An unexpected surge of Chilkoot-run sockeye, stable prices and hatchery chum catches helped make the 2014 commercial gillnet fishery another lucrative one for the fleet.
The total gillnet haul – 1.68 million fish – was the fourth largest on record, topped by years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Hatchery chums made up 77 percent of the season’s total catch. (The canal’s record salmon harvest – 2.17 million fish – came in 2012.)
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