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This summer’s sockeye returns have been some of the worst on record in many Alaska river systems, while others have fared okay. Here on Kodiak Island, the lowest returns have been on the northeast side of the island, which is close to the city and the island’s most popular fishing ground. For this week’s Talk of the Rock, Daysha Eaton …

Sockeye in stream. (Photo by Watershed_Watch / flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Concern about the poor escapement for sockeye salmon in the Chignik area has led regional groups to seek emergency measures, but some Kodiak stakeholders are worried about what that could mean for the Kodiak management area. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, early-run sockeye salmon escapement at …

Sockeye salmon schooling in Hidden Lake. (Photo by USFWS/Katrina Mueller) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The west side and south end of Kodiak Island opened to commercial sockeye salmon fishing Monday, but it looks like there might be less variety of certain fish ages. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Salmon biologist James Jackson says sockeye may spend a year to three years …

A pair of spawning salmon. (Photo by Katrina Mueller / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The sockeye salmon run remains sluggish. According to James Jackson, salmon biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kodiak’s sockeye run is the slowest it’s been for the last 40 years. He writes that it ranks as the 6th worst harvest since 1970. But Jackson …

Sockeye salmon schooling in Hidden Lake. (Photo by Katrina Mueller / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska sockeye is seeing a good year. The McDowell Group just released its 2017 Fall Sockeye Market Analysis, which it put together for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association. KMXT’s Kayla Desroches spoke about the report with McDowell seafood economist Andy Wink.

Sockeye Salmon, courtesy ADF&G. Maggie Wall/KMXT Kodiak’s commercial sockeye salmon season gets off to a bang tomorrow. Already this week has far exceeded expectations, with Monday setting an all time record for sockeye past the Karluk weir. On Monday, a whopping 46,000 fish hit the river, prompting fish and game biologists to reconsider the numbers and open the season early …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The surge of pink salmon to rivers around Kodiak Island has picked up. A week ago the harvest was just 2,200 humpies and yesterday it was just under 300,000. Total pink harvest through Monday is 1.26-million, with an all-species harvest so far this season of 3.37-million. The sockeye catch is just about 1.6-million on a harvest of 43,000 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak salmon harvest went over the 2-million mark Monday, with a catch of 203,060 among all species. Fish and Game says the total salmon harvest for the Kodiak Management Area through Monday is 2,185,647. For the first time this season the pink salmon harvest was greater than the sockeye salmon catch, at 92,752 humpies to 83,777 reds. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Fish and Game officials switched their management scheme from sockeye to pink salmon around Kodiak Island late last week. The red harvest is currently at 1.2-million, with a catch of 105,584 on Saturday, while the pink salmon catch numbers are starting to increase. Saturday over 76,000 were caught for a total harvest of 282,000. The all-species total harvest …

Jay Barrett/KMXT As the calendar flipped to July the Kodiak area salmon harvest went over 1-million fish. Almost 56,000 were harvested on Sunday, with more than half of those, about 32,000, chum salmon. There was just under 20,000 sockeye and almost 4,000 pinks. Harvests Monday were a little less at 38,000, with more than half sockeye. About 30,000 salmon were …