Catch rates higher than expected in first Southeast summer king troll opening

Southeast Alaska’s commercial salmon troll fleet had higher than expected catch rates of king salmon during the first summer opening at the start of the month.
Commercial troll caught king salmon. (Photo courtesy of Matt Lichtenstein)
Kings are managed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the U.S. and Canada and Alaska’s troll fleet catches a mix of hatchery and wild king salmon mostly returning to British Columbia and Pacific Northwest states.
In the first opening, fishery manage