Sea cucumber fishery sees higher than average price
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PETERSBURG – The
commercial sea cucumber
fishery is wrapping up with a total of 1.4 million pounds harvested as of last Thursday.
Scott Walker, Ketchikan Area Management Biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said the fishery started out with around 195 commercial divers when it opened in early October.
“The bulk of the fishery is over,” Walker said. “The week before last was the last big push we had with around 113 divers. This week we’re down to 25 divers, maybe 30.”
According to Alaska Fisheries Entry Commission data, there are around 30
permitted divers from Petersburg fis...
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