2026 commercial herring fishery opens

2026 commercial herring fishery opens

The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery opened on Friday (3-27-26)  for the first time this year.  In an announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Friday afternoon (3-27-26), state managers said they opened the fishery to commercial seiners from 12 to 6 p.m. in Crescent Bay.Two test sets pulled from the area this/Friday morning yielded fish with roe maturity averaging from 10% to 12% with average fish weight averaging from 151 to …

Sure Sign of Spring: Herring Season Opens

Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery opened at noon today, with about 20 seiners fishing an area that includes Crescent Bay and Jamestown Bay east of town, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said. Aaron Dupuis, area management biologist, estimated the fishery would last until fishermen caught the processors’ capacity, which is about 500 to 600 tons for the day. Dupuis spoke to the Daily Sitka Sentinel briefly while managing the fishery aboard…