Summer Yukon salmon runs predicted to be below average

Salmon fishing is underway on the Yukon River, but runs are expected to be below average this summer season.
Chum salmon migration. (Photo courtesy of USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)Sean Larson is a research biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
“Based on above average temperatures and early ice-out, we are predicting a drainage-wide return of 130,000 to 175,000 Chinook salmon this year,” Larson said.
On a teleconference, Larson and other Fish and Game biologis