Sac roe herring fishery opens as first spawn is seen in Sitka Sound
The commercial sac roe herring fishery opened for just over an hour on Saturday (3-26-22). On Sunday, the first visible spawn was seen along the Kruzof shoreline.
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Seiners explain decision to stop test fishing
As of Tuesday evening, herring seiners in Sitka were standing down from further test fishing -- but they weren't calling it a strike. After a full week spent looking for schools of marketable size and roe content, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game couldn’t interest any boats in making test sets over the weekend.
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With Sitka herring too small and too few, many seiners head home
Though the Sitka sac roe herring fishery has been on standby since March 20th, they’ve only caught a quarter of the quota. Many boats have left town in a fishery that was non-competitive this year and appears to be petering out.
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