Chinook harvest limit down nearly 40 percent from last year

Chinook harvest limit down nearly 40 percent from last year

Photo/Berett WilberThe harvest allocation for king salmon in Southeast Alaska is lower than the region’s commercial trollers expected.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday (4-1-25) that 130,800 treaty Chinook salmon will be available this year for all Southeast fisheries, down almost 40% from last year’s allocation. From that total, trollers are allowed to catch 92,700 king salmon. The balance of treaty salmon goes primarily t…