Alaska salmon numbers forecast to fall 40 percent

The 2016 Alaska salmon harvest is expected to drop 40 percent from last year’s count, says Alaska Dispatch News, primarily due to a routine decline in pink salmon numbers that hits every two years. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game predicts a total salmon catch of 161 million this summer, compared to 268 million fish in 2015. With… » Read More

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