Name: Nicole Kimball: Every single salmon is counted. It's a census of salmon. And then they do genetic sampling on those salmon. The salmon caught in the bycatch, as you might know, are Chinook and chum, not other species of salmon.
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Description: Every single salmon is counted. It's a census of salmon. And then they do genetic sampling on those salmon. The salmon caught in the bycatch, as you might know, are Chinook and chum, not other species of salmon.

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Nicole Kimball

12:33 - 12:49

"Every single salmon is counted. It's a census of salmon. And then they do genetic sampling on those salmon. The salmon caught in the bycatch, as you might know, are Chinook and chum, not other species of salmon."

“Every single salmon is counted. It's a census of salmon. And then they do genetic sampling on those salmon. The salmon caught in the bycatch, as you might know, are Chinook and chum, not other species of salmon.”

Speaker: Nicole Kimball
Timestamp: 12:33 – 12:49
Source: 09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood:
Community: Alaska News
Location: Alaska
Captured at: September 8, 2026

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It's brought back to a shoreside processing plant, and then everything is counted, weighed. Every single salmon is counted. It's a census of salmon. And then they do genetic sampling on those salmon. The salmon caught in the bycatch, as you might know, are Chinook and chum, not other species of salmon.

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