Not good news coming in from the Copper River. Salmon numbers are so bad they’ve close the fishery.
The state is taking the historic action of shutting down Copper River dipnetting at the popular, physically demanding sites around Chitina.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order Wednesday closing the personal-use fishery until further notice as of Monday.
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