Alaska Airlines Suspends Red-Carpet Ceremonial Fly-Out of First Copper River King Salmon • Washington State Standard

Alaska Airlines suspends red-carpet ceremonial fly-out of first Copper River king salmon • Washington State Standard

This May 2016 photo, published by Alaska Airlines, shows part of that year’s First Fish ceremony in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Airlines)Alaska Airlines has stopped rolling out the red carpet for the opening of Alaska’s salmon season. The airline has paused a 15-year-old program that celebrates the Copper River salmon run, one of Alaska’s earliest commercial salmon fisheries, the company confirmed by email. For more than a decade, Alaska …

Alaska fishery conservation measures temporarily halt Copper River salmon harvest

'It'll be a while before we can really ascertain whether we've met our goals or not' -- Jeremy Botz, Alaska Department of Fish and GameCommercial fishing