said...

isn't it a law that fish prices have to be posted?

Anonymous said...

Any pics of the infinite grace on its side or the story?

Anonymous said...

Check out the anchorage daily news adn.com for pics