At meeting ahead of herring opener, state lays out plan for fishery
The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery went on two-hour notice this/Wednesday morning, and so far the fishery has yet to open.Read More
Tag: sitka sound sac roe herring fishery
State’s 2024 harvest cap for herring will be the highest in history
Seiners in Sitka will be allowed to catch more fish than ever before in the 2024 commercial sac roe herring fishery this coming spring – over 80,000 tons But they won’t likely come close to meeting that record-breaking harvest.
Read More
Commercial herring fishery wraps up for 2023 season
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has officially closed the 2023 Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery. The department published its final fishery update for the 2023 season on Wednesday afternoon.
Read More
A millennia-old subsistence fishery replenishes the spirit, and the freezer
Herring season in Sitka is a study in contrasts. Each spring for the last 45 years, large seiners land tons of herring, whose egg sacs are stripped and sold as a delicacy on the international market, often for millions. But the frenzy and money around the commercial sac roe fishery overshadows a far quieter Indigenous fishing tradition that’s taken place for millennia. KCAW recently accompanied a pair of subsistence harvesters, in search of one of Sitka Sound’s most valued food resources – herring eggs-on-hemlock branches.
Read More
650 tons of herring caught in first commercial opening on Tuesday
Seiners caught around 650 tons of fish in the first opening of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery on Tuesday (5-28-23).
Read More
latest_newscast
