Sockeye Salmon Overwhelming Fish Processors

Adam Kane, KDLG – Dillingham

Sockeye salmon are returning to British Columbia’s Frasier River in one of the biggest runs seen on the river in nearly a century. Biologists say 30 million fish could return- nearly triple the original forecast. Processors are so overwhelmed that they are considering sending fish to Ketchikan for processing.

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