Something has definitely gone wrong with Alaska's largest run of kings. The following article ran in the Anchorage Daily News.

parasitic disease in Yukon kings

35% of the kings are infected, and 60% of those don't make it to spawn! That translates to nearly 90,000 diseased fish with over 50,000 forgone spawners... that's equivalent to the entire Kenai late run.
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"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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Long Live the Kings!