Southeast pink harvest expected to be below recent years

The largest salmon harvest in Southeast Alaska, the pink salmon fishery, is ramping up. Harvests are forecasted to be below recent years.
The dark areas are pink salmon between the falls in the Anan Creek south of Wrangell. (Photo courtesy of Troy Thynes)There are more pink salmon in Southeast Alaska than any other salmon species. They are indigenous runs all over the region. This year’s harvest region-wide is predicted at 34 million fish. That may sound like a lot but other years have far