{"id":45544,"date":"2019-03-28T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/salmon-derby-dates-set\/"},"modified":"2019-03-29T08:22:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:22:38","slug":"salmon-derby-dates-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/salmon-derby-dates-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon Derby dates set"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 73rd annual Golden North Salmon Derby will take place Aug. 16-18 this year, according to an announcement during Wednesday night’s Territorial Sportsmen Inc. Salmon Symposium.<\/p>\n

The derby<\/a>, an annual event that happens in August, raises money for scholarships. Since 1953, Territorial Sportsmen has given out more than 300 scholarships totaling $1.7 million. Scholarships range from four-year scholarships for graduating high school seniors to scholarships for graduate study to scholarships for vocational training.<\/p>\n

Due to concerns about the population of chinook (king) <\/a>salmon<\/a>, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Territorial Sportsmen do not encourage anglers to target king salmon. Sport fishing king salmon is closed from April 1-June 15, according to ADF&G, but it will be open after then. In 2018, the derby didn’t accept king salmon for prizes or to be sold as scholarship fish. Derby Co-Chair Jerry Burnett said Thursday that if king salmon fishing is open at the time, the derby will be accepting kings this year.<\/p>\n

The winner of the 2018 derby<\/a>, James McKnight, reeled in a 17.7-pound coho salmon and the $10,000 grand prize.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Bennett said at the time, there were more than 1,100 derby tickets sold and participants turned in 2,676 cohos that weighed a total of 25,081 pounds. Alaska Glacier Seafoods paid $28,064.40 for the fish, Burnett said at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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