Haines fishermen are questioning a recent decision by Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) to suspend a chum incubation-box project here.
At its Juneau meeting March 11-12, the board of the regional aquaculture association voted to discontinue the program that hatches as many as three million chum salmon eggs at sites at 17 Mile, 33 Mile and at Herman Creek spawning channel.
The project produces as many as 15,000 fish per year, and costs the…
