United States: Alaska's 2021 salmon season starts May 17
Salmon
United States
Published May 8, 2021
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The Copper River salmon fishery will open May 17 signaling the official start of Alaska's 2021 salmon season. As always, there's lots of other Alaska fisheries going on.
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Alaska’s 2021 salmon officially starts on Monday, May 17, with a 12-hour opener for reds and kings at the Copper River near Cordova!, All eyes will be on early dock prices for Alaska’s famous “first fresh salmon of the season” as an indicator of current market conditions for wild salmon. Covid-forced closures of high end restaurants in 2020 tanked starting prices to $3 per pound for sockeyes and $6.50 for king salmon, down from $10 and $14, respectively the previous year., Early signs are looking good. Heading into Mother’s Day on May 9 demand for seafood was “fanatic” Mitch Miller, Vice President of national upscale seafood restaurants Ocean Prime told Nation’s Restaurant News. “It feels as close to a normal Mother’s Day as it could possibly be,” he said., National Retail Federation (NRF) President Matthew Shay told SeafoodSource there is a lot more consumer optimism this year as more people are getting vaccinated and stimulus checks are being distributed, and friends and family ...
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