Fishermen had caught nearly one fifth of the 2012 Alaska salmon harvest forecast by Friday, with sockeye leading the way and cohos and pinks lagging far behind.
There were 18 million sockeye caught, representing 47 percent of the 38.4 million fish harvest that Alaska Department of Fish and Game had predicted, and the catch was just beginning to exceed levels seen in the five year average at this time of year. Yet the outlook was less positive for other species, with just one percent of the harvest forecast for cohos and pinks caught, or 4.3
