After two-year break, seiners hopeful herring fishery will continue into future Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 7, 2021 Justin Peeler and Matt Kinney stand aboard Peeler’s boat the F/V Defiant in late March, several days before the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery opened. (KCAW/Rose) The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery opened in late March, after a two-year hiatus. Less than half the fleet is fishing this spring, but the seiners who have stuck around have hauled in catches every day over the last week and a half. KCAW spoke with two commercial fishermen shortly before the fishery opened about the importance of herring to their businesses and lives. Listen here: