Fish Factor: 2021 saw the eighth largest Alaska hatchery homecoming since 1977 and, at a payout of $142 million, the salmon produced 25% of the overall value at the docks.
Pink and chum salmon fill the Sheldon Jackson Hatchery fish ladder at the Sitka Sound Science Center in Sitka, Alaska.
by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Pinks made up the bulk of the pack, topping 57 million, followed by chum salmon at 9.4 million. Southeast Alaska had a total return of 8.2 million hatchery salmon and nearly 5 million were caught, valued at $32 million to fishermen, or 27% of the region’s dockside value.
About 1.7 billion fish were released in 2021, mostly from eggs collected in 2020. They included 870 million pink salmon and 750 million chums.Fish Board nominees needed - A daylong hatchery committee meeting is set for March 23, followed from March 26 through April 3 by shellfish issues at Cook Inlet, Kodiak and the westward region, the Arctic and shrimp management at Prince William Sound.
Currently, only one of the seven Fish Board seats is held by a member from a coastal region – John Jensen of Petersburg – and none are from the commercial fishing sector.
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