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Alaska's Summer Salmon Season
officially kicked off May 22 with the
Copper River Salmon fishery renowned
for its 1st of the season Chinook
and King Salmon. |
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Here's our 2025
Alaska Salmon Season
Buyer's Guide! |
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5 Species of Alaska Salmon |
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Alaska Salmon Fishing Season |
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Alaska's five salmon species are mainly harvested
from May to September, except for wild Alaska King Salmon,
which is harvested almost year-round. |
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Harvesters work with researchers and managers
to develop sustainable methods for harvesting salmon
in Alaska, including allocation, regulations, gear types,
fishing areas, and times. |
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Gillnetting use nets that suspend from the floating corks at the surface that form a wall of mesh in the water that can stretch a distance anywhere from 900-1,800 feet and extend variable depths depending on region and regulation.
Swimming salmon are caught in the net by their gills, hence the term "gillnetting".
Species Harvested:
Sockeye, Keta, Coho, King and Pink |
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Troll fishing: Trollers are small fishing vessels operated by one or two people who fish with artificial lures or baited hooks attached to long lines.
Generally, trollers fish offshore and intercept salmon on the outer coast as they start their migration through inland waters.
Troll-caught salmon are known for quality over quantity.
Species Harvested:
King, Coho and Keta |
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Seiners use a net that is set in a circle to form a "purse" that closes at the bottom.
Synthetic corks keep the net floating at the surface and a skiff pulls one end of the net around an area of schooling salmon to enclose them in the purse.
Species Harvested:
Pink, Keta and Sockeye |
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Harvest Areas |
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Alaska's harvesting areas support some of the world's
most productive fisheries. |
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Alaska Salmon Forecast & Harvest |
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Even year Alaska fisheries are typically less abundant
than odd-years and this is primarily due to less Pink Salmon harvested during even-years. |
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Skin Color Variations |
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Most Salmon can be segmented
into 3 skin color variations that is -
Bright, Semi-Bright and Dark.
Bright skin will typically be a Salmon that is less mature
and in the ocean stage of its life cycle.
Dark skin will typically be a Salmon that is fully mature and returning to freshwater for spawning. |
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Trim Guide |
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When processing Salmon into fillets there are
5 Trims - Trim A to Trim E. |
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Meat Color Guide |
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Meat color (or flesh) is also a life stage indicator
ranging from dark to light and
with marketplace terminology from
“Good Meat Color” (or GMC), to “Pale Meat”,
to number references such as
C2 for Coho, or P3 for Pink. |
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King Salmon is the exception here as this fish also comes in a highly sought after ivory/marble meat color from what is known as White Kings. |
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