It’s the second year that an unusually large number of herring have made their way to the Upper Lynn Canal to spawn near Mud Bay, and state scientists say they have no clear understanding of where the fish are coming from. 

Data on the local herring run is not easy to find. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game doesn’t conduct regular surveys of herring egg deposits in the Haines, Skagway and Upper Lynn Canal…

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