Herring outlook: State fishery managers have set healthy quotas for Alaska's two top herring fisheries.The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery, which typically opens in mid-March, has a quota of 11,128 tons.Last year's Sitka sac roe harvest was 13,923 tons on a quota of 14,649 tons. The ex-vessel value of the fishery was $4.29 million, Alaska Department of Fish and Game records show. That was a big increase from the $2.2 million tallied in 2016, when the harvest was 10,056 tons.For the Togiak sac roe herring fishery in Southwest Alaska, managers have set a quota of 24,042 tons. Last year's fishery, which opened on April 28, produced a harvest of 17,403 tons.
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