Time and area restrictions intended to protect area king salmon will likely affect sockeye landings by gillnetters this season.
Spawning Chilkat king salmon have fallen short of escapement goals for six out of the last seven return years. The 2018 Chilkat king salmon return was the lowest on record at an estimated 873 fish, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Brian Elliott said. Biologists project the Chilkat River will fall short of its minimum…