Copper River salmon season kicks off with Sea-Tac arrival
Copper River salmon season has kicked off. The first 34-pound king salmon arrived at SeaTac for a ceremony this morning.
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Copper River salmon season has kicked off. The first 34-pound king salmon arrived at SeaTac for a ceremony this morning.
It’s a win for the state’s marketing branch, which had some help from Alaska’s congressional delegation.
It’s a win for the state’s marketing branch. But the purchase won’t totally clear out the storehouses and shelves.
Each year thousands of pounds of Alaskan Copper River fish are flown to Seattle aboard Alaska Airlines' "Salmon Thirty Salmon" jet.
Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration for communities along the Kuskokwim, the Yukon and for flooding along the Glennallen and Copper River areas, said Mark Roberts, an incident commander for the State Emergency Operations Center.