date:Apr 15, 2014
e. The exvessel (dockside) value of $238 million was the highest since 1985.
Prince William Sounds salmon harvest barely missed 100 million fish all but about 7 million were pink salmon.
At Upper Cook Inlet, the catch of 3.1 million salmon was down 23% from the 10 year average, but high sockeye prices pushed the value to $39 million, the eighth highest value since 1960, and the second highest in a decade.
The Bristol Bay total harvest was 16.4 million salmon, valued at $141 million, 26% abov