• The statewide salmon catch has eclipsed 100 million fish. Sockeye dominated the first half of the season with the catch now exceeding 50 million. The focus going forward will be pink salmon, with the harvest currently at 38 million fish. The preseason forecast called for a total statewide catch of nearly 215 million salmon this year.
• Thus far this season, we've seen no commercial catch of sockeye at British Columbia's Fraser River. Here's the latest
weekly report from the Pacific Salmon Commission's Fraser River Panel.
• Aug. 10 is Alaska Wild Salmon Day! The state Legislature in 2016 passed an act establishing the annual observance.
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