Bumper returns of pink and chum salmon, combined with the highest prices seen for those species in recent memory, are pumping up the paychecks of Lynn Canal gillnetters.
By mid-August, gillnetters in the canal had netted salmon worth $6.3 million. That compares to a harvest value of $6.2 million for the entire 2010 season, which was above average.
“And we’ve just barely started the fall season,” said Randy Bachman, commercial fisheries biologist for Alaska Department…
