Fishing restrictions to protect dwindling numbers of Chilkat king salmon may be coming to the most lucrative commercial fishery in the area – harvest of hatchery-raised chum salmon by gillnet boats in south Lynn Canal.
Ed Jones, the state Department of Fish and Game’s Chinook salmon research coordinator, said this week that state biologists will meet soon to discuss Chilkat king salmon management and pending restrictions.
Research has shown Chilkat kings are primarily caught…
