Next year's pink salmon harvest forecast at 45% above this year

State and federal fisheries managers predict that Southeast Alaska fishermen will harvest about 29 million pink salmon in 2025, an “average” harvest based on catch data going back to 1960 but a 45% boost over this year’s catch.

The prediction comes from a joint National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries and Alaska Department of Fish and Game 2025 Southeast Alaska Pink Salmon Harvest Forecast that the state released Nov. 19.

The 2025 forecast for 29 million pinks is “approximately 60% of the parent-year (2023) harvest of 48 million,” Fish and Game said.

Managers predict that the...