Anybody want a chum salmon? That’s what local gillnetters have been asking as the packers’ price for chum continues to dip. This week, the lowly dogs were fetching only 8 or 12 cents per pound, an average of about a dollar for a 10-pound salmon.
Even after imposing rock-bottom purchase prices, processors are limiting their purchases of chums.
Desperate fishermen unable to sell extra chum have resorted to giving salmon away at the docks to…
