State Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang says preservation is the priority.
The seine fleet goes on two-hour notice effective at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Despite the huge quota available, processors have indicated they don’t intend to harvest this year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game says.
“We have broken ground on the world’s biggest salmon restoration project to date,” says Craig Tucker, natural resources policy advocate for the Karuk Tribe.
Ocean Chinook salmon fishing is likely to be canceled for much of Oregon this summer.
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