Commercial troll season for kings closed July 8

Commercial trolling for king salmon closed July 8 in Southeast Alaska after an eight-day opening.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported July 8 that it expected trollers would reach their harvest target for the first chinook salmon retention period of the summer of 66,700 kings.

The fishery opened July 1.

The department manages the first summer chinook retention period to harvest 70% of trollers’ allocation of about 92,400 treaty salmon for the summer fishery. Trollers will be able to catch the remainder of their chinook allocation during a second opener, which will follow any closure...

 

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