Alaska Department of Fish and Game area seine division biologist Jeremy Botz is hoping things will proceed as normal in the pink salmon seine season. Waters of the Eastern District within Port Fidalgo and within Port Gravina north were open for a 14-hour commercial fishing period from 6 a. Wild stock pink and chum salmon escapement indices are above anticipated levels in portions of Port Fidalgo and Port Gravina. In the northern district, the waters of the Cannery Creek subdistrict were open for a 14-hour commercial fishing period beginning at 6 a. Waters of the Coghill district within the Esther subdistrict were open to commercial purse seine and drift gillnet fishing for a 14-hour commercial fishing period, beginning at 6 a. The Port San Juan subdistrict south was open to commercial purse seine fishing for a 14-hour commercial fishing period, beginning at 6 a. read more

