Karluk River Weir 2020 "PINKOCALYPSE" Kodiak, Alaska 

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The weir is roughly 1/4 mile above the upper lagoon.

In 2020, commercial fishermen in Alaska harvested over 59 million pink salmon. The Kodiak Management Area alone accounted for nearly 22 million pink salmon. That's a lot of fish, to be sure. For fisheries managers, it's always a delicate balance of providing fishing opportunity while allowing enough salmon upstream to spawn and continue to have healthy salmon populations. When in doubt, managers will err on the side of conservation every time.

I agree that ADFG does a great job managing for adequate escapement while allowing harvest. Sometimes more fish than are needed for spawning (and the bears) get past the commercial fleet which is unfortunate because the world needs protein.

Also, thanks for sharing this cool video. 👍

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Yeah in 50 years there won't be any fish in this river because they were all used for "people food"