Sockeye Salmon in Juneau, Alaska (IMAGE)

USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station

Sockeye Salmon in Juneau, Alaska

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Alaska's Tongass and Chugach National Forests, which contain some of the world's largest remaining tracts of intact temperate rainforest, contribute an average of 48 million salmon a year to the state's commercial fishing industry, a new USDA Forest Service-led study has found. The average value of these 'forest fish' when they are brought back to the dock is estimated at $88 million per year.

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Ali Freibott, US Forest Service

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