He is a pilot and owns and operates two Bristol Bay fishing lodges, and has been involved in the recreational fishing and tourism industry in Alaska since the 1990s.

Kirstyn Sterling spends every summer fishing for salmon at the mouth of Bristol Bay in Alaska with her husband and two little kids. They’re 9 and 5, but they’ve been going on fishing boats ...

So far, the average weight of Bristol Bay sockeye was 4.2 pounds this year. Fish and Game biologist Stacy Vega said that’s the smallest average weight on record.