Trolling for coho continues without summer closure
The troller Sallie enters Eliason Harbor in Sitka in 2023. (KCAW/Wilber) There will be no summer...
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Southeast trollers could top one million cohos in extended season
ADF&G is extending the summer troll season by ten days to capitalize on the strong run of coho -- or silver salmon. While not the bonanza of last year's chum harvest, this year trollers will likely land over one million cohos.
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Fish plentiful, but fishermen scarce for Southeast Alaska’s first summer king opening
Southeast trollers landed 85,000 kings during the summer's first opening, July 1-12. Only 500 boats fished during the opener, the lowest on record. Managers think a number of factors -- including a lengthy court battle -- may have chilled effort.
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A rare summer-long chinook opener was not enough to lure SE trollers away from Chumageddon
Economics steered at least a third of the Southeast troll fleet toward chum salmon this summer. As a result, about 9,000 kings went unharvested, despite being open all season.
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After a four-year hiatus, Southeast’s winter troll season returns to April
SE trollers will be allowed to target 28,000 "treaty kings" in outside waters in April, after the Board of Fish gave ADF&G more latitude to adjust the dates of the winter fishery.
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