For the third year in a row the Chilkat River’s king salmon run has met the state’s escapement goal, according to preliminary estimates.
Between 2012 and 2018, the Chilkat stock failed to hit escapement targets every year but one. The last two years, and now 2021, have been a different story.
“It feels like the Chilkat stock is rebounding. It feels like we’re turning the corner,” said Brian Elliott, research biologist at the Alaska Department…
