Ex-vessel prices raced up to $10 per pound for sockeye and $14 per pound for kings caught in the first Copper River salmon opener on Thursday, said Bill Webber, owner of Paradigm Seafoods, a harvester and supplier of Alaska salmon. He said prices might have even headed up a bit as the fishing period ended.

Grounds prices during the fishery's first opener in 2018 were in the $13 (€11) to $14 (€11.90) per pound range for kings and $9.50 (€8.1)