Commercial fishery sets sight south of Sitka as herring spawn

Commercial fishery sets sight south of Sitka as herring spawn

Herring have continued to spawn near Sitka, signaling that the commercial sac roe herring fishery could soon taper off.  Aaron Dupuis is the area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. In an interview with KCAW on Friday, he said the fishery was in a transition.     “We’re kind of transitioning into spawning mode for the fish,” said ADF&G area management biologist Aaron Dupuis. “We’ve been following this tremendous bio…