Fall Yukon chum run starts stronger than anticipated

The Yukon River fall chum run is coming back stronger than initially predicted.
Chum salmon migration. (Photo courtesy of USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preseason projection called for a fall chum run size of 660 thousand fish, which would have been below average for an even-year fall chum run.
But Fish and Game Yukon Fall Season Manager Jeff Estensen said that once managers got a look at the summer chum run, the outlook f