F/V Rollo, AK Bering Sea Crabber, Home from summer salmon tendering, passing SEA-MAR heading into Fishermen’s Terminal West Wall – Welcome Home!
AK Salmon Fishing Season Wrap-Up, brought to you by: Salty Dog Maritime Marketing www.saltydogmaritimemarketing.com Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers that tender in the summer are on their way down hill or already here in the Seattle Ship Canal, today being late August – some AK fishermen are happy to put the boat to bed at Fishermen’s Terminal. Kvichak Marine Industries in Seattle has a string of AK gillnetters that are also arriving in the lower 48, lots of waving & welcome home yelps from the Salty Dog Boating News team. SE AK Seiners are swarming into their slips at the east end of Fishermen’s Terminal, the docks are starting to get hopping! Welcome home from a long Salmon Fishing season in Alaska!
F/V Rollo, AK Bering Sea Crabber, Summer Salmon Tendering Welcome Home, Pulling into Fishermen’s Terminal in the Seattle Ship Canal, Last week of Aug. HOT, SUNNY, PNW!
Purse Seine Fishing – latest August update: efforts during the August 15–16 fishing period included 45 boats each in Districts 2 and 4, 38 in Section 9-B, 35 each in District 3 and Deep Inlet THA, and 33 boats in Section 13-B. The largest harvests occurred in District 4 and Section 9-B each with 413,000 salmon harvested, District 3 with 357,000, Section 13-A with 333,000, and District 2 with 323,000 salmon harvested. Pink salmon harvest per boat was highest in Section 13-A with 17,100 fish, Admiralty Island shoreline with 16,900 fish, Section 9-B with 10,500, and District 3 with 9,700 fish per boat. Chum salmon harvest per boat was highest in Section 13-A with 1,300 fish, Deep Inlet Terminal Harvest Area (THA) with 1,200 fish, and District 2 with 700 fish per boat. Way to go fishermen & tenders, a grinding summer in Alaska comes to happy season end.
F/V Diligence, AK Bering Sea Crabber, just finished Salmon Tendering, Docked at Fishermen’s Terminal in the Seattle Ship Canal
Seiner Update: Regional cumulative harvest estimates for Purse Seine gear as of August 20 are 24.7 million pink and 4.2 million chum salmon. During statistical week 34, fishing occurred on August 19–20. Estimated harvest for the fishing period on August 15–16 is 2.3 million salmon including 2.1 million pink and 134,000 chum salmon. A season to remember – happy fishermen glad to be home.
F/V Lady Kate, Alaska Salmon Tender, at Fishermen’s Terminal just pulling in, she got in this evening – last week in Aug. Welcome Home!
Troll Fishery Update SE AK: Regional power troll coho salmon catch rates for the current week (week 34) are 70 fish a day, which is slightly above the 20-year average of 65 fish a day. The highest catch rates for week 34 are in the Southern Outside and Central Inside areas. Through August 19, the seasonal average weight of coho is 5.7 lbs, which is below the 2014 average of 5.9, but above the 5-year and 10-year averages. The average price is currently $.98/lb and the cumulative catch since July 1 is just over 741,000.
Trollers in southeast AK have been targeting chum salmon returning to the Medvejie hatchery and Deep Inlet THA in the Sitka Sound area during the month of August. A total of 96 permits have targeted chum salmon in Eastern Channel/Sitka Sound, with the catch/day averaging 164 chum salmon, and a harvest from August 2–19 of 176,000 by 144 permits. The average weight for Sitka Sound chum salmon is 7.2 lbs, and fish tickets received to date indicate an average price of $0.55 per lb. This reflects current inseason catch data in SE AK.
F/V Martha, SE AK Seine Fishermen Home from Salmon Season, on the way to filling up Fishermen’s Terminal with Seiners!
Kvichak Gillnet Fishermen on F/V Honey Badger, just made their way through the Ballard Locks from their run down hill from Alaska. Cruising east bound up the Seattle Ship Canal – gillnetters and seiners are beginning to salt and pepper the docks and waterfront of the lower 48! Glad to see so many smiling fishermen and happy boat owners and crews after this long salmon season.
F/V Honey Badger, Kvichak Boat, Gillnetter Home from ALASKA, Kvichak Headquarters in Seattle Ship Canal, East of the Ballard Bridge
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F/V Honey Badger, Kvichak Gillnetter, Seattle Ship Canal, F/V Sea Bird also just got home from AK – Welcome Home AK Fishermen!
Salty Dog Boating News & Salty Dog Maritime Marketing – www.saltydogmaritimemarketing.com The Salty Dog seasoned source for what’s happening and what’s new on our PNW waterfront. Stay tuned for what’s coming up this busy fall season as Alaska fish boats arrive home to the lower 48 after a grinding salmon season of beating up the boat, crew and gear! From Bristol Bay to Southeast AK it’s been one heck of a salmon season, lots of changes and a lot of mother nature’s twists and turns!
F/V Cape Caution, SE AK Seiner, Passing F/V Icy Bay at Fishermen’s Terminal – just got home from AK Salmon Fishing
Salmon Fishing in Alaska Wrap-Up – God Bless our Fishermen!
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