Processors were reportedly offering between $6 (€5.40) and $7 (€6.30) per pound for sockeye and between $9 (€8.10) and $10 (€9) for king salmon just hours after the Copper River season opener, according to multiple sources in the Alaska salmon industry.
Sockeye will go up to $8 (€7.20) or $9 (€8.10) and come back down, while king will go up to $12 (€10.80) or higher and then come down, the source told IntraFish.
Prices this early in the season generally are not representative because of the small amount of fish harvested and the early enthusiasm for the fish.
