Gillnetters are expected to get their first crack at those famed Copper River king and sockeye salmon on May 16.
That's the word from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which yesterday issued this season outlook for the Prince William Sound region.
Last year's Copper River fishery started a bit earlier, on May 13.
The Copper River traditionally stars as the year's first major gillnet salmon fishery, and gastronomes nationwide pay handsomely for the catch.
The Sound's other fleet, the purse seiners, will start May 23 with a fishery targeting chum salmon returning to the Armin F. Koernig hatchery, the outlook says.
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More pinks!
The chief operator of Prince William Sound salmon hatcheries is again asking for permission to expand production of pink salmon, having been denied last year.
The Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., based in Cordova, wants a combined 22 percent increase in pink salmon production capacity for its Armin F. Koernig, Cannery Creek and Wally Noerenberg hatcheries.
Such an expansion is controversial.
In denying the production increase last year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game raised a number of concerns including hatchery salmon straying into streams, potentially harming the genetic integrity of wild salmon.
PWSAC, however, says in its application letter that this genetic threat is "theoretical speculation."
Besides, the market is hungry for more pink salmon, PWSAC says.
Well, Deckboss is sure he has given a most inadequate summary of the above-referenced correspondence, and so he urges you to read it for yourself.
The Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., based in Cordova, wants a combined 22 percent increase in pink salmon production capacity for its Armin F. Koernig, Cannery Creek and Wally Noerenberg hatcheries.
Such an expansion is controversial.
In denying the production increase last year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game raised a number of concerns including hatchery salmon straying into streams, potentially harming the genetic integrity of wild salmon.
PWSAC, however, says in its application letter that this genetic threat is "theoretical speculation."
Besides, the market is hungry for more pink salmon, PWSAC says.
Well, Deckboss is sure he has given a most inadequate summary of the above-referenced correspondence, and so he urges you to read it for yourself.
Hatchery operator fishes for goodwill
Deckboss has reported previously on the controversy swirling around the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., the Cordova-based operator of some of the world's largest salmon hatcheries.
As embattled organizations often do, PWSAC employs an economic consultant and a public relations firm to tout its successes.
Click here to see a summary of a new McDowell Group economic impact study.
As embattled organizations often do, PWSAC employs an economic consultant and a public relations firm to tout its successes.
Click here to see a summary of a new McDowell Group economic impact study.
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