This year’s chum salmon return to the Chilkat River drainage was a record low, with much of the state also experiencing dismal returns of both wild and hatchery stocks. Herman Creek, a popular site along Porcupine Road, won’t see an enhanced chum return next year as the incubation program shut down four years ago.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Haines commercial fisheries biologist Nicole Zeiser said poor ocean survival caused by environmental conditions is…