The latest statewide total from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game puts this year’s salmon harvest at more than 269 million fish, shattering the old record of nearly 222 million salmon recorded back in 2005.
The vast majority of the harvest, 216 million -- or 80 percent -- was pink salmon, exceeding the old record of 161 million pinks recorded in 2005.
More than 84 million pinks were taken in the seine fisheries in Prince William Sound, another 47 million pinks were taken in the southern Southeast seine fisheries while another 38 million were taken in the northern Southeast seine fishery.
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