date:Apr 15, 2014
Alaskas total salmon catch for 2014 is projected to be down by almost half of last years record haul. State fishery managers are calling for an all species harvest of just under 133 million salmon, a 47% drop from last years whopping 283 million fish.
A pink catch of 95 million pushed the record last year and it is pinks that will bring the numbers down this summer. Pink salmon run in on/off year cycles and this year the catch is pegged at about 75 million, a 67% decrease from last summers 226