Three weeks into the Upper Lynn Canal commercial gillnetting season, fisheries managers say it’s off to a good start.
“It’s actually pretty good. It picked up quite a bit this week,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist Nicole Zeiser, referring to the week ending July 9. “The chum salmon harvest almost doubled from last week.”
The chum salmon come from the Douglas Island Pink and Chum hatchery in Juneau.
The sockeye…