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#442296 - 07/05/08 10:10 AM Hopes for a strong Yukon chum salmon season fade
Phoenix77 River Nutrients Registered: 10/04/06 Posts: 4025 Loc: Kent, WA	Hopes for a strong Yukon chum salmon season fade Fri, July 4, 2008 Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories The first commercial fishery of the year on the Yukon River took place Wednesday night near the mouth. The fishery targeted summer chum salmon, which unlike king salmon, are returning to the Yukon in near average numbers this year. But the Department of Fish and Game did not open commercial fishing until late in the season, to prevent the incidental harvest of king salmon in the chum fishery. The king run didn’t take a big hit…but fishermen didn’t catch very many chum either. Tim Bodony, KIYU - Galena Standard Podcast [4:23m]: Hide Player \| Play in Popup \| Download Continued@URL... http://aprn.org/2008/07/04/hopes-for-a-strong-yukon-chum-salmon-season-fade/ _________________________ I fish, ergo, I am. If you must burn our flag, Please! wrap yourself in it. Puget Sound Anglers, So. King Co. CCA SeaTac Chapter I love my country but fear my government
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