June 25, 2019 — King salmon harvesters in nothern California are enjoying the most plentiful catches they’ve seen in a decade, which is driving prices lower, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
According to the newspaper, no official landings data is available yet but it appears from anecdotal evidence that the National Marine Fisheries Service underestimated the number of kings returning to the San Francisco Bay area and the US state’s central coast. Some 380,000 kings were expected this year, compared to 224,000 last year but those numbers appear to be low.