Commercial fishery hauls slow down as major spawning begins in Sitka Sound
Commercial fishery hauls slow down as major spawning begins in Sitka Sound Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 7, 2021 The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery remained open for the 11th day in a row Tuesday (4-6-21) Seiners hauled in around 900 tons of herring during Monday’s opening, according to a press release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Estimates are not yet available for today’s/Tuesday’s opener. To date, the commercial fleet has harvested around 14,700-tons of herring, cumulatively. State biologists observed around 20.0 nautical miles of spawn during an aerial surv...
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