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Article: Copper River salmon fishery gets off to good start: stock is healthy, and so is demand for kings, which fetch harvesters $6.25 per pound.(North Pacific)(Brief Article)
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- National Fisherman
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- August 1, 2004
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Alaska's fabled Copper River salmon fishery went off with a bang on May 17, and ex-vessel prices continued to hold up well through the first opening in June.
"Prices have come down a little, but they're still holding up strong," says Dan Ashe, area management biologist with Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in Cordova.
Dockside prices for fresh king salmon were set at $6.25 per pound while sockeyes fetched $4.25 per pound during the first commercial opening. Most of the fish caught during the initial weeks of the fishery are whisked to shoreside packers in Cordova via float plane or helicopter; from there, they make the appropriate airline connections ...