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Alaska’s Area M salmon fishery reports low effort, modest catch in 2024

Area M is controversial as biologists consider it an 'intercept fishery' by which most of the salmon caught are returning to spawn in freshwater streams elsewhere including Bristol Bay

By Jacob Resneck | Oct. 31, 2024 14:51 GMT
Trident Seafoods' plant in Akutan, Alaska. Credit: Trident
Trident Seafoods' plant in Akutan, Alaska. Credit: Trident
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Effort and harvest in the US state of Alaska's controversial Area M fishery was below average this season, with a projected $15.3 million ex-vessel value among the roughly 60% of commercial permit holders that fished. [...]

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