Strong Upper Cook Inlet sockeye run expected In 2016

Sockeye on ice. (Credit Mike Mason/KDLG)
Managers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are expecting a bigger year in 2016 than 2015 for parts of Upper Cook Inlet. Area commercial fisheries manager Pat Shields says sockeye runs on the Kenai river will be up slightly, while the Kasilof run is expected to be down just a tick.
“The overall run is a little above average, 7.1 million (sockeye), Kenai will be above average, not significantly above, but above average and Kasilof a little b