On May 16, 8:47*am, aem > wrote:
> From the Anchorage Daily News (adn.com):
>
> "The celebrated and lucrative Copper River salmon fishery opened at 7
> a.m. Thursday under overcast skies, with commercial fishermen near
> Cordova scooping 1,549 kings and 20,216 sockeye out of the water."
>
> The story goes on to say that prices are down somewhat from last year,
> although still too high because of all the hype. *One Seattle
> wholesaler was asking $25/lb.
>
> It's great tasting fish but not for us at that price.
>
> We had turbot from TJ's frozen fish case yesterday. *Nice, easily pan-
> fried, mild-tasting, affordable. * *-aem

Fortunately, the price gets lower as the season progresses. We usually
wait for a few weeks before buying any...good stuff!