US: Alaska herring fishery canceled due to lack of interest from buyers

“Processors have indicated that there are no plans to fish herring in Togiak in 2023 and there will be no commercial fishing. The department does not expect this to change,” the AFDG said in a statement. -"The Department will continue to conduct aerial photography to estimate herring biomass in 2023." AFDG fisheries manager Tim Sands said interest in herring has declined since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the number of processors buying herring reduced to one last year. The lack of interest in the roe deer fishery does not affect the fishery in Dutch Harbor, where the harvest is 4,322 tons (8.65 million pounds). Alaska's 2022 herring catch was just 15,000 metric tons, valued at ...