State officials say they could avoid closures like this one if the state adopts different management models.
Sport anglers with a king salmon permit in Southeast Alaska must wait a month to keep their catch after the state’s Department of Fish and Game closed the fishery on Monday.
“When the abundance of fish is higher than the preseason forecast, these guys go out and catch fish. And if there’s a lot for them to catch, they’re catching more, so they’re going above their 20% allocation,” Vincent-Lang said. For the last three years, the catch limits under the treaty have been determined by preseason projections, under what is called the “Chinook model.”
“We’re following a very similar pattern this year, where we had our indicator of preseason abundance that is not really aligning with how many fish we’re seeing on the fishing grounds,” he said. There are 130,000 sport anglers in Southeast Alaska, Fowler said, and king salmon are the most sought after species. But this next month is not the peak of the king salmon run; it’s closer to the end before the winter season starts.
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