Spring troll fishery opens early

 


By Dani Pa;mer

Sentinel writer

PETERSBURG ­ ­– The 2015 spring troll fishery got its early start this week.

The fishery opened in select locations at 12:01 a.m. today, Thursday. Last year, the first spring troll fishery opened on May 1.

Frederick Sound, Ernest Sound, the Neets Bay Terminal Harvest Area and the Hidden Falls Terminal Harvest Area opened and will remain so through April 30, according to an Alaska Department of Fish and Game press release.

“Frederick Sound has always been a good area,” Sitka Troll Fishery Biologist Pattie Skannes said during a public meeting in Petersbu...



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