Friday, February 4, 2011

Red Salmon Forecast for 2011







To quote our local newspaper, the 2011 forecast for red salmon is "sunny". Pat Shields, assistant area management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game of Commercial Fisheries projects a total red salmon run of 6.4 million in the Upper Cook Inlet with a harvest expectation of 4.4 to 4.8 million fish. This is about a million more fish than last year.





Do I hear a "YEAH, BABY!" out there in cyberland?

2 comments:

Gary blinn said...

i might have to come up and try to fight the crowd this year. for that many fish
gary

Anonymous said...

1 million is a nice number but keep in mind that is for the entire Upper Cook Inlet. History has shown that the Kenai usually gets a significant bump when the projection goes up. What actually makes it to the Kenai remains to be seen.

Keith