The Kasilof River’s sonar site has seen the third highest sockeye passage numbers in the last ten years as of Sunday night.
The passage of over 127,000 sockeye salmon has prompted the Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 8 which opens commercial salmon fishing with set gillnets in the Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Drift gillnetting will also be opened in the Kasilof Section (not the Expanded Kasilof Section) of the Upper Subdistrict from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Today’s estimate of passage through 12:00 noon is more than 5,600 fish. The fishing period provided in this announcement is intended to slow the rate of escapement of sockeye salmon into the Kasilof River.
