The Prince William Sound produces the highest prices per pound for sockeye salmon, with Copper River reds fetching upwards of an excess of $12 per pound for the early run.
The bottom of the per pound values for sockeye come from Bristol Bay.
While there are experts who can undoubtedly explain variations for market access, quality, availability and a myriad of other factors, I want to raise the question of how the salmon prices may be affected by the development of oil and gas, mining, industrialization and urban sprawl.
There has been fear cast on Bristol Bay fisherman by the specter of development as a death knell for all Bristol Bay fisheries. While we must be extremely careful and be most diligent in our application of the best science to protect and enhance opportunities for subsistence, sport and commercial fisher people, we need not paralyze our economy by preventing responsible development.
http://thetundradrums.com/news/story/1734
See also salmon fishing in Alaska
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