Commercial troll fishermen were out on the water July 1 as the Southeast Alaska summer king salmon fishery opened.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will close the fishery once the catch estimate approaches the harvest target of about 81,300 treaty kings.
The department expects that will take seven to 10 days, putting the closure sometime this week.
About 70% of the summer commercial troll harvest quota of 116,100 treaty kings is allocated to…