King meet escapement goal 2nd year in a row

This year, the Chilkat River king salmon run met the 1,750 to 3,500-fish escapement goal for the second year in a row.

It’s likely that more than 3,000 mature kings reached Chilkat River spawning grounds this year, the highest number since 2009, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Brian Elliott said. The 2020 mark-and-recapture study, used to estimate run size, was completed last week, and the results are still being finalized.

Escapement goals are…