Seiners on Alert, Herring Evasive

By Sentinel Staff

As scheduled, the Sitka Sound sac roe commercial herring fishery went on two-hour notice at 8 a.m. this morning, but Alaska Fish and Game reported that Wednesday’s aerial survey of the fishing grounds detected no schools of herring or herring spawn.

“No herring schools or herring spawn were observed,” the agency said in this morning’s briefing. “Concentrations of humpback whales were seen in the deeper waters between Crow Pass and Big Gavanski Island, near Inner Point, and near Galankin Island. Concentrations of sea lions were observed from Inner Point to Kamenoi Point.”