A chum salmon on a sandbar at Mile 7 Haines Highway. Lex Treinen photo.

Commercial salmon gillnetters in the Upper Lynn Canal had a pretty unanimous assessment of the 2023 season: encouraging fish runs, but dismal prices.

“It’s still worth it, but it’s a struggle,” said Gregg Bigsby, a 50-year veteran of the fishery. “Everybody’s got a job this winter.”

Low prices – about half of what they were last year – kept many fishermen…