Board: Aye to Yukon pinks fishery

The Alaska Board of Fisheries finished its consideration of proposals from the Kuskokwim, Yukon and Norton Sound regions on Saturday.
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Pink salmon. U.S. Fish and Wildlife image.
For the Yukon, the Board rejected a proposal to allow purse seining for summer chum salmon.
But the board unanimously supported a proposal laying the groundwork for a new pink salmon directed commercial fishery on the Yukon.
The pink run comes in strong on the Yukon in even-numbered years, and Board Vi