Low salmon projections cancel popular Southeast spring king derby

Last year’s Spring King Salmon Derby in Juneau ran for all of May. This year’s was canceled because of projected poor salmon returns. (Image courtesy Spring King Salmon Derby)
A popular Southeast spring fishing derby won’t happen this year, because there aren’t enough fish.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/03/07KingDerbyPkg.mp3David Turner Jr. won 2016’s Spring King Salmon Derby with a 29.25-pound salmon. (Image courtesy Central Council of Tlingit and