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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Record "humpy" salmon season closes in Cordova, Alaska, with indications of unprecedented production at Copper River flats and Prince William Sound; prospects good for silvers season to yield over 800,000 cases total, 28% above 10-year average.
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CORDOVA, Aug. 6-(AP)-At the close of the "Humpy" season Saturday there was every indication that the combined seasons at Copper River flats and Prince William's Sound had produced records perhaps never before equaled in this area.
It is wholly evident that the area will make the best comparative showing in Alaska if the silvers season, starting next week, holds up to equal results of the 1943 cycle year, this would give a grand total of over eight hundred thousand cases, which is twenty-eight per cent over the ten years average and increased one hundred fifty thousand cases over last year's.
The humpy season is odd in that it produced twenty-three per cent of chums. The usual is seven to eight percent. Fishermen don't like chums, as they are lower priced and over size and fill up the boat too fast, but they are a good deal for packers.
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Cordova
Event Date
Aug. 6
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combined seasons produced records perhaps never before equaled; potential grand total of over eight hundred thousand cases, twenty-eight per cent over the ten years average and increased one hundred fifty thousand cases over last year's; humpy season produced twenty-three per cent of chums
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At the close of the "Humpy" season Saturday there was every indication that the combined seasons at Copper River flats and Prince William's Sound had produced records perhaps never before equaled in this area. It is wholly evident that the area will make the best comparative showing in Alaska if the silvers season, starting next week, holds up to equal results of the 1943 cycle year. The humpy season is odd in that it produced twenty-three per cent of chums. The usual is seven to eight percent. Fishermen don't like chums, as they are lower priced and over size and fill up the boat too fast, but they are a good deal for packers.