But industry interest in Togiak's abundant herring has waned in recent years amid poor markets, and the fishery was inactive in 2023 and 2024.
Now it appears the Togiak fishery will remain idle again this year.
"Processors have indicated that they do not intend to harvest herring in Togiak in 2025, and it is unlikely that a commercial fishery will occur," the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said today in this advisory announcement.
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Certainly isn't Southeast Alaska, and I am pretty sure the fishery has not been "closed." No buyer is something entirely different. Currently the only user group participating in a harvest is the bait herring fishery out of Dutch Harbor, during June and July.
Thanks for the copy editing! I've changed the first paragraph of the post to reference Southwest Alaska, not Southeast. And I've adjusted the second paragraph to say the Togiak fishery was "inactive" in 2023 and 2024, rather than "closed altogether."
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