Low prices weigh on Alaska pink salmon fishermen as wild salmon market sinks lower

Low salmon prices are being felt throughout Alaska as fishermen start to wind down operations in the state.

Mike Mickelson, a commercial fisherman in Prince William Sound currently seining for pink salmon, told IntraFish it has been a discouraging year, given fishermen in both Southeast Alaska and Prince William Sound are being paid only 23 cents per pound for the fish this year.

That is more than a 30 percent drop in price from last year for Southeast fishermen and a nearly 60 percent drop for Prince William Sound fishermen compared to last year.