Drought affecting numbers of pink salmon in Prince William Sound, Alaska
8/9/2019 4:40:34 PM
CATEGORIES:
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK
Start Date: 8/9/2019
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Unseasonably warm water and low stream flows due to drought have kept pink salmon out of Prince William Sound, lowering salmon harvests. The year-to-date harvest on Aug. 6 was 13.6 million fish, compared to a recent year-to-date odd-year harvest average of 31.2 million fish.
Cordova Times (Alaska), Aug. 9, 2019
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