Strong Year for Commercial Salmon Harvest Statewide
![Close-up view of a recently-caught Alaska silver salmon.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2783933571_0679bafc2c_o-1024x768.jpg)
Alaska Department of Fish & Game harvest and value estimates released last week show a jump in both catch and prices paid to fishermen in 2017, as well as the all-time record chum harvest statewide.