Alaska Airlines Suspends Red-Carpet Ceremonial Fly-Out of First Copper River King Salmon

Alaska Airlines suspends red-carpet ceremonial fly-out of first Copper River king salmon

This May 2016 photo, published by Alaska Airlines, shows part of that year's First Fish ceremony in Seattle. (Alaska Airlines courtesy photo)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 Air…

Alaska's Copper River salmon harvest still below 'excellent' forecast

Prince William Sound's Copper River District salmon harvest signals the start to the US state's commercial salmon season, with premium prices fetched at the dock and by wholesalers