A major drop in prices paid to fishermen soured the opening week of the Lynn Canal commercial gillnet season. Blame it on a storm in the global salmon market.
Processors’ prices were down as much as nearly 50 percent for sockeye, 30 percent for chum and 64 percent for pink salmon.
“(The price) is the worst it’s been in about 10 years,” said Charlie DeWitt, a 45-year veteran of commercial fishing.
“A beautiful, five-pound pink…