Another record high harvest of Yukon coho

For the third year in a row, a record high number of coho salmon have been caught in the lower Yukon commercial fishery.As of September 1, 141,000 coho were caught and sold in Yukon River Districts 1 and 2.  That tops the previous record of about 130,000 set last year.  And all of those coho were essentially by-catch in the fall chum commercial fishery – which sent over 415,000 fish to market this year.
Fish and Game’s preseason forecast for coho called for an average