The idea is receiving a chilly reception so far.
Wild king salmon stocks are in decline all over the North Pacific Ocean and Alaska. Outside Alaska, some are trying to conserve the fish by limiting sport fishermen to hatchery-only kings. That’s being studied as a possibility for Southeast Alaska, too, but the idea is receiving a chilly reception so far.
Lum stresses that they are only studying the possibilities. They don’t know if a mark-selective fishery would help or hinder king salmon stocks or whether the benefits outweigh any potential costs. “The main voice was no, this is not a good program for Southeast Alaska, in any way, shape, or form,” he said., which recently has been a few fish per day for residents and two to three fish per season for non-residents. He says targeting just hatchery kings would hurt more fish.
“I think there was a lot of skepticism in the audience that this would be a good way to go here,” said Jordan. How many kings in Southeast are wild or come from hatcheries varies by location. It’s complicated because most of the kings originate in non-Alaska areas — both wild and hatchery stocks — and not all hatchery fish are marked.
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